Founded in 1874. The university has gone through many stages with name changes. It was not until 1966 that the school was officially renamed Eastern Kentucky University.
Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or EKU, is a regional comprehensive institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). It maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, Somerset, Danville, Lancaster, and Manchester; and offers more than 40 online undergraduate and graduate options.
Coming back the 1960s, when the university has just named the EKU to see what everyday life of students looked like.
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| A couple in the Ravine behind a bed of tulips in the 1960s |
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| A couple in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| A couple in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| A couple on the steps of McGregor Hall in the 1960s |
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| A couple on the steps of the Keen Johnson Building in the 1960s |
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| A couple studying in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| A couple talking in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| A couple walking through the leaves beside the Ravine in 1964 |
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| A freshman couple in beanies in the 1960s |
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| A freshman couple wearing beanies (Sullivan Hall is in the background), 1964 |
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| A student adjusts a freshman's beanie in the Ravine in the early 1960s |
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| A student painting in the 1960s |
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| A student playing violin in front of a strings class in the 1960s |
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| A student posing behind a bed of tulips in the spring of 1966 |
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| A student studying in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| A view of a men's dorm room with a confederate flag taken through the window in 1966 |
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| A young man pinning a corsage on his date at the 1968 Homecoming dance |
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| An EKU majorette twirling flaming batons during a halftime show in Hanger Stadium (Case Hall is in the background) |
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| An EKU student mailing a letter in the 1960s |
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| Eastern students at Cumberland Falls in 1963 |
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| Eastern students at Cumberland Falls in 1963 |
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| Eastern's Homecoming Queen in the late 1960s |
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| EKU music students in the 1960s |
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| EKU students dancing at a 1960s dance |
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| EKU students dancing in the 1960s |
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| EKU students dancing in the 1960s |
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| EKU students during the 1960s |
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| Football players on the sidelines during a game in Hanger Stadium in 1962 |
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| Freshman couple in beanies lying in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| Freshmen in beanies at the Lancaster Avenue campus entrance with the Cammack Building in the background in 1963 |
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| Freshmen in beanies by the university sign at Summit Street in 1963 |
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| Home economics students preparing a meal in the late 1960s |
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| Miss Eastern in the 1960s |
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| Miss Eastern in the 1960s |
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| Students playing acoustic guitars in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| Students relaxing in the gardens at Calumet Farm in 1963 |
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| Students relaxing in the gardens at Calumet Farm in 1963 |
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| Students socializing in a dorm lobby in 1964 |
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| Students socializing in the backyard of the Blanton House in the 1960s |
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| Students studying in a dorm lobby in 1964 |
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| Students talking on a bench in the 1960s |
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| Students visiting around a red convertible sports car in the 1960s |
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| Students walking through the Ravine in 1964 |
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| The crowning of Miss Eastern in 1963 |
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| Two students playing acoustic guitars in the Ravine in the 1960s |
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| A 1960s couple talking in the Ravine with the Van Puersem Pavilion in the background |
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| A couple coming out of the Keen Johnson Building in the 1960s |
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| A couple in Blanton House backyard in 1964 |
(Photos from EKU Archives)