EKU’s Rachel Taylor has been awarded 2019 Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Music Teachers Association (KMTA). Taylor, a 1986 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, is a piano professor and the director of Foster Academy for Musical Excellence, a new...
“Athletic trainer” is a deceptively simple job title. Immediately, it conjures the image of a khaki- and polo-clad medical professional kneeling next to an injured player on a softball field or basketball court. These stalwart specialists have long been...
EKU’s Training Resource Center (TRC) was recently awarded $280,000 through the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) via the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE), to assist the state in a comprehensive targeted response to the opioid...
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...
Frances Elizabeth Hensley Kramer, a former teacher and real estate investor, learned the value of education early in life. After her father passed away when she was 9, her mother, an EKU alumna, sacrificed much to ensure her children received the best education...
Eastern Kentucky University is set to become a statewide leader in solar energy within the next few years. This is thanks in part to Judy Jenkins, assistant professor in the chemistry department. Jenkins’ project, for which she earned an EKU Innovation Fund...
Eastern Kentucky University’s top-ranked Criminal Justice program made history as the first EKU program to be offered completely on-site and out of state. The program, already a popular choice among students at the University’s regional campus sites in...
Unsafe drinking water affects communities all over the world, from Kentucky to Kenya. Dr. Jason Marion, associate professor in the environmental health science department at Eastern Kentucky University, hopes to make it easier, faster and more cost-effective to test...
Crystal Siler is fulfilling her goals of giving back to the community in southeastern Kentucky and making a difference in the lives of children. Siler is an 18-year employee with the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), a state agency charged with...
Unsafe drinking water affects communities all over the world, from Kentucky to Kenya. Dr. Jason Marion, associate professor in the environmental health science department at Eastern Kentucky University, hopes to make it easier, faster and more cost-effective to test...
