Bowling Green, Ky. - The WKU Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO) announces the schedule for the 2006 Western Kentucky University’s Summer Sessions.

One three-week session and two five-week sessions are offered during the summer. Courses are held on the main WKU campus in Bowling Green, at the WKU regional campuses in Elizabethtown/Fort Knox, Glasgow and Owensboro, as well as at other locations. Morning, afternoon, weekend, evening and online courses are available.

There are several benefits of taking classes during the summer at WKU, according to Beth Laves, assistant to the dean of the WKU Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO) and director of Winter/Summer Sessions. “Summer sessions allow students to speed up progress towards their degrees and catch courses they have dropped or not been able to take in the past,” she said.

Laves points out special activities planned for students for this summer. “This year we are very excited to partner with the WKU Campus Activities Board in providing a free event for main campus students during each of the three summer sessions,” she said.

The events include a free lunch at the Fresh Food Company in May where students and their professors will have the opportunity to interact outside of class. There will be a unique event in June. “They will be setting up a huge outdoor screen and showing a movie, ‘Hoodwinked,’ which has just recently been released in theaters,” according to Laves. A free movie and popcorn in the Downing University Center during July will cap the summer’s activities.
For information, visit www.wku.edu/summer or call the Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO) at (270) 745-2478.

2006 Summer Sessions calendar
Registration began March 13 for all summer sessions through TopNet
May 15 – Classes begin for May (M) session
May 16 – Last day to add a Session M course
May 17 – Free lunch for students at The Fresh Food Company (sponsored by the WKU Campus Activities Board)
May 29 – University closed for Memorial Day
June 2 – Final exams for May (M) session
June 5 – Classes begin for 5-week Session A courses 
June 7 – Last day to add a Session A course
June 13 – Outdoor theater showing of “Hoodwinked” (sponsored by the WKU Campus Activities Board)
July 4 – University closed for Independence Day
July 7 – Final exams for Session A courses
July 10 – Classes begin for 5-week Session C courses 
July 12 – Last day to add a Session C course
July 25 – Free movie in DUC Theater (sponsored by the WKU Campus Activities Board)
Aug. 11 – Final exams for Session C

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For information, contact Bill Oldham at (270) 745-1926.

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