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“There’s Always a Light Somewhere”

“There’s Always a Light Somewhere”

In Robin Williams’ final scene as an actor, portraying a wax figure of Teddy Roosevelt who comes alive in “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,” a security guard played by Ben Stiller admits to his hero, “I have no idea what I’m going...
EKU Quick Recall Takes National Stage

EKU Quick Recall Takes National Stage

The Eastern Kentucky University Quick Recall team competed with some of the top teams in the country at the National Association of Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) sectional meet at Virginia Tech on Saturday, Feb.9. The Colonels competed strongly against some of the best...
QEP Spotlight: Trenia Napier

QEP Spotlight: Trenia Napier

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...
Piano Student Returns to Music after 30-Year Hiatus

Piano Student Returns to Music after 30-Year Hiatus

Pamela Bridges, a graduate student in the piano pedagogy program at Eastern Kentucky University, never thought she would memorize another piece. It had been too long since she had tried. She proved herself wrong this semester when she memorized an hour’s worth...
Faculty Artwork Inspires Teaching Innovation at FCT&L

Faculty Artwork Inspires Teaching Innovation at FCT&L

As a trans-national graphic designer, Professor Ida Kumoji-Ankrah, chair of the department of art and design at Eastern Kentucky University, ardently believes that art is a universal language. “It allows people from different cultures to communicate with...
EKU, MECC Launch First-Ever Out-of-State Criminal Justice Program

EKU, MECC Launch First-Ever Out-of-State Criminal Justice Program

Eastern Kentucky University and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) announced today a new transfer partnership agreement to offer a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Mountain Empire Community College (MECC). This is the first-ever...
Poet Frank X Walker Speaks to “Affrilachia” Class

Poet Frank X Walker Speaks to “Affrilachia” Class

Frank X Walker slides into a nondescript classroom in EKU’s Wallace building wearing a t-shirt displaying his own coined term — “Affrilachia” — with a black jacket, straight-cut blue pants and dress shoes. He’s 58 (going on 35 from...