EKU’s own Grant Minix is one of three students nominated to serve as the student representative for the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) board for 2019-20. His passion for helping other students succeed in college comes from his own...
Ten years after she dropped out of high school, Kelli Jo Blair was standing at her kitchen sink, washing dishes from the breakfast she had made for her family. Her three children were playing and fighting in the living room. Country music played in the background. And...
Earning a degree while raising children can be challenging, but it could become a little easier at Eastern Kentucky University. A grant awarded to the Applied Human Sciences (formerly Family & Consumer Sciences) department will help low-income student parents...
The Ravine at Eastern Kentucky University will host a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” on July 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. The 95-minute show is free and open to the public. Food trucks will be on hand for the...
A team of faculty and staff at Eastern Kentucky University has earned a 2019 Blackboard Catalyst Award in Teaching and Learning for the exemplary design, quality and performance of the EKU Online Rural Health Family Nurse Practitioner Program. The award-winning team...
For just $50, participants are finding the five-day residential science and mathematics summer camp program hosted by the EKU College of Science at Eastern Kentucky University a hard bargain to beat. Open to rising high school juniors and seniors, the...
Dr. Earl Blair, associate professor in the Department of Safety and Security at Eastern Kentucky University, was one of four occupational safety experts honored as a 2019 Fellow by the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), the world’s oldest...
WEKU, the public radio service of Eastern Kentucky University, has posted exclusive web interviews with Kentucky gubernatorial candidates Gov. Matt Bevin, the incumbent Republican, and his Democratic challenger, Attorney General Andy Beshear. The Bevin interview can...
The Eastern Kentucky University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, which initiated 55 juniors, seniors and graduate students at a special spring induction ceremony on the Richmond campus, recently received the prestigious Circle of Excellence Platinum Award from the national...
Rick Erdmann, Head Coach Emeritus of Track and Field/Cross Country, was inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Hall of Fame on May 31, at the OVC Spring Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. “I love seeing kids improve and develop as individuals,” he...