On Saturday night, eight Eastern alumni were given awards by Eastern’s Alumni Association at their annual Alumni Awards.
Jamie Enge, an alum from the class of 2011, was awarded the 2022 Outstanding...
Katja Benz, Student Government Reporter
• October 17, 2022
Eastern’s Homecoming Day kicked off with a parade at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
A variety of organizations brought floats, made signs, threw candy and walked in the parade to show support for Eastern...
Eastern hosted a block party in the parking lot of O’Brien Stadium in honor of Homecoming 2022.
Even though it started to drizzle, that didn’t stop the EIU comminitty from coming out and having...
Cam'ron Hardy, Campus Events Junior Editor
• October 17, 2022
On Friday night, Eastern hosted an event to celebrate the graduates from the class of 1972.
Members of the class were invited to Eastern for the weekend to commemorate their 50-year anniversary, as...
Family Fun Night, an event held as part of Homecoming Week, was open to families in the Eastern and Charleston community Wednesday night in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Light-up hula...
Cam'ron Hardy, Campus Events Junior Editor
• October 12, 2022
On Tuesday, Eastern hosted a Spirit Challenge, an event for students to compete in games such as bean-bag-toss and tic-tac-toe to earn prizes at the end of the night.
Students could earn points...
Cam'ron Hardy, Campus Events Junior Editor
• October 10, 2022
On Monday, Eastern hosted a Homecoming Kickoff event. The event was held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Library Quad.
Students, faculty, staff and alum were invited to join. There was free food,...
Eastern’s 2022 Homecoming starts next week on Oct. 10, and Eastern has opened the survey to vote for the 2022 Homecoming Court.
The Homecoming Court Coronation is on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Grand...
Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter
• October 24, 2021
Eastern and its surrounding community took part in homecoming festivities this past weekend, including the first homecoming football game since 2019.
This year’s theme was “Close or Apart, Panthers...
The 2019 Homecoming Court was announced at the Homecoming pep rally Thursday evening.
Brittany Britton, a junior sociology major representing the Black Student Union, was crowned Homecoming Queen and...
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
• October 24, 2019
Members of Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Nu won a lip sync battle Thursday night at Eastern’s Homecoming coronation and pep rally event.
Members of Alpha Sigma Tau performed first with a three-song...
It is no secret what Eastern Kentucky will do on Saturday against the Panthers at O’Brien Field: The Colonels are going to run the ball, a lot.
Eastern Kentucky (4-3, 2-1 OVC), Eastern’s (0-8,...
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