Sharron Townsend, the senior director of development in the Eastern Kentucky University College of Business and Technology, has been awarded the prestigious Beth K. Fields award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Kentucky (CASE-Kentucky)....
The tension was palpable in O’Donnell Auditorium as hundreds of students waited for the chance to win an education abroad scholarship at the seventh annual Spin the Wheel Scholarship event on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Perhaps no winning student was more shocked than...
For the third consecutive year, the Eastern Kentucky University Honors Program’s innovative “Sidewalk U.” course took students to the U.S.-Mexico border for a week of intensive experiential learning. In early January, Nogales and Agua Prieta, Sonora,...
Five Eastern Kentucky University student veterans recently received the Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship. The scholarship is a provision of the Forever GI Bill that gives additional benefits to students training in high-demand...
When most people think of Kentucky and horses, the images that typically come to mind are of regal thoroughbreds, the scenic farms that ring Lexington, and the annual Kentucky Derby. But that’s not the whole story. Kentucky and its love affair with horses...
Decades ago, civil war ravaged Liberia as child soldiers roamed the streets with deadly weapons. A pregnant woman in Monrovia, fearing the two-day walk to the nearest clinic, planted her feet at the trunk of a banana tree and gave birth to a son. She named him...
Beginning in high school, Rachael Corrone longed to be part of the EKU family. “I was 15 when I started Upward Bound and even then I knew I wanted to be a Colonel.” A native of Liberty, Kentucky, she recently graduated with a bachelor’s in public...
A nearly half-million-dollar investment in eastern Kentucky will bring hands-on experience with Eastern Kentucky University’s highly touted aviation program directly to students in EKU’s service region. The purchase of two dozen virtual reality flight...
U.S. News & World Report has once again ranked Eastern Kentucky University’s online degree programs among the best in the nation. EKU is 39th on the list of Best Online Programs for Veterans. The school also made the top 50 list of Best Online Programs in...
The Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents named Dr. David McFaddin the interim president of EKU after meeting in executive session at its regular board meeting on Dec. 12. Dr. McFaddin will assume the duties Jan. 6, when Dr. Michael Benson’s resignation...
