Tommy Fagan found his purpose in life, his sense of belonging through his service in the military. The Richmond native returned from the battlefield, even went on to earn two degrees from Eastern Kentucky University, but like so many of his fellow soldiers, found that...
Eastern Kentucky University student Rachel Bracker captured first place in her category in recent competition at the Kentucky Academy of Science annual conference. Bracker won for her poster presentation in Analytical/Physical Chemistry. The event, bringing together...
For the second straight year, EKU Geosciences students swept the awards in the Geology Oral Presentation session at the annual conference of the Kentucky Academy of Science, held this year at Murray State University. Sophomore Selsey Stribling and senior Addison Bell...
Home to 269 international students from 45 countries, an ELS center and a vibrant Education Abroad Program, EKU will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 13-17 with several events and activities. They include a panel discussion featuring past Education Abroad...
Three Eastern Kentucky University students from the Department of Environmental Health Science were recognized at the 81st National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Education Conference and Exposition. Only five students receive student research award...
When he was a student at Eastern Kentucky University, Ritchie Rednour served as president of the Student Government Association and student regent. Fifteen years later, he is still a leader, serving on the University’s Foundation Board. And now the Powell...
The Center for Student Accessibility (CSA) at EKU was featured recently by Insight into Diversity magazine for its effort to promote the benefits of higher education to youth from underrepresented groups and assist them with their transition. As the article notes, an...
Environmental stewardship has been a big part of Caci Gibson’s life for about as long as she can remember. And the Eastern Kentucky University senior from London plans to remain in eastern Kentucky as an environmental activist. So it is no surprise that Gibson...
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s new leadership institute for underrepresented minority faculty graduated its inaugural cohort last week during a Council meeting at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. The cohort, which consisted of 19...
Their pathways to EKU were quite different, but Tyler Price and Ivonne Gonzalez, this year’s Homecoming king and queen, do share a love for the University they represent. Gonzalez, of Shelbyville, is believed to be the first Latina homecoming queen at Eastern....