EKU STORIES
PHASE 2, NEW SCIENCE BUILDING
PARKING GARAGE
The completed New Science Building, on Kit Carson Drive across from the Wallace Building and near the health sciences complex, is now the largest such facility in Kentucky. The second phase houses the departments of Biological Sciences and Geosciences and will enhance the University’s capability of preparing students for STEM-related careers.
The first such facility on the Richmond campus, the 320-space facility, located just east of the health sciences complex and New Science Building, is part of the same public-private partnership that financed the two new residence halls.
NORTH RESIDENCE HALL & NEW MARTIN HALL EKU students can now choose from among two new state-ofthe-art, suite-style residence halls. North Hall is located on Kit Carson Drive just south of Telford Hall. What was formerly called New Hall will now be known as South Hall. New Martin Hall replaces the former Martin Hall at its former location on Lancaster Avenue. Together, the two residential facilities will house more than 1,100 students.
EASTERN SCHOLAR HOUSE Located on the former site of Brockton Apartments and just east of the health sciences complex, the Eastern Scholar House, in partnership with Kentucky River Foothills and others, will provide housing and other services to single parents pursuing college degrees.
CARLOFTIS GARDEN As part of an effort to enhance the curb appeal along its oncelackluster western periphery, the University worked with acclaimed landscape designer Jon Carloftis to develop an attractive green space dominated by all manner of native species. The garden fronts New Martin Hall, giving students on the hall’s west side a spectacular window view.
ATHLETICS FACILITY UPGRADES The much-improved new Earle Combs Stadium, a baseball facility named for the Baseball Hall of Famer who got his start at Eastern, and the new Gertrude Hood Stadium for softball opened during Spring 2017. An expansion project on the east side of Roy Kidd Stadium, expected to open in Fall 2017, adds 3,000-plus bleacher seats, concessions and restrooms, as well as new locker rooms, equipment room, game-day training space and more. The athletics renovations and expansions were funded through agency bonds sold in 2015.
The westward-facing side of New Martin Hall looks out over the spacious Carloftis Garden.
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