Eastern Kentucky University students, faculty and staff contributed more than 22,650 hours of volunteer service in 2016-17, with 170 individuals earning the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA). The program, which honors volunteers and promotes...
New buildings of every purpose are changing the skyline at Eastern Kentucky University, but what’s happening at ground level is also important to the revitalization of the Richmond campus. What was once a lackluster space lacking curb appeal along Lancaster...
A Model Laboratory High School student is one of only 180 high school students selected to participate in the internationally prestigious Brevard Music Center Summer Institute in North Carolina. Nathan Richey, a rising junior, will join students from all over the...
Whether she’s acing another test or elbow deep in tractor grease, Eastern Kentucky University Spring 2017 graduate Brooke Darnell knows the value of hard work. The Cynthiana native, who graduated summa cum laude with a 3.93 GPA, will certainly be remembered by...
Whether she’s acing another test or elbow deep in tractor grease, Eastern Kentucky University Spring 2017 graduate Brooke Darnell knows the value of hard work. The Cynthiana native, who graduated summa cum laude with a 3.93 GPA, will certainly be remembered by...
It was the day after her oldest sister’s wedding. Julia Niemann Barney was packing her Ford Focus, leaving barely enough room for herself, about to embark on a two-hour drive from Oldham County to Eastern Kentucky University and her freshman year. “Sitting...
Anna Reeves was in seventh grade when she first heard about Eastern Kentucky University’s criminal justice program, and began counting down the days until she could apply. Nine years later, it’s safe to say her middle school self would be proud. Reeves,...
From Eastern Kentucky University’s Meadowbrook Farm to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Reid “Zeke” Buskirk is making a name for himself in geochemistry. The EKU junior was recently awarded the Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant. He will use the...
Eastern Kentucky University will hold a dedication ceremony for Carloftis Garden on Friday, May 12. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Keen Johnson Building (moved from the garden site because of the threat of inclement weather). The garden is located near the...
Anne Kipp, second-grade teacher at Model Laboratory School, and Rebecca Reister, fourth-grade teacher at Kirksville Elementary School, recently received Learning for Life Teaching Awards from Central Bank and the Eastern Kentucky University Center for Economic...
