Welcome to Western Kentucky University. I trust you find our website inviting and hope your next visit
will be in person. I think you will find our campus a place of distinctive beauty and friendliness. A unique history has been forged over the last 101 years. It is now merging with a bold and ambitious future.
This is an extremely exciting time in the life of WKU. A transformation is under way. WKU is becoming a leading American university with international reach. The transformation is physical, intellectual, cultural, attitudinal, academic, social, and economic. As a result, WKU has become a university of choice for many students, faculty and staff. With an enrollment of over 18,700 students for fall 2007, WKU is a hot campus which continues to be the fastest growing university in Kentucky - a trend we have sustained over the last ten years.
Western Kentucky University is highly ranked academically and possesses programs of national prominence in journalism and broadcasting, engineering, and forensics. WKU is the home of the Gatton Academy for Math and Science - the destination point for Kentucky's most gifted and talented students. WKU is also home of Kentucky's first and only Honors College - where gifted and talented students study in an intimate scholarly environment on campus and abroad. These are among the reasons why WKU is becoming the intellectual heartbeat of Kentucky
WKU alumni - and each member of my family are alumni - express a high level of satisfaction with the overall quality of their WKU experience. Members of the broader WKU family share a spirit that is unique among institutions in American higher education.
Your WKU experience awaits. Become part of a campus family steeped in rich tradition and dedicated to a high cool factor throughout the campus. At WKU, the Spirit Makes the Master.