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EKU: A Comprehensive university

The Power of Maroon. EKU: A Comprehensive university. 1906: Founded as Eastern Kentucky State Normal School 1922: Became Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (4-year) 1925: First degree awarded 1935: Added first graduate degree (M.A.Ed.)

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EKU: A Comprehensive university

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  1. The Power of Maroon EKU: A Comprehensive university

  2. 1906: Founded as Eastern Kentucky State Normal School • 1922: Became Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (4-year) • 1925: First degree awarded • 1935: Added first graduate degree (M.A.Ed.) • 1966: Became Eastern Kentucky University • 2010: First doctoral degree awarded (Ed.D) History

  3. Current Mission Statement: Eastern Kentucky University is a student-centered, comprehensive public university dedicated to high-quality instruction, scholarship, and service. Mission: • New Mission Statement: • As a comprehensive public institution, Eastern Kentucky University prepares students to lead productive, responsible, and enriched lives. To accomplish this mission, the University emphasizes: • Student Success, • Regional Stewardship, and • Critical and Creative Thinking and Effective Communication.

  4. Main Campus – Richmond • 5 Regional sites • Corbin • Danville • Manchester • Somerset • Lancaster lOCATIONS

  5. Total Enrollment: 16,567 (Fall 2010) • Undergraduate Enrollment: 14, 396 (Fall 2010) • Graduate Enrollment: 2,171 (Fall 2010) • Credentials Awarded (2009-10): • 17 Certificate • 203 Associate • 2,126 Bachelor • 1 Post-bacc certificate • 1 Post Master’s certificate • 697 Master • 8 Specialist • 1 Doctorate By the numbers: Students

  6. Most students come from Kentucky • EKU’s “service region” is a 22-county area in southeastern and south central Kentucky • Just over 50% of first-time, full-time freshmen are first-generation college students • Average ACT score for first-time freshmen: 21.3 • Student/Faculty ratio: 16.7:1 By the numbers: Students

  7. 5 Colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, Education, Health Sciences, and Justice & Safety • 24 Associate Degree • 134 Bachelor Degree • 35 Master Degree • 1 Specialist • 2 Doctorate Programs

  8. 573 Full-time Tenure-Track Faculty* • 447 Part-time Faculty • 353 Tenured (151 Professor, 139 Assoc. Prof., 63 Assist. Prof.) • 209 Tenure track (10 Professor, 26 Assoc. Prof., 146 Assist. Prof) • 118 Full-time Not on tenure track *Includes Model Lab faculty By the numbers: Faculty (2009)

  9. Teaching Load: 4/4 or 3/3 • Maximum pre-tenure term – 6 years By the numbers: Faculty

  10. Graduation Rate: 37.7% • Retention • Diversity • Revenue streams Areas of concern

  11. Online learning • “The Essential Eastern” • Undergraduate/graduate research • International education • Cooperative education/internship • Service learning/community engagement • Leadership experience priorities

  12. CRAFT (Center for Renewable and Alternative Fuel Technologies) • Noel Studio for Academic Creativity • Center for the Performing Arts • Science Building Initiatives/Capital projects

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