[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

  Mr. McCONNELL. On a related matter, Mr. President, I would like to 
recognize Eastern Kentucky University, located in Richmond, KY, for all 
the school has done on behalf of Kentucky's Veterans. EKU has been 
named one of the top two universities in the Nation for veterans for 
the second consecutive year. The recognition was given to EKU by the 
Military Times EDGE magazine for the university's commitment to helping 
military veterans advance their education.
  EKU has made a concerted effort over the past several years to make 
the institution more hospitable to America's brave veterans. These 
initiatives include dropping admission fees for undergraduate veterans, 
granting in-state tuition to all out-of-State veterans, giving priority 
registration to veterans, designating housing specifically for student-
veterans, and creating a helpful withdrawal and readmission process for 
veterans.
  EKU's commitment to better education for our Nation's heroes has, by 
all accounts, been a huge success.
  In addition to receiving national recognition from the veterans 
community, the university has seen its veteran population grow by some 
40 percent in the last year.
  So today, on the eve of Veterans Day, I wish to honor Eastern 
Kentucky University for its dedication to better serving our country's 
brave veterans, and to congratulate the university and President Doug 
Whitlock on this well-deserved recognition.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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