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Join the Psychology Department for a careers panel hour involving Psychology Alumni, Psychology Graduate Students, and Animal Studies Alumni! Hear all about their experiences at EKU in both the Psychology and Animal Studies majors and what they are doing now!

The Student Government Association is hosting its first Annual Diversity Week on February 24-28. There will be a variety of events, which includes: The 2nd Annual Inclusion Panel, A Cultural Movie Night (showing Harriet), and A Block Party. For more information and details, click the link to check out the weekly flyer. https://tinyurl.com/rcdtvvv

The College of Business & Technology hosted a special guest in honor of Black History Month. The Reverend Dr. Alvin Miller joined us to speak to our students, and stayed long enough to be a guest on our 5Q Series podcast. He's had such an interesting life - and we're very glad he was able to come back to EKU and share some of that story with our students. Miller was on the legendary National Championship Football team under the great Coach Roy Kidd, and he's had a prestigious career as a Colonel in the US Army, now retired. He currently serves as pastor of a church in Tennessee. From humble beginnings to greatness. Don't miss this episode! Click MORE to see the podcast site.

Looking for volunteer opportunities on campus? Want to learn more about fundraising? Join the Young Professionals in Philanthropy! Perks of joining? •Free food
•A chance to belong to a group of passionate, like-minded students
•Resume builder
•Participate in EKUs’ Giving Day (April 14th 2020)
•Free t-shirt once a member Be a part of a philanthropic movement that will enhance your leadership capabilities and other interpersonal skills most sought after by employers. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, March 4th from 6:00pm -7:00pm in the main library room 201. Snacks will be provided and bring a friend! Contact Keisha Williams by email at: keisha.williams@eku.edu for more information.

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics will hold its second Coffee Time talk of the semester with Dr. Judy Jenkins of the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Lisa Kay of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, and Dr. Alex Varakin of the Department of Psychology, who will present "Visualization in Focus: From Perception to Understanding." In a world flooded with large, complex data sets, visualization is more important than ever. The abilities to recognize, generate, and understand visualizations are critical for multivariate thinking and exploratory data analysis. Combining expertise from psychology, statistics, and science education, this presentation will discuss vision, visual perception, types of visualizations, visual cues, elements of graphical integrity, and strategies for understanding visual displays of information. Coffee and cookies will be provided.

The College of Letters, Arts, & Social Sciences (CLASS) is offering a $500 stipend to a graduating student to present a commencement speech at the Spring 2020 Graduation Ceremony. To be eligible, you must have applied for Spring or Summer 2020 Graduation within CLASS. •Speeches should be about 4-5 minutes in length, which is about 3-4 pages of double-spaced text.
•MSWord or Rich Text Format, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with normal one-inch margins
•At the top of text please include full name, EKU ID number, major, expected degree, and department. Submit speeches before the end of the day March 20, 2020, by sending an e-mail attachment of the text to Dr. Amy Thieme at amy.thieme@eku.edu. Interviews with finalists will be Wednesday, April 1 from 2:30-4:30. Questions? Please contact CLASS Academic Specialist, Megan Estes (megan.estes@eku.edu)

Join us for Party Gras in Upper Case on Tuesday, 02/25!

The next Philosophy and Religious Studies Roundtable will be led by Dr. Jennifer Spock: In both eastern and western culture, the search for a right life has occasionally created an impulse to choose between the call of the hermit or anchorite, who separates from society to follow a path of enlightenment or solitude, and the call of a life that follows righteousness within a select community, or remains fully within society. In the eastern Christian traditions, these alternative paths to a “right” life have been explored in pious and prescriptive texts. Dr. Spock will present some of her research on early modern Russia regarding the paths of the eremitic (hermit) and cenobitic (communal) forms of monastic life. She is also interested in discussing the expectations for right living among those who remained within Russia’s lay society. Roundtable events are free and open to all.

Join us for a night of worship! 9:00pm-10:00pm in Whitlock Auditorium.
No matter what you know or think about church, religion or God, you are always welcome at Crossroads.

The Counseling Center will be conducting free eating disorder screenings on 2/25 to currently enrolled EKU students. Each student that completes a screening will receive a resource packet and EKU swag. Campus Rec and Student Health are collaborating for the event. A limited number of Free T-Shirts are available for those who complete surveys (while supplies last).

This award, made possible by the Friends of EKU Libraries, recognizes students whose research makes expert and creative use of library services, resources, and collections to produce a scholarly or creative work. The award demonstrates the excellence of undergraduate research here at Eastern, as well as EKU Libraries’ contribution to that research. The First place award is $800, the Second place award is $500, and the Third place award is $300.
Submission deadline: Monday, March 16, 2020. Notification of winners: Monday, March 30, 2020 Award reception: Friday, April 10, 2020