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November
Saturday, November 8th
All Day
  • Location: EBS
  • Time: All Day

The Department of Engineering is conducting the 15th annual Kentucky Bluegrass Robotics Competition on Saturday, November 8, 2014.  This is the Engineering Department’s primary high school outreach effort.  The competition provides secondary school students with a challenging engineering design experience and secondary school teachers with guidance in teaching engineering topics.

Approximately 15 teams from a dozen schools have signed up for the competition and will be coming to the WKU Engineering and Biological Sciences building to participate.   Teams build a robot using construction materials provided by WKU; the robots will compete against each other in a competition called “Robots for Relief” to build a device capable of helping in a natural disaster scenario.  

Engineering faculty member Kevin Schmaltz is coordinating the department’s efforts, with faculty and staff Robert Choate, Julie Ellis, Ron Rizzo and Troy Robertson providing major support for this effort.  Current WKU engineering students support the set up and execution of the event, including the Engineering Honors society student section of Tau Beta Pi.

 

All Day
  • Location: WKU Floral, 514 Regents Avenue
  • Time: All Day

Join WKU Floral as they celebrate the holiday season.  Fresh flowers, Christmas ornaments, garland, wreaths, silk arrangements, jewelry, wind chimes, candles and more.  Door prizes!

Tuesday, November 11th
All Day
  • Location: GRH Auditorium
  • Time: All Day

Presentation will feature Principal Scott Hibbard and Guidance Counselor Javier Garcia.  They will discuss how they perform their particular job in the local school there to include the role of the principal and the guidance counselor. They will be talking about similarities and differences between the educational systems of Ecuador and the US including teacher and administrator preparation qualifications and requirements.  They will discuss the organizational structure of schools in Ecuador, the variety of levels of education offered in Ecuador, and the differences from community to community of what their schools look like.  They will also talk about employment opportunities in Ecuador, living conditions, costs related to living in Ecuador, etc.  At the end of their presentation, they will simply field questions from the audience.  

Saturday, November 15th
All Day
  • Location: WKU Floral, 514 Regents Avenue
  • Time: All Day

Join WKU Floral as they celebrate the Holiday Season.  Fresh flowers, Christmas ornaments, garland, wreaths, silk arrangements, jewelry, wind chimes, candles and more.  Door prizes!

Tuesday, November 18th
5:00pm
  • Location: Karen Long (270-745-9880)
  • Time: 5:00pm
Saturday, November 22nd
All Day
  • Location: Carroll Knicely Conference Center Ballroom
  • Time: All Day

This year's theme is: WORLD CLASS, LEARNING UNLEASHED.  The teams will be judged on Core Values, their project and their robot design.  Winning teams advance to the State Championship which will be held at Northern Kentucky University.  For more information go to www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2014fllworldclass

Monday, November 24th
4:00pm
  • Location: Snell Hall Room 1108
  • Time: 4:00pm

Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field, requiring knowledge in many areas of science and engineering.  Dr. Lora Becker, Associate Professor at the University of Evansville, will introduce you to the characteristics of the nervous system that make the field so diverse.  Highlights include transormative inventions that allow us to understand hidden secrets of the nervous system and better our lives. 


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