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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 accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)with extension campus locations in
Corbin, Danville, and Manchester, and Lancaster. Eastern was founded in 1874 as Central University. In 1906, the Kentucky General Assembly 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. 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 award nonprofessional degrees. It was not until 1966 that the school was officially renamed Eastern Kentucky University. |
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Established 1874 Type: Public Endowment: $43 million President: Dr. Charles Douglas Whitlock Faculty: 650 Staff: 1594 Undergraduates: 13,623 Postgraduates: 2,140 Location Richmond, KY, USA |
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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. With their win over Tennessee State University in 2007, Eastern's football team secured their 30th consecutive winning season. |