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I am an EKU alumnus. I received my BA from Dr. Whitlock in 2010. I wanted to get credits I earned from the Navy put on my EKU transcripts to make them official. I was told that EKU couldn't go back and retroactively put them on my transcripts when I had already graduated.  Getting a degree from EKU has been like pulling teeth, a whole mouthful of teeth, from a belligerent giant. But I got what I wanted, a degree and official transcripts with 24 Navy credits.    EKU staff would look at me in a questioning manner, as if though they doubted I could actually be a student.

Several Clark County students were honored for academic achievement at Eastern Kentucky Univesity for the fall 2010 semester. President’s Award Kelsey Bayley Mary Cook Dana Fritz Alison Garcia Kaitlyn German Ashley Howes Sarah Ingram Rachel Jackson Donald Laskey Kelsey Neumann Michael Nodine Hillary Rainey Justin Reffitt Daniel Roach Lisa Satterly-Smyth Linsey Smahaj Alex Smiley Rebecca Smith ...

The passion for furthering her future runs deep for East Jessamine senior Mallory Osborne. Osborne, a state track and field competitor in her time as a Jaguar, signed Tuesday with Eastern Kentucky University, where she will compete in cross country and track and field. Osborne said pursuing a career in occupational therapy was her main goal, and it was when she learned of the EKU athletic programs' success, she inquired about doing both. “I wanted to pursue my passion in helping people so I decided to go into occupational therapy,” Osborne said.

Hi everyone! As someone who was born and raised in Stanford, I'm very excited to be the summer intern for the Interior Journal. After graduating from Lincoln County High School in 2009, I went on to Eastern Kentucky University, where I'm now a senior majoring in English. I will be graduating this December. After I graduate, I hope to write for a magazine or newspaper until I get my own book published. The novel I'm working on now is a fictional story directed at young adults.

RICHMOND - Danny Hope followed a legend at Eastern Kentucky. According to several published reports, he may be following another longtime coach in the near future. Hope, who just completed his fifth season as successor to legendary Eastern coach Roy Kidd, reportedly will take over for Purdue coach Joe Tiller in two years. Eastern athletics director Mark Sandy told the Lexington Herald-Leader this morning that he couldn't confirm or deny the rumors. "If there's something that's happening with Purdue, then it has to come from them," he told the paper.

Having a competitive nature and a supportive family is what Danville native Nicholas Wade credits for pushing him to create new standards while a student at Eastern Kentucky University. To his growing list of honors, Wade added giving the commencement address in his college graduation on Saturday. “I'm really excited,” he said, during an interview last week. To be selected, Wade had to complete an application with a faculty letter of recommendation and a copy of his potential speech.

Jessamine County schools Superintendent Lu Young has received many honors over her career as an educator, but the one she received April 26 just might have been the most treasured. Young was one of six former students inducted into the Eastern Kentucky University Hall of Distinguished Alumni at the Alumni Awards and Recognition banquet during Alumni Weekend at the school. Young earned her bachelor's degree in Spanish at EKU in 1981, then received her master's degree in 1983 and said she was honored by the award.

RICHMOND - The Eastern Kentucky University football team will make its first appearance in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs for the first time in a decade this weekend. The Colonels (9-2) will travel to Richmond on Saturday, with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. Eastern (9-2, 8-0 OVC), ranked No. 12, will be making its record 18th playoff appearance. The Colonels have also appeared in the FCS playoffs in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997.

When Lindsey Rankin first met Eastern Kentucky University women's golf coach Joni Stephens two years ago at camp, she knew she wanted to play on her team. She just didn't know if she had the talent. "She (Stephens) runs the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Camps that I went to with Mrs. Pence (Lincoln coach Jackie Pence) and I got to know her there and I knew I wanted to play at Eastern," Rankin said. "I just never really knew if I could actually play Division I golf. " Stephens apparently thought she could.

Dean Hood considers Richmond close to home. Hood, who has spent the past six years as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Wake Forest, is aware of the current football opening at Eastern Kentucky and is interested in coming back to coach the Colonels. "I love Eastern Kentucky," Hood said Monday. "I am interested in Eastern Kentucky. It's obviously a job that would interest me. " Hood fits the criteria the school is looking for in a coach to replace Danny Hope, who resigned Friday top become associate head coach at Purdue.

