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,...
Since Horace Hunter was 5 years old, he has dreamed of taking off one day as a pilot. On Dec. 15, 2017, he landed at his graduation with a bachelor’s degree in aviation, professional flight with a minor in aerospace management. The Lexington native addressed the...
Tiffani Peel promised herself as a child that she would “strive to be strong even when those around me are weak,” and “help those who are not strong enough to help themselves.” That resolve to be an advocate for others led to actions that would...
To say that Cameron Peyton was ecstatic Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 31, is no spin. When his name was announced as a winner of an education-abroad scholarship at Eastern Kentucky University’s fifth annual Spin the Wheel Scholarship event, the junior international...
Hip-hop music and academic scholarship are intersecting, thanks to the work of Joycelyn Wilson. Wilson, also known as “Doctor Joyce,” will present “The Outkast Imagination: Hip Hop Education and Transformative Pedagogy” as the keynote address...
For many students, college is a time of exploration: of self, of new ideas, and of lifelong passions. For the past three years, Dr. Jason Koontz and the School of Music at Eastern Kentucky University have aided percussion students in that quest. For 10 days in...
Ethan Witt knows firsthand the value of a degree from Eastern Kentucky University. Now, after serving the past 4 ½ years in the field offices of Sixth District Congressman Andy Barr and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the 2011 political science...
Eastern Kentucky University student-athletes set new program records in the classroom this past fall, posting the highest combined fall grade-point-average ever (3.128) and compiling a record 56 individual 4.0 GPAs. More than 300 Eastern Kentucky student-athletes...
Attention, EKU sophomores: The U.S. Army is looking for the best and brightest college students in the country to lead America’s soldiers as they conduct operations around the world from relief efforts in Puerto Rico to combat operations in the Middle East and...
Becoming a successful teacher includes academic preparation, a good amount of time as a student teacher and the standard classroom observation hours. However, one institution is raising the bar just a bit higher to better prepare future educators. Eastern Kentucky...
