EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Growth - in quantity and quality - has been the theme at Eastern Kentucky University. The quantity speaks for itself. With an enrollment of more than I 3,000 students, the University's student body has more than tripled since 1960. As a result, new dormitories and large , w e ll-equipp ed academic s tructures hav e been built.

Dr. J. C. Powell will be completing his seventh year as president of the University in October. Powell, the school's seventh president , succeeded Dr. Robert R. Martin who served EKU in that position for 16 ¼ years.

At a 1978 Board of Regents meeting, Eastern was reorganized into nine colleges and a graduate school. Five colleges - Applied Arts and Technology , Business , Education , Law Enforcement and Allied H ealth and Nursing - remain e d intact.

Four new colleges were created , including Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences , Arts and Humanities and Health , Phys ical Education , Recreation and Athletics.

The mast e rs d eg r ee is offered in several fields as is the specialist degree. A joint doctoral program in education is sponsored in cooperation with the Univ e r s ity of Kentucky.

The physical plant has undergone building and renovation programs totaling more than $138 million since 1960. During thi s pe r iod every existing major campus facility has been remodeled or completely r eco nstruct ed.