February 23, 2009
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Sixteen Western Kentucky University students will be in Washington Feb. 25-March 1 for the Conservative Political Action Conference.
“WKU at CPAC is a program which will provide students an opportunity to experience one of our nation’s most significant political conferences,” faculty leader Joel Turner of WKU’s Political Science Department said. “During the conference, students will hear prominent conservative political speakers such as Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee, attend panel discussions on important social and political issues and participate in leadership training activities.”
Turner said students will also be attending a Thursday morning session in the Congressional Gallery and meeting with Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., on Friday.
While at CPAC, students will be blogging about their experiences. This blog can be accessed at www.wkuatcpac.blogspot.com.
Students attending the conference include: William Bishop of Versailles, Alexandria Edelstein and Kaitlin Vonderschmitt of Louisville, Alex Gerard of Henderson, Laura Green of Owensboro, Russell Haggard of Collierville, Tenn., Alexandria Hembree of Shelbyville, Shane Noem of Union, Miranda Puckett of Munfordville, Allegra Robbins of Florence, Jeremy Roe of Bowling Green, Hunter Stevens of Campbellsville, Katherine Stewart of Haslett, Mich., Kalleigh Turnmyre of Nashville, Whitney Wall of LaGrange and Elizabeth Whiteman of Winchester.
More WKU news is available at www.wku.edu and at http://wkunews.wordpress.com/.
For more information, contact Joel Turner, (270) 745-2728.
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