This is another in a series of interviews with campus QEP leaders – those 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...
In one sense, April Russell Perry launched her business career as a youngster when she would accompany her grandfather, local bank president Charles Russell, to an empty, quiet office on Sunday afternoons. “I would sit there and pretend to wait on all the...
The Eastern Kentucky University Office of Equity and Inclusion will host a presentation titled “Changing Culture: Addressing Sexual Assault in Kentucky” on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in O’Donnell Hall in the Whitlock Building. Gretchen Hunt, who...
It was once called the Great War, because battle flames consumed the European continent for four long years and led to the death of more than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians. Twenty years later it would earn a new title: World War I. By that time, Adolf...
The four-year graduation rate at Eastern Kentucky University continues its steady rise, and has now more than doubled in an eight-year span. Roughly one in three students from the Fall 2014 freshman cohort graduated in four years. The 32.7 percent record is up from...
Richmond Mayor Jim Barnes (pictured at left) recently issued a proclamation for WEKU Public Radio Week Oct. 7-13. Representing the station was Wendy Barnett (pictured at right). The station is celebrating its 50th anniversary of service this year. The proclamation...
Once again, Eastern Kentucky University is among the leading four-year schools nationally in the annual Military Times: Best for Vets rankings. EKU finished 12th (tops in Kentucky and adjacent states) in the recently announced 2019 rankings, up from 14th a year ago....
An Eastern Kentucky University Chautauqua lecture will explore “The Pursuit of Happiness in Trying Times” on Thursday, Nov. 1, when Cornell University psychology professor Tom Gilovich will speak at 7:30 p.m. in O’Donnell Hall of the Whitlock...
A charter signed recently by President Michael Benson will provide the organizational backbone of the University’s Ombud office. According to Joan Beck, who serves faculty and staff in the ombud position, the charter “sets out in greater detail the...
Just follow the yellow brick road. The School of Music at Eastern Kentucky University will present the musical version of “Wizard of Oz” Nov. 8-11. The Gifford Theatre curtain will rise at 7:30 p.m. nightly Nov. 8-10 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. The...