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“This fall will be as exciting a time at EKU as we’ve seen the last two or three decades.” — President Michael Benson told the Board of Regents in April.
Phase 2 of the New Science Building opened this fall, giving Eastern the largest science facility on any university campus in Kentucky.
NEW RESIDENTIAL, ACADEMIC FACILITIES MAKE FOR EXCITING FALL Even returning students might have needed a map to navigate The Campus Beautiful this fall. Not since the 1960s have EKU Colonels come back after summer break to quite so many campus improvements. Judging from high enrollment numbers, prospective students are taking notice, too, of the new residential and academic facilities that now dot the Richmond campus. They include two new residence halls, the second phase of the New Science Building, a new residential facility for single parents, a parking garage and
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enhancements to intercollegiate athletics facilities. Those facilities will be quickly followed in early 2018 by the new Case Dining Hall, a stand-alone facility financed by Aramark Educational Services LLC as part of a 15-year agreement with the food vendor. In the planning stages are a renovated student union, a new, larger student recreation center and a second pedway across the Eastern Bypass. It’s all part of the University’s ongoing campus revitalization initiative, designed to enhance student success and ultimately transform the living and learning experience for EKU students.