[Sept. 04, 2009] The Athletic Training Education Program at Eastern Kentucky University, has received official notification from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) of an Extension of your Programs Accreditation to the 2017-2018 academic year after a positive review of a Progress Report Submitted by June 1, 2009 as a final step of a comprehensive review process that included an on-site program review in the Spring of 2008. The EKU-ATEP was established in 1971 and is continuing in the programs established tradition and excellence in athletic training education, which includes being the first accredited athletic training education program in the state of Kentucky. The EKU-ATEP Program Faculty strive to provide a quality education program that provides students with current and state of the art practices in athletic training both in the classroom and outside the classroom. This reaffirmation by CAATE’s ongoing rigorous review of our programs compliance to national standards assures our current students, future students and faculty that we are in fact providing a high quality ATEP. This reaffirmation is culmination of the hard work and dedication of the EKU ATEP Faculty, Staff, Approved Clinical Instructors and Clinical Instructors ongoing effort to keep the EKU ATEP on the cutting edge of athletic training education. Additionally, the continued support and resources provided to the EKU ATEP Faculty and program by Dr. Jack Rutherford, Chair of the Exercise and Sports Science Department and Dr. David Gale, Dean of the College of Health Sciences has allowed the EKU ATEP to continue to remain a top tier ATEP.

[Jul. 16, 2009] Cody Chinn a Sophomore and rising Junior Athletic Training Student spent this past years spring break on a College and Sports Medicine Foundation Study Abroad Trip to Greece. While on the CSMF Study Abroad: Greece trip, I was able to see/learn more than I ever expected to. By day, we were bussed around the country stopping at various sites and normally checking into a hotel by 6 at night. I was able to visit three very memorable as well as historic Olympic stadiums: The venue in Athens used for the 2004 Summer games, the stadium built for the first modern Olympics held in 1896, and last but possibly most important, the ancient stadium at Olympia herself. I saw the temple dedicated to Asclepios, the god of medicine.

[Jul. 08, 2009] Reid Jones, a rising junior in the EKU-ATEP who served as an alternate on the EKU Quiz Bowl Team, and is currently doing a summer internship with the Colorado Rapid Men's Professional Soccer Team, was also appointed to the National Athletic Trainers' Association - Student Committee where she will serve as the student represenative for the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association. Reid began her term at the NATA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX in June.

[Jul. 08, 2009] The EKU ATEP Quiz Bowl Team which took won the Southeast Athletic Trainers Assocation district quiz bowl, finished in Fourth Place at the 1st Annual National Athletic Trainers Association Quiz Bowl, Held in San Antonio, TX on June 19, 2009.