The Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Institute (EK-ERI) at EKU has received a three-year, $323,404 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to examine the impact of agricultural best management practices on water quality in cattle-grazing lands in karstic watersheds.
The Jan. 20 televised inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama was shown in several locations on campus, including the lobby of the Powell Building where refreshments were available courtesy of the Office of Student Life.
Numerous events are scheduled at Eastern in observance of Black History Month, including a read-in celebrating the works of African-American writers and lectures examining diversity and African-American art.
As the new director of the Center for Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Technology (CEDET) at EKU, Ian Mooers brings more than 10 years experience in successfully linking higher education resources with business and industry, most recently at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
What he doesn’t bring with him is the notion that what worked in the suburban Washington, D.C., area will necessarily work here.
“Transcending the New Woman: Multiethnic Narratives in the Progressive Era” by Dr. Charlotte Rich, associate professor of English at EKU, is the first book to focus solely on multiethnic women writers’ responses to the ideal of the New Woman in America, a cultural and literary ideal that replaced Victorian expectations of domesticity with visions of social, political and economic independence at the beginning of the 20th century.
The next lecture in the Chautauqua Lecture Series, “Freedom: A Force Against Ignorance and Tyranny,” will feature singer, composer and social activist Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Professor Karen Cotton McDaniel, a visiting scholar in the African/African-American Studies and Women and Gender Studies programs, will be recognized for her role as editor for the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia at a reception honoring the project on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
The event, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Walnut Hall of the Keen Johnson Building, is hosted by President Whitlock and co-sponsored by African/African-American Studies, Women and Gender Studies and University Programs.
The Division of Continuing Education and Outreach will offer approximately 140 community education courses this spring semester, including 28 instructor-facilitated on-line courses through a partnership with Ed2Go.
Nine Eastern students earned Certified Student Leader credentials during the recent National Conference on Student Leadership (NCSL) in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
QEP Stars, a new regular feature in EKUpdate, will take a look at those faculty members who are incorporating critical/creative thinking and communication strategies with their students. The feature hopes to show how those strategies have impacted the classroom experience, both from a learning and teaching standpoint. This issue's "QEP Star" is Associate Provost Janna Vice.
Sherwood Thompson, Assistant Dean of Education, is featured in this ongoing series designed to allow EKU leaders and others in prominent positions to discuss their roles as well as campus issues. Thompson, who joined the faculty in August 2006, holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He earned a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg.
As the new director of the Center for Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Technology (CEDET) at EKU, Ian Mooers brings more than 10 years experience in successfully linking higher education resources with business and industry, most recently at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
The next lecture in the Chautauqua Lecture Series, “Freedom: A Force Against Ignorance and Tyranny,” will feature singer, composer and social activist Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Professor Karen Cotton McDaniel, a visiting scholar in the African/African-American Studies and Women and Gender Studies programs, will be recognized for her role as editor for the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia at a reception honoring the project on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
QEP Stars, a new regular feature in EKUpdate, will take a look at those faculty members who are incorporating critical/creative thinking and communication strategies with their students. The feature hopes to show how those strategies have impacted the classroom experience, both from a learning and teaching standpoint. This issue's "QEP Star" is Associate Provost Janna Vice. 