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 14,000 students, the University's student body has more than tripled since 1960. As a result, new dormitories and large, well-equipped academic structures have been built.

Dr. J.C. Powell will be completing his sixth 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 16¼ years.

At a 1978 Board of Regents meeting, Eastern was reo rgani zed into nine colleges and a graduate school. Five colleges - Applied Arts and Technology, Business , Education, Law Enforcement and Allied Health and Nursing - remained intact.

Four new colleges were created, including Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Social and Behav ioral Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athl etics.

The masters degree is offered in several fields as is the specialist degree. A joint doctoral program in education is s ponsored in cooperation with the University of Kentucky.

The physical plant has undergone building and r e novation programs totaling more than $138 million s ince 1960. During this period every existing major campus facility h as been remodeled or completely reconstructed.