Two days before the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby, a tradition known as "Thurby" brings tens of thousands of locals (and a few others) to Churchill downs to celebrate Kentucky's day at the Downs. This year, the EKU Marching Colonels, the...
Eastern Kentucky University is presenting the twentieth year of its Chautauqua Lecture Series beginning next week, Thursday, Sept. 12, with Yale University professor and author, Oswald Schmitz, on the topic of his recent book, "The New Ecology:...
Families of EKU students can experience the best of the Campus Beautiful with their Colonel at 2019 EKU Family Weekend. Family Weekend events will be held Friday, Nov. 1, through Sunday, Nov. 3, on the Richmond campus. “EKU Family Weekend is an annual event that...
Two members of the Eastern Kentucky University Department of Communication faculty were recognized with awards at the 88th annual meeting of the Kentucky Communication Association at Lake Barkley State Park Sept. 19-21. Dr. Amy Thieme, associate professor of...
While pursuing a master’s in public health from Eastern Kentucky University, Mary Sheldon earned an accolade many researchers spend their whole careers hoping for. Her capstone research was recently the cover story of a prominent peer-reviewed journal. The...
Eastern Kentucky University’s first-ever giving day was a record-setting success, bringing in far more donations in 24 hours than in any other single day in the University’s history. During the April 24 EKU Giving Day event, the University’s Office...
Into the Breach: Colleges and Universities Train a New Type of Crime Fighter In the digital age, when our entire lives are stored on databases and servers, the internet is the new Wild West. With a little time and ingenuity, cyber criminals can access endless...
College graduates dream of finding success while pursuing their passion. For Madison Pergrem, a recent graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, that meant working at a job where she would face new and exciting challenges each day. Pergrem, who graduated in...
The School of Business at Eastern Kentucky University is providing students with the opportunity to thoroughly explore ethics and further develop themselves professionally and personally through the 2019 Ethics Awareness Week (EAW). While a select number of...
This is another in a series of interviews with staff, faculty and administrators across campus promoting the goals of EKU’s Quality Enhancement Plan. The current QEP, Read with Purpose, calls for Eastern to develop critical readers through the use of...
