Eastern Kentucky University is offering an international environmental service learning project in Belize in spring 2016 that will offer graduate or undergraduate credit. An informational meeting will be held 5-6 p.m. Oct. 22 in EKU’s New Science Building, Room 3119. Participants may attend in person or online. The trip for K-12 pre-service or in-service teachers and others will be May [...]
Eastern Kentucky University will host its eighth annual “Soar to New Heights” STEM-H Summer Camp for Gifted and Talented students June 15-19 in Richmond. The camp, open to gifted and talented students entering grades 6-8, will emphasize the STEM-H disciplines: science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health. It will feature courses taught by EKU graduate students and STEM-H faculty. Camp experiences [...]
The Eastern Kentucky University Physics Department will host “Next Generation Physics Teaching,” a regional innovation conference, March 13-14 in Richmond. The conference, which is supported by the Kentucky Association of Physics Teachers and other sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers, will provide useful information and resources for high school and college physics, science and engineering teachers. There will [...]
Sharon Graves, Kentucky’s History Teacher of Year 2014, engages all her students’ senses to make 8th-grade social studies fun.
On Friday, June 7, 2013, the Kentucky Girls STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Collaborative, in partnership with STEM-H Institute at Eastern Kentucky University, will hold its Fifth Annual Conference, “Reaching for the Stars!” at Eastern Kentucky University campus. Educators, counselors, business and community leaders, parents and girls are invited to come meet others with a strong desire to see [...]
The fifth Annual "Soar to New Heights: A STEM-ulating Adventure" summer camp for gifted and talented learners will be June 18-29 at Eastern Kentucky University. This summer’s camp will offer students an opportunity to explore current topics in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health in a state-of-the-art instructional and research facility. The courses, collaboratively designed and implemented by Eastern Kentucky [...]
Eastern Kentucky University has updated its online catalog for the professional development opportunities it is hosting this summer. These sessions are open to anyone, and there are several free sessions including one concerning evidence and Program Reviews. www.coe.eku.edu/field_services For more information, contact Sarah Evans.
Eastern Kentucky University will host “A History of Education in Kentucky Symposium,” Sept. 8. The symposium will be based on the soon-to-be-released University Press of Kentucky book, A History of Education in Kentucky, authored by Kentucky historian and retired EKU professor William E. Ellis. The day-long symposium will cover many aspects of Kentucky’s public and private P-16 educational system: its [...]