7 May 19

Today marks 113 years since the Normal School Commission of the Kentucky General Assembly selected the site of Central University in Richmond, KY, as the location for "Eastern Kentucky State Normal School." It soon became "Eastern Kentucky State College." By 1966 the institution had grown to become Eastern Kentucky University. Our university honors the history of Central University by claiming its founding date of 1874, and University Drive features a large historical marker describing that school. But the official state declaration on this date in 1906 gives us continuity to the present. My tie, a gift from faculty comrade Dr. Shirley O'Brien, features the official EKU tartan.