Shayne Powers Named to President's List at Eastern Kentucky Univ.

Shayne Eugene Powerss of Easley is one of 1,224 students to earn President's List honors for the Fall 2012 semester at Eastern Kentucky University.

Powers is a sophomore Occupational Safety major at EKU.

The President's List was established by the University to recognize outstanding academic achievement. It is bestowed upon full-time undergraduate students who attain a perfect 4.0 grade point average for a semester.

"All of us at EKU are committed to academic excellence and the success of our students," EKU President Doug Whitlock said, "and we are especially pleased to recognize those students who have excelled to the point of perfection during a semester's work."

Eastern Kentucky University is a comprehensive university serving approximately 16,000 students on its Richmond campus, at its educational centers in Corbin, Danville, Manchester, Somerset and Lancaster, and throughout Kentucky.