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EKU Honors Celebrates 30 Years

EKU Honors Celebrates 30 Years

The EKU Honors program is much more than free books and a maroon mortarboard — in the last three decades, it has graduated thousands of students and garnered national acclaim. This year, the program celebrated its 30th anniversary. EKU Honors has evolved...
EKU Board Bids Farewell to Turner, Welcomes Diaz

EKU Board Bids Farewell to Turner, Welcomes Diaz

Eastern Kentucky University’s January 9 Board of Regents meeting was uncharacteristically emotional as the Colonel Community bid a fond farewell to outgoing Chair Craig Turner. The board unanimously elected Regent Lewis Diaz as Turner’s successor. A Cuban...
EKU Chautauqua Lecture: “It Was All a Dream”

EKU Chautauqua Lecture: “It Was All a Dream”

Eastern Kentucky University’s annual Black History Month keynote address will examine “broken promises to black America.” Writer, producer, commentator and academician Reniqua Allen will deliver a presentation titled “It Was All a Dream”...
‘I Believe in Clay’ EKU Intern Hired for Good News Story Project

‘I Believe in Clay’ EKU Intern Hired for Good News Story Project

By Mikayla Estepp, EKU Regional Stewardship Eastern Kentucky University’s Regional Liaison for Improving Networks and Connections (LINC) has partnered with “Believe in Clay,” to hire an intern to improve its capabilities in EKU’s service...
Namugayi Named EKU Sustainability Manager

Namugayi Named EKU Sustainability Manager

Sustainability has been Debbie Namugayi’s long-time passion, and working in higher education gives her an opportunity to communicate the importance of creating a sustainable future to broad audiences from all walks of life.  As Eastern Kentucky...
Chautauqua National Juried Art Exhibition Opens Jan. 22

Chautauqua National Juried Art Exhibition Opens Jan. 22

The 2019 installment of Eastern Kentucky University’s annual Chautauqua National Juried Art Exhibition will open on Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Fred Parker Giles Gallery. The show will kick off with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m., where...
Phi Kappa Phi Welcomes 30 EKU Initiates

Phi Kappa Phi Welcomes 30 EKU Initiates

Thirty Eastern Kentucky University students were inducted into the University’s chapter of the prestigious honor society Phi Kappa Phi and 26 were recognized for outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2018 semester. The inductees included seniors and...
EKU Online Degrees Ranked Among the Best by U.S. News & World Report

EKU Online Degrees Ranked Among the Best by U.S. News & World Report

For the eighth consecutive year, EKU Online degree programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Eastern Kentucky University ranked in the top 30 for Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs. The university also ranked in the top...
Quinn MacHollister Enchants with New Novel

Quinn MacHollister Enchants with New Novel

Mattie Combs may regret the day she quit her job as sheriff of poorer, problem-plagued Slocum County for the top cop position in the more affluent, but equally trouble-riddled Clement County next door. One reason Clement’s Sheriff’s Department has newer,...
Migrant Student Advocates Win Awards

Migrant Student Advocates Win Awards

The Kentucky Migrant Education Program’s southern region piled on the accolades at the annual Fall Academy in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Three staff members, in particular, were celebrated for going above and beyond to help the region’s migrant students...