Eastern Kentucky University

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Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University Seal
Motto Where Students and Learning Come First
Established 1874
Type Public
Endowment $43 million
President Joanne Glasser
Undergraduates 16,000
Postgraduates 2,346
Location Richmond, KY, USA
Campus semi-urban
Athletics 15 varsity teams, called "Colonels" and "Lady Colonels"
Colors Maroon █ and White █
Affiliations Ohio Valley Conference
Eastern Kentucky University"The Colonel"
University Building
University Building

Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is known for nationally prominent programs in criminal justice, education, environmental health, forensic science, the geosciences and homeland security . In addition, EKU offers doctoral programs in the fields of education, geology, and rehabilitation sciences, jointly with University of Kentucky. Currently, Joanne K. Glasser Esq. presides as university president. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) with extension campus locations in Corbin, Danville, and Manchester.

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University Building
University Building

Eastern was founded in 1874 as Central University. In 1906, the Kentucky State Legislature established the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School as a teacher's college. In 1922 it became a four-year institution and changed its name to the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College, awarding its first degrees under that name in 1925. Today the undergraduate division remains the largest unit within the university. The school received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1928; then, two years later, in 1930, it changed its name again to the Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College. Eastern added graduate studies in 1935, and thirteen years later, in 1948, the General Assembly removed the word Teachers from the school's name, and granted it the right to grant nonprofessional degrees. It was not until 1966 that the school was officially renamed Eastern Kentucky University.

In 1987 EKU received attention when it was ranked 30th in Playboy's list of "America's Top Party Schools." However, it was not included in the 2002 list, which was the last time the company published the list. [1]

  • EKU's campus newspaper is known as the ''Eastern Progress'. The paper was founded in 1922, after two previous campus newspapers had quit publication. The Progress is published on essentially a weekly schedule during the school year, excluding major holiday breaks, for a total of about thirty issues per academic year.
  • EKU's radio station, WEKU broadcasts classical music and NPR news to much of central and southeastern Kentucky.
Aerial View of Central Campus
Aerial View of Central Campus

Referred to as the "Maroons" until the mid-1960s, Eastern's sports teams are known as the "Colonels." They compete in the NCAA's Division I in the Ohio Valley Conference. In football, they are classified as Division I-AA.

The school has traditionally had much success on the football field, having won 16 OVC conference titles and two Division I-AA National Championships in 1979 and 1982. Much of the success came during the long tenure of head coach Roy Kidd from 1964 to 2002. In 1989, Eastern honored Kidd by naming the school's football stadium Roy Kidd Stadium.

In 2005, Eastern's men's and women's basketball teams won the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championships, earning the men their first bid to the NCAA basketball tournament since 1979. The basketball teams play their home games in McBrayer Arena within Alumni Coliseum, an arena with a vaulted roof and wooden ceiling that uses the Catalan vault as its structural system. The arena was inaugurated in 1962 by then-Vice-President of the United States and future President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

OVC Championship, 2005
OVC Championship, 2005

They won the Ohio Valley Conference in 2007. They defeated Austin Peay 63-62 on a last second layup with less than 2 seconds remaining,[1] but lost to the University of North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Sororities

National Panhellenic Conference:

National Pan-Hellenic Council:

Fraternities

North-American Interfraternity Conference:

National Pan-Hellenic Council:

  • Ruric Nevel Roark 1906-1909
  • Mary C. Roark 1909-1910
  • John Grant Crabbe 1910-1916
  • Thomas Jackson Coates 1916-1928
  • Dr. Herman Lee Donovan 1928-1941
  • Dr. William Francis O'Donnell 1941-1960
  • Dr. Rober R. Martin 1960-1976
  • Dr. J.C. Powell 1976-1984
  • Dr. Hanly Funderburk 1984-1998
  • Dr. Robert W. Kustra 1998-2001
  • Joanne K. Glasser 2001-Present


Notable Athletic Alumni

Kentucky Higher Education
Public Universities
Eastern Kentucky University • Kentucky State University • Morehead State University • Murray State University • Northern Kentucky University • University of Kentucky • University of Louisville • Western Kentucky University
Private Colleges and Universities
Alice Lloyd College • Asbury College • Asbury Theological Seminary • Bellarmine University • Berea College • Brescia University • Campbellsville University • Centre College • Clear Creek Baptist Bible College • Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing • Georgetown College • Kentucky Christian University • Kentucky Mountain Bible College • Kentucky Wesleyan College • Lexington Theological Seminary • Lindsey Wilson College • Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary • Mid-Continent University • Midway College • Pikeville College • Saint Catharine College • Simmons College • Southern Baptist Theological Seminary • Spalding University • Spencerian College • Sullivan University • Thomas More College • Transylvania University • Union College • University of the Cumberlands
Community/Technical Colleges
Ashland • Big Sandy • Bluegrass • Bowling Green • Elizabethtown • Gateway • Hazard • Henderson • Hopkinsville • Jefferson • Madisonville • Maysville • Owensboro • Somerset • Southeast Kentucky • West Kentucky


Ohio Valley Conference
Austin Peay • Eastern Illinois • Eastern Kentucky • Jacksonville State • Morehead State • Murray State • Samford • SEMO • Tennessee State • Tennessee Tech • Tennessee–Martin
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