While most of the campus was dealing with the first day of classes, the Kentucky Education Association- Student Program at EKU took a field trip to view the solar eclipse in its totality at a sister institution, Hopkinsville Community College. The 32 participating...
Two MacArthur “Genius” Award winners, a host of bestselling authors, distinguished professors and other leading figures from a variety of fields will examine the theme of “Transformations” in the 2017-18 Chautauqua Lecture Series at Eastern...
Until this year, occupational therapy was one of the few health science disciplines that did not have its own education journal. Thanks to the work of some EKU faculty members, the second issue of the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (JOTE) was released this...
An opportunity to work on Capitol Hill would be a dream for many students, but for Madison Pergrem, that dream became a reality. The Eastern Kentucky University junior spent the summer interning with Sixth District Congressman Andy Barr and U.S. Senator and Majority...
“We are all recruiters, we are all retainers, and we are all ‘graduators.’” That was the message from Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson at his yearly convocation address to employees Tuesday. Benson spoke at EKU’s...
Dr. Marcel Robles has received the 2016-17 Jack L. Dyer Excellence in Teaching Award in the School of Business at Eastern Kentucky University. Robles, who joined the EKU faculty in 2002, is a professor of corporate communication and technology in the Department of...
The Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology (FPSET) Program at Eastern Kentucky University has earned national accreditation from the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) through...
The Kentucky All “A” Classic is coming back to Eastern Kentucky University. Eastern hosted the small-school basketball tournament for boys’ and girls’ teams from 1991 to 2011. The Frankfort Convention Center has hosted the event the past six...
“In order to grow, we have to become comfortable with being uncomfortable.” That simple phrase led Eastern Kentucky University student Ivan Olivas to spend his summer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The rising junior spent the summer studying advanced Spanish...
Eastern Kentucky University will unveil a statue of College Football Hall of Fame coach Roy Kidd on Saturday, Sept. 23. The statue of the man who won 314 games as the head coach of the Colonels will be located in the north end zone, overlooking the field at Roy Kidd...
