Eastern Kentucky University Based In Richmond Current President Dr Charles Douglas Whitlock

Eastern Kentucky University also called as EKU by the people residing locally. It is a research institution imparting education at graduate as well as undergraduate level and is based in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.

The accreditation of this university was done by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools along with the regional campuses that were located in Manchester, Lancaster, Corbin, and Danville. The foundation of Eastern Kentucky University was laid in the year 1874 in the form of Central University. The establishment of the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School was done by the Kentucky General Assembly as a college of teachers in the year 1906.

After turning into a four-year institution in the year 1922 the name of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School was converted in to Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College. In 1928 it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. After two years its name was again turned into Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in 1930.

The General Assembly detached the word Teachers from the name of the school in 1948. Finally it is named as Eastern Kentucky University in 1966 in official terms. Eastern includes The Graduate School, 5 colleges and John Grant Crabbe Library.

Eastern Kentucky University provides 168 degree programs in bachelors, associates as well as master's degree. The various colleges it includes are College of Health Sciences, College of Business and Technology, College of Justice and Safety etc. The libraries providing services are Justice and Safety Library Branch, Music Library Branch and many more.

The sports team belonging to the university was called as "Colonels." The basketball team of men got the victory in the Ohio Valley Conference which was organized in the year 2007.

The Presidents of the Eastern Kentucky University includes the names as Dr. Herman Lee Donovan for the period 1928-1941, Dr. Hanly Funderburk for the duration from 1984 to 1998, Joanne K. Glasser, Esq 2001-2007 and many more. From the year 2007 the current President of the university is Dr. Charles Douglas Whitlock. The newspaper of the campus of EKU is called as ''Eastern Progress.” The foundation of this newspaper was done in the year 1922. Eastern Kentucky University