Graduate, Online, Adult, and Transfer Enrollment Services

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Graduate, Online, Adult, and Transfer Enrollment Center

Phone: 859-622-2106
Email: pathways@eku.edu

The Graduate, Online, Adult, and Transfer Enrollment Center is designed for graduate, transfer, adult/non-traditional students seeking first time admission and online freshman. The office also supports visiting, non-degree seeking, and re-entry students. The Enrollment Center provides comprehensive support to students from initial inquiry through admission, serving as an advocate to promote their needs along the way. Prospective students receive individualized enrollment services in the areas of application support, admissions on-boarding, degree audits, program or major selection, academic fresh start, credit for prior learning, and credit transfer process. This office also provides students with answers to basic questions regarding filing for financial aid, financial aid appeals, and scholarships. 

KCTCS transfer students will also get support regarding Colonel Connection (see section below) and transfer pathways to help ensure proper course selection prior to transferring to EKU.  

For Undergraduate Admission standards, please refer to the General Requirements for Undergraduate section of this catalog. For Graduate Admissions standards, please refer to the Application and Admission to Graduate School section of the Graduate catalog. 

For further information, contact the Enrollment Center by visiting the website at https://www.eku.edu/admissions/ or emailing the team at pathways@eku.edu. 

Colonel Connection Program

The Colonel Connection Program facilitates the transfer process from KCTCS colleges to EKU, and eases students’ transition to and timely graduation from EKU. The joint admission program is available to students who are currently enrolled at KCTCS and intend to transfer to EKU to complete a baccalaureate degree. 

Upon admission to the Colonel Connection program, participating students are granted continuous access to EKU’s degree audit system, Degree Works, allowing them to view their individualized degree plan and progress towards an EKU baccalaureate degree. The degree audit is kept current through regular submission of transcripts to EKU for credit evaluation, free of charge.  

Jointly admitted students are eligible to concurrently enroll in up to 12 hours of EKU courses at the KCTCS price. Students who are receiving FAFSA must complete a consortium agreement, verifying that the EKU courses can be transferred back to KCTCS. 

When ready to transfer to EKU, the student notifies the office of their intent to enroll as a degree-seeking student and locks in any transfer scholarship for which the student might be eligible.

To maintain enrollment in the Colonel Connection program, a student must:

  • maintain a minimum 2.0 grade-point average (GPA) on all college-level work completed to date;

  • complete, with a grade of C or better, no fewer than six (6) credits in the most recent fall/spring semester; and

  • meet with an assigned EKU enrollment counselor at least twice per academic year to discuss their progress and plans for transfer and graduation.

Students who fail to meet any of the above standards will be given one fall or spring semester to comply, after which they will be disenrolled from the Colonel Connection program.

Upon enrollment in the Colonel Connection program, participants will have a catalog year associated with their student record designating the academic year for their degree program as well as General Education and University graduation requirements. Should graduation requirements subsequently change, students may request a move to the current Catalog through the Registrar’s Office. The catalog year may be found on the student’s Degree Works degree audit.

Students who fail to maintain their enrollment in the Colonel Connection program may apply for readmission to the program; however, their catalog year will be based on the date of re-enrollment.

For further information regarding the Colonel Connection program, contact the Graduate, Online, Adult, and Transfer Enrollment Center via email at pathways@eku.edu.

Reverse Transfer

KCTCS students who transfer to EKU prior to earning their Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree can opt to have their EKU records sent back to KCTCS to be reviewed for degree conferral once they meet the following:

  • Have earned at least 15 credit hours at a single KCTCS college.

  • Earned at least 60 hours of combined hours between KCTCS and EKU.

  • Have earned at least three semester credit hours from EKU.

  • Have at least a 2.0 GPA at both EKU and KCTCS.