Doug Whitlock

Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock will receive the 2013 Communicator of the Year Award from the Thoroughbred Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

­Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock will discuss EKU’s embrace of military veterans and their dependents when he participates in a session entitled “From Soldier to Student: Assessing Veteran Program Impact on Institutions” at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

­Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock is among 11 higher education administrators selected to contribute an essay to ARAMARK’s seventh annual “Presidential Perspectives” series.

­Dr. Doug Whitlock announced today that he will step down as Eastern Kentucky University president, effective July 31, 2013.

Whitlock, who has served since 2007 as EKU’s 11^th president, announced his retirement at the university’s annual Fall Convocation.

­Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock was among approximately 30 presidents of public and private universities invited to attend a reception and briefing at the White House on Monday, July 9.

­Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock was one of only two current university presidents invited to participate in the Southern Growth Policies Board’s 40^th Anniversary Commentary Series.

Whitlock was selected from among Southern leaders of business, government and education.

­Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock was among approximately 25 presidents and chancellors from state higher education institutions nationwide to meet at the White House with Obama Administration officials recently for a 90-minute roundtable discussion on college affordability.

Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock told EKU’s Board of Regents on Tuesday, Jan. 17, that he has “the will, energy and ability” to lead the institution in the “challenging days ahead.”

Whitlock, who assumed the presidency in 2007, was the subject of an evaluation recently conducted by the Board.

Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock is viewed as “an effective leader” who has been able to “guide the institution with a steady hand,” EKU Board of Regents Chair Gary Abney said in summing up the results of a regularly scheduled evaluation of the university’s 11th president. Abney spoke at the special meeting of the Board on Friday, Dec.

Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock has been named as a board member of the Japan/America Society of Kentucky (JASK).