Welcome to the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity

The award-winning Noel Studio for Academic Creativity is a dynamic, integrated, and technologically-sophisticated environment that inspires individual and collaborative learning. The Noel Studio's design accommodates multiple learning styles, while open and fluid spaces provide the flexibility to let educators and students maximize learning.

The Noel Studio embodies the standard EKU has set internally through its Quality Enhancement Program (QEP), a focused university-wide initiative to develop informed, critical and creative thinkers who communicate effectively. Students who use the Noel Studio will be able to improve communication skills by:

• Working with consultants to develop research strategies, organize and refine ideas, deliver articulate presentations, and create high quality products
• Understanding and employing the foundational elements of all communication
• Seeing the connections between effective communication and appropriate information
• Using the fundamentals of critical and creative thinking to create and revise their own communication products
• Honing teamwork skills in order to effectively communicate in group situations
• Designing effective communication products through the informed use of multiple modes and media

The Noel Studio provides the ideal environment for the development of communication skills through critical and creative thinking. The design of the Noel Studio allows students to:

• Practice and review oral and nonverbal communication using private rooms equipped with recording capabilities
• Interact with composition and research using touch-screen monitors
• Brainstorm and map ideas on wall-to-wall and mobile whiteboards
• Collaborate with peers in both open and private settings