Typically, research in economic education doesn’t measure the effectiveness of financial literacy programs in the elementary and middle grades. But Dr. Cynthia Harter at Eastern Kentucky University is not your typical economic educator. And that explains why she...
Encouragement doesn’t always come with a pat on the back. As a student at Eastern Kentucky University, Tracie Prater’s career plans were constantly changing. She filled out a change-of-major form several times, but ultimately stuck with physics because of...
In 2013, American theoretical physicist Sylvester James Gates Jr. stood before President Barack Obama and received the National Medal of Science, the highest award given to scientists in the U.S. On Thursday, Sept. 14, Gates will stand before the Eastern Kentucky...
Eastern Kentucky University is the only regional university in Kentucky to receive the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from Insight into Diversity magazine. The HEED Award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an...
From the throes of brain surgery to the thrills of the cockpit, Eastern Kentucky University student Ethan Youngblood is soaring to new heights – literally and figuratively. At just 4 years old, Youngblood knew he wanted to be a pilot. Growing up near the...
Having recently opened the largest science facility on any campus in the Commonwealth, Eastern Kentucky University’s College of Science will celebrate with Science and Mathematics Week on the Richmond campus. The celebration, from Monday, Sept. 11, through...
Looking for the best educational value for your dollar? Eastern Kentucky University ranks second among all public universities in Kentucky in Washington Monthly’s annual “Best Bang for the Buck” rankings, scoring highest in the category of earnings...
Supreme Commander Robert E. Leeson, an exemplary student at Wimberly Academy, is found naked and dead after falling from a bell tower six months before his graduation. Suicide? Or was it? That’s what law officials and an inexperienced, but enthusiastic,...
The Eastern Kentucky University Small Business Development Center (EKU SBDC) recently co-hosted with the City of Berea Business Development Office and Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) the 2017 Business Resource Exchange in Berea. The...
“One of the top 50 people shaping American politics” will visit Eastern Kentucky University on Thursday, Sept. 7, to discuss her efforts to reduce socioeconomic and racial inequalities in the collegiate sphere. Best-selling author Sara Goldrick-Rab will...
