When senior aviation major Kristena Cook reflects on her daily life, a 100-mile commute each way from her Louisville home to class at Eastern Kentucky University while juggling her children, education and career amid constant exhaustion, she can only be grateful....
An Eastern Kentucky University vice president was featured in a prominent community newspaper recently discussing the University’s commitment to southeast Kentucky. David McFaddin, vice-president of engagment, regional stewardship and government relations, spoke...
Many college students face barriers that make it difficult for them to complete their academic degrees, including enrollment in summer courses. EKU’s Diversity Office, Summer Committee, Student Financial Assistance and the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity...
Economic educators at Eastern Kentucky University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky have formed the Coalition for Financial Literacy in the Commonwealth (CFLC) in order to collaborate and...
The Eastern Kentucky University Homeland Security Program is featured in the second edition of “Threats to Homeland Security: Reassessing the All Hazards Perspective,” edited by Richard J. Kilroy, Jr. EKU’s bachelor’s degree program is...
Eastern Kentucky University won the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup for the 2017-18 academic year, its fifth consecutive all-sports title, the league office announced on Tuesday. The OVC Commissioner's Cup is a symbol of overall athletic excellence...
Local middle school students will have the opportunity to star in their own “CSI” adventure this summer. Hummel Planetarium at Eastern Kentucky University will host a CSI Camp for rising middle schoolers July 17-19. Working in teams, participants will...
“Appalachian Mining Town” might center around an abandoned mining town in eastern Kentucky, but the video game recently developed by a team of Eastern Kentucky University students wasn’t forgotten by the E3 College Competition, which selected the...
For embodying all the tenets of the Scout Law, Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson was awarded the Distinguished Citizen Award recently from the Blue Grass Council of the Boy Scouts of America. “Scouting strives to teach youth valuable...
One of Patrick McKee’s goals when he was named sustainability manager at Eastern Kentucky University in 2015 was to help the institution receive a STARS rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Mission...