Hi everyone! As someone who was born and raised in Stanford, I'm very excited to be the summer intern for the Interior Journal. After graduating from Lincoln County High School in 2009, I went on to Eastern Kentucky University, where I'm now a senior majoring in English. I will be graduating this December. After I graduate, I hope to write for a magazine or newspaper until I get my own book published. The novel I'm working on now is a fictional story directed at young adults.

The passion for furthering her future runs deep for East Jessamine senior Mallory Osborne. Osborne, a state track and field competitor in her time as a Jaguar, signed Tuesday with Eastern Kentucky University, where she will compete in cross country and track and field. Osborne said pursuing a career in occupational therapy was her main goal, and it was when she learned of the EKU athletic programs' success, she inquired about doing both. “I wanted to pursue my passion in helping people so I decided to go into occupational therapy,” Osborne said.

Honor society Eastern Kentucky University: Local students inducted into the EKU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society include: Dorinda Rigsby, Danville, biology; Anita Poling, Paint Lick, public relations; Jordan Young, Salvisa, pre-communication disorders; and Melissa Roberts, Stanford, psychology. Eastern Kentucky University: Local students inducted into the EKU chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta include: Kayla Christina Lasure, Stanford; and Kara Danielle Wade, Crab Orchard.

RICHMOND - A little more than a month after Eastern Kentucky University introduced Debra Hoskins as executive director of its Center for the Arts on Jan. 31, 2011, her former employer, Centre College informed her and EKU that it had evidence she had improperly obtained confidential records from its Norton Center for the Arts. Hoskins was employed by the Norton Center for more than 20 years before joining EKU. The information included customer and advertiser lists that were obtained by a Norton employee, Angie Young, sent to her personal email and then forwarded to Hoskins' personal email, according to a letter from Centre President John Roush to Hoskins and EKU President Doug Whitlock.

The Lincoln County girls 3200-meter relay team, sprinter Santana Hocker and triple jumper Luke Shofner  led the Lady Patriots and Patriots at Saturday's season-opening Model All-Comers meet, with each earning first place at the Eastern Kentucky University track complex in Richmond. The Lady Patriot relay team, which includes senior Alex Bunch and freshmen Morgan Gourley, Logan Godbey and MaHaley Long, had little trouble bringing home first in the distance race, finishing a full minute and 41 seconds ahead of the second-place team from Burgin.

Spencer Perrin feels like he's found both financial security for his family and the perfect place to play basketball now that he has signed a three-year guaranteed contract worth about $1 million to play in Australia with the Geraldton Buccaneers. “I leave this Friday and can't wait,” said Perrin, a Boyle County graduate and former player at Eastern Kentucky University. “It's the most tropical part of Australia. It is its own island in the western part of Australia and the best possible place to go there to play basketball.

The Jessamine Journal's newest reporter is the latest in a pipeline of Eastern Kentucky University graduates at the paper. Kelly McKinney, 34, graduated from EKU in 2007 and has worked at two newspapers in the region since then. She joins fellow Eastern graduates Jonathan Kleppinger and Jonathan Stark in the newsroom; eight of the last 12 news employees hired at The Journal have been Colonels. McKinney grew up in Lexington and didn't have a career path picked out yet when she started college.

Students from Boyle, Casey and Lincoln counties will be among 160 seventh- and eighth-graders from across Kentucky, all identified as gifted and talented in science and/or mathematics, who will have the opportunity to participated in a NASA space  program event hosted by Eastern Kentucky University. Of the group, 23 select students will speak with astronaut Tom Marshburn while he is aboard the International Space Station. The theme for the event, which runs from 9:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., is “From the Bluegrass to the Blue Marble: Systems in Space.” Local students participating in the event include: Boyle County: Alyvia Walker and Kennedy Walker, Bate Middle School; Kate Leahey, Boyle County Middle School.

Having a competitive nature and a supportive family is what Danville native Nicholas Wade credits for pushing him to create new standards while a student at Eastern Kentucky University. To his growing list of honors, Wade added giving the commencement address in his college graduation on Saturday. “I'm really excited,” he said, during an interview last week. To be selected, Wade had to complete an application with a faculty letter of recommendation and a copy of his potential speech.

STANFORD - Two Lincoln County Middle School students were taken to the hospital Wednesday after consuming energy drinks during a field trip to Eastern Kentucky University. Principal Debbie Sims said during a 300-student excursion to the university in Richmond for a live dance performance, some students began purchasing energy drinks from a store in the main EKU food court. Sims said one student asked a teacher if he could purchase an energy drink and was given permission. After that, students began making a "big deal" about energy drinks and purchasing them in larger numbers.