Inside Look

On Thursday April 30, 2020 the Office of Student Life and First Year Experience announced the Award Winners for this past academic year 2019-2020. 

The Department of Recreation and Park Administration (RPA) was recognized with the Excellence in Service for Groups Award! The only academic department to achieve such an award!

On November 7-9, 2018, the Kentucky Recreation and Park Society (KRPS) had their 65^th Anniversary Conference held at Lake Barkely State Resort Park. EKU’s Department of Recreation and Park Administration (RPA) had two very special award winners. Dr. Michael Bradley was honored with the KRPS Professional of the Year Award and Graduate student Trent Hurt received the Dr.

Dr. Brian Clark (RPA) and Dr. James Maples (Sociology) have brought national attention to the Red River Gorge and the world class rock climbing that can be found on the eastern Kentucky cliff faces. Their study has been published in the 2017 Journal of Applachian Studies and has been in numerous trade publications and newspapers.

Earlier this month two EKU professors, Dr. James Maples and Brian Clark presented the economic impact of rock climbers in the Red RIver Gorge to the Red RIver Gorge Climbers' Coalition, the Access Fund, and other local community leaders. Since that presentation there has been a tremendous amount of media outlets diplaying their findings. See below for some examples of a few: