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QEP Profile: Dr. Judy Jenkins in Chemistry

QEP Profile: Dr. Judy Jenkins in Chemistry

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...
Grad Head Athletic Trainer for Orioles

Grad Head Athletic Trainer for Orioles

As pitchers and catchers for the Baltimore Orioles reported to Sarasota, Florida, for spring training they began work under the watchful eye of a new head athletic trainer, but no stranger to many of the players. Eastern Kentucky University graduate Brian Ebel was...
Accounting Class Offers Tax Preparation

Accounting Class Offers Tax Preparation

An Eastern Kentucky University accounting class is again partnering with the Central Kentucky Economic Empowerment Project and Kentucky River Foothills Community Action Agency to offer basic income tax preparation for those making $54,000 or less. Students in...
New Program Helps CAPT Reach Students

New Program Helps CAPT Reach Students

"George Washington's cows were kept upstairs,” the children at Hacker Elementary heard through ZOOM online chat. “And given their own special room,” an EKU Corbin CAPT student read. “They never were seen by light of day,” the...
Mock Trial Team Wins Regional Title

Mock Trial Team Wins Regional Title

Eastern Kentucky University’s mock trial program continued its outstanding season with a first-place finish at the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Regional Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, hosted by The Ohio State University Feb. 10-11. EKU finished with a...
Risk Mgmt./Insurance Program Nationally Ranked

Risk Mgmt./Insurance Program Nationally Ranked

The Risk Management and Insurance Program at Eastern Kentucky University ranks in the top 20 nationally, according to the February 2018 issue of Best’s Review magazine. Eastern, which offers the only undergraduate insurance degrees in Kentucky, fared especially...
Grad to Discuss “Life, Love and Work in China”

Grad to Discuss “Life, Love and Work in China”

Jeffery McNeil will give a “Colonel Perspective” on “Life, Love and Work in China” when he returns to his alma mater, Eastern Kentucky University, to speak on Monday, Feb. 19. McNeil’s talk, at 4 p.m. in the Dick Mayo Allen Auditorium...
Cupboard Fights Hunger on Campus, in Community

Cupboard Fights Hunger on Campus, in Community

In addition to serving 143 Eastern Kentucky University students last year and 81 by mid-January this year, the Colonel’s Cupboard is also helping to fight hunger in the community. The Cupboard, aided by Student Life and First-Year Experiences staff, recently...
Ky. Senate Resolution Recognizes Tuition Freeze

Ky. Senate Resolution Recognizes Tuition Freeze

It’s not every day that a university and its president are honored in the Kentucky General Assembly for freezing tuition. But that’s exactly what happened in the state Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 6, when, with Eastern Kentucky University President Michael...
Student Aspires to be Voice for Service

Student Aspires to be Voice for Service

Latrell Floyd aspires to be a voice for service in his community. On Jan. 24, Floyd received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Community Service at the eighth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Banquet at Eastern Kentucky University. The previous month,...