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Food Drive Fills Cupboard Shelves

Food Drive Fills Cupboard Shelves

Thanks to the generosity of faculty, staff and students, the Colonel’s Cupboard at Eastern Kentucky University has added enough food to assist an additional 304 students in need of its services. The University’s second annual hunger awareness campaign and...
Model Exec. Director among 15 in Global Policy Program

Model Exec. Director among 15 in Global Policy Program

Dr. Eric Parker, executive director of Model Laboratory School, is one of only 15 educators nationwide selected to participate in the 2017 Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (GEPFP). Participants are chosen based on their demonstrated experience and expertise...
Inside EKUSports Wins Excellence Award

Inside EKUSports Wins Excellence Award

Eastern Kentucky University’s Inside EKUSports television show was awarded the Ohio Valley Conference Digital Network Program of Excellence Award for Ancillary Programming, the league office announced recently. Inside EKUSports is a weekly show hosted by the...
Student Speaker Learns New Meaning of “No”

Student Speaker Learns New Meaning of “No”

Three years ago, Eastern Kentucky University student Kelsi Peters was questioning if the major she had chosen was right for her. Her studies were not coming as easily as she had anticipated. She was worried she had failed, that she had seen the end of one of her...
Student-Athletes Set Academic Records

Student-Athletes Set Academic Records

For the 11th straight semester, more than 300 Eastern Kentucky University student-athletes combined for a grade point average of 3.0 or better. The cumulative GPA for EKU student-athletes in the spring of 2017 was 3.09, which is the second highest spring GPA on...
Student Speaker Learned Value of Words

Student Speaker Learned Value of Words

For the last four years, Eastern Kentucky University graduate Cassidy Pickens has studied words. She can trace a word back to its origin as a breath, deep in the lungs. She can follow it as it becomes a buzz in the vocal cords, and as it passes through her teeth and...
Busy Summer for EKU Theatre Program

Busy Summer for EKU Theatre Program

Building on the success of its High School Theatre Intensive and last summer's Celebration of Shakespeare, Eastern Kentucky University Theatre will offer a camp for younger students this summer and present a production of “The Tempest.”  The High...
History, Communications Partner for Success

History, Communications Partner for Success

Enrollment. High-impact learning. Job readiness. Alumni engagement. All that and more lie at the heart of a new partnership between the history and communications departments at Eastern Kentucky University. Seeking ways to increase interest in its undergraduate and...
Chinese Executive’s Gift Aids Honors Program

Chinese Executive’s Gift Aids Honors Program

Since 1990, the Eastern Kentucky University Honors Program has sent more than 900 student presenters to the annual conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council – a number that far surpasses that of any other Honors college or program in the nation. Now,...
Carter Named Shippensburg President

Carter Named Shippensburg President

Dr. Laurie Carter is going home to the Keystone State to serve as president of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made on Thursday, May 18. For the past three years, Carter has served as Executive Vice President and University Counsel at...