A growing enrollment at Eastern Kentucky University also means housing students is a priority. EKU President David McFaddin said all beds in residence halls are filled, adding that everyone who wanted a room assignment got one. A renovated Keene Hall is scheduled to come back online next fall with 600 beds. McFaddin said that will trigger a series of dorm renovations.
“We are looking at taking Burnam, Sullivan, and Palmer in stages…they won’t all be offline at the same time. But, we’re looking at probably a kind of three to five-year window of taking all or parts of those buildings offline to do some significant renovations to those buildings as well,” said McFaddin.
