Earning a graduate-level emergency management and disaster resilience certificate from EKU Online can help you expand your knowledge of emergency preparedness and enhance your ability to respond quickly and effectively. Use your newfound knowledge to pursue advancement opportunities in the field, assume more leadership responsibility or as a steppingstone to our master’s in safety, security and emergency management.
Earn a valuable, respected credential for your career. We can help you grow with the industry while you apply cutting-edge knowledge directly in the field.
Build foundational knowledge for 21st century safety concerns and study the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration. Examine what it takes to rise to the challenge of an emergency situation — whether natural or man-made. EKU Online offers an emergency management and disaster resilience certificate that can help you craft your leadership style, build your expertise and better position you for career advancement.
Career planning is tough, but with EKU you don’t have to tackle the process alone.
The EKU Office of Academic and Career Services is a one-stop shop for all of your career and professional development needs. We offer a variety of services to current online EKU students and alumni to help you with your career development, decision-making and job search.
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EKU’s Online emergency management and disaster resilience certificate offers a real-world focus and practical skill building. Through the guidance of nationally recognized safety experts from nearly every corner of the industry, you can build the foundation you need to lead and discover new ways to keep workers safe, and design and implement corrective safety measures.
Call or email Enrollment Advisor Kim Chitwood for information about the EKU Online Graduate Safety, Security and Emergency Management programs.
Contact Info:
859-622-6921
Kim.Chitwood@eku.edu
Graduates of EKU come straight out of school and are landing some great jobs, and the best part is that the companies are coming to EKU to recruit students directly.
EKU Online offers veterans and active duty military students an unparalleled online learning experience that provides accessibility, convenience and flexibility.
Special Tuition for Active Duty* Military
Eastern Kentucky University offers reduced tuition expenses to $250 per credit hour for undergraduate and $325 per credit hour for graduate courses to all service members currently serving on active duty.
*Active duty is defined as on federal orders for 180 days or more.
“I’d like to thank the EKU College of Justice & Safety for the opportunity to complete my degree online. It’s very user-friendly, and everyone has bent over backwards to make this happen.”
– 1LT Heath Bergmann, EKU Online Graduate