Welcome to the WKU Counseling and Testing Center

Located in Potter Hall, Room 409
Phone 270-745-3159
Fax 270-745-6976

Mission Statement

Big Red is In!We believe that the university experience should be challenging, not overwhelming, and universities have a duty to support students as they are being challenged. To this end, the WKU Counseling and Testing Center is committed to promoting the academic mission of the university by providing a variety of psychological services to students that will augment recruitment, retention, and graduation by strengthening students’ capacity to tolerate distress, form healthy relationships, and seek healthy expressions of their ideals and values. The Counseling and Testing Center also advances the university’s mission by providing educational programming, training, and consultation to the students, faculty, staff, and constituents of WKU.

Hours of Operation

The Counseling and Testing Center is open from Monday – Friday from 8:00am-4:30pm.

Emergency and after hours appointments may be made by calling 270-745-3159.

The Counseling and Testing Center is open throughout the calendar year and closed during holidays and other specified dates found in the 2010-2011 Academic Calendar.

Location

  1. Take Exit 26 off of Interstate 65.
  2. Turn toward Bowling Green onto Cemetery Road.
  3. Continue straight for three miles. Cemetery Road becomes Fairview Avenue. Continue going straight across 31-W Bypass. You will pass a fire station on your left. After passing the fire station, turn left at the third traffic light onto College Street (this is a one-way street).
  4. Stay on College Street through downtown Bowling Green and continue until you reach the top of the hill. College Street will dead-end at 15th street at a statue of Henry Hardin Cherry. Turn right onto 15th Street.
  5. 15th Street will turn into College Heights Blvd. The Welcome Center in the Kentucky Building will be on your right.
  6. Potter Hall is located at the top of the hill. The Counseling and Testing Center is on the 4th floor, room 409. On-campus directions are available here http://www.wku.edu/Tour/campusmap.html

IACS Accreditation

The WKU Counseling and Testing Center was accredited in 2009 through the International Association of Counseling Services. See current accreditation certificate here. IACS sets standards for college and university counseling centers and accredits centers through a comprehensive application process involving site visits and review of services, policy and procedure.

General questions about IACS can be found here.

IACS accreditation standards can be found here.