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We are a direct extension of EKU out in these communities.
We fit into the mission of the university in that we are
providing services to students now who choose
to be in this community.
We try our best to service our students locally.
We try to direct each student as best we can individually.
And this is one of the best places to come get a quality
university level education.
We are the true definition of regional stewardship.
I think that we're a direct extension of the services that
the university provides.
Our mix is probably about 60% traditional age and 40% a
little bit more nontraditional.
We still have students who are non-traditional, but they may
be under 25, be working, and have started their families--
so there's a change there.
And then also just the demographic
background of our students.
Whether it be a full-time job, or a full-time family, they
have other commitments that may play into this decision
about continuing their education.
Even our traditional age students, those just coming
out of high school, often choose to come to a regional
campus because they may already have
families of their own.
These are girls that maybe they've got children already,
that they've always started working, or they've started
having to work full-time even in high school and try to go
to school part-time.
If you ask a student who's working a 40-hour job who has
three kids at home to drive an hour a half up to Richmond,
they're not going to be able to do it.
But here, whether it's 10 minutes, 20 minutes, they can
make that drive, still have their work commitment and
their family commitment and be able to be obligated to that.
Some of our favorite students are taking classes under the
O'Donnell Scholarship, so they are 65 or older.
And, in fact, we just had our first 76-year-old graduate in
the May graduation with a degree in general studies.
Service and teaching are mainstays for us.
Our students access a university level, outstanding
level university, but they can get it here locally.
There are students that may graduate this year and not
think about college for 10 years.
But as long as the university makes a commitment to be here,
we're always going to provide them with that hope that they
can come back and succeed in college and succeed in life.
So I think being as student-friendly as we can and
just showing them the world of opportunities that they have
with that college education, that's really our mission.
No matter what county they're from, we want them to feel
confident in making those forays into the
rest of their career.
That's what drives all of us.