Gazing Deeply showcases how WKU’s backyard—the unique landscape of Mammoth Cave—is being studied, interpreted, and inspiring action on environmental change. Coinciding with the UNESCO Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources: A Workshop on Sustainability and Community and Earth Day’s 50th anniversary in 2020, this exhibition is a collaborative effort between arts and science faculty and students that highlights one of the most well-known and vital natural landscapes in the world. 

History suggests that as “big business” started to take hold in the late 1800s, women became more involved in business and working outside the home. However, few women owned companies. Those that did were in industries centered on women, such as home goods, apparel, or personal care.

Today, women own only 40% of businesses in the U.S., making Carrie Burnam Taylor’s business of the early 20th century that much more impressive. Curated with Dr. Carrie Cox, this exhibit will explore Taylor's life and work, displaying three of her dresses, two coats, two bodices, and various undergarments recently conserved thanks to our Adopt-an-Artifact program.

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In the late 1800s, stitchery from London's Royal School of Art needlework and Japanese arts and crafts exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition inspired women across America to take up their needles in new and different ways. Explore the various "maniacal" and "maddening" designs that resulted in this showcase of our Crazy Quilt collection.

School of Media Galleries: Grayson County Photography Exhibit.

This exhibition documents the process artists Alice Gatewood Waddell and Mike Nichols followed to create the historic Jonesville Fresco for the lobby of the Kentucky Museum. The fresco is based on Waddell's image featuring the historic African-American community destroyed by the expansion of WKU.

Say goodbye to too many bookmarks and manually formatting your citations!  This workshop will guide you through installing, setting up, and using Zotero to collect and organize references, and creating citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word. Zotero is free, works with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and seamlessly integrates with most browsers.

B.Y.O.L.: Bring Your Own Laptop!

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Global Learning and International Affairs (GLIA) will host an international extravaganza in the Mahurin Honors College and International Center (HCIC) on February 15th. The festivities will include departments across campus that are involved with internationalization on campus and/or support students with services.  There will be information about studying abroad, international student organizations/clubs, and student-led cultural tables. Throughout the day international and domestic students will surprise and amaze attendees with organized cultural activities. Join us as we come together to celebrate all things international on our campus.

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The "What Happened to Jonesville?" traveling exhibit features 15 panels that will be on display on February 15, 2023, on the first floor of the Downing Student Union and is open to the public. 

Jonesville was a vibrant African American community in Bowling Green from around 1881 to the 1960s. Although the buildings are gone and many of the people who lived there have passed on, their stories live on through former residents and their descendants. This exhibit explores and sheds light on their stories. 

This exhibit takes place exactly 59 years from the date recorded as a hearing from the Committee of Warren County Planning and Zoning Commission (February 15, 1964) for a proposed development plan.

This event is being presented by the WKU's Jonesville Reconciliation Workgroup. The exhibit is sponsored by the African American Heritage Council/Kentucky Heritage Council, WKU Department of History, WKU African American Studies Program, and WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters Quick Turn-Around Grants. 

New to WKU or new to graduate-level research at WKU? This workshop will introduce you to the resources and services available at WKU Libraries and offer tips for finding the materials you need to support your research.

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Speaker/Author Raechel Anne Jolie- Rust Belt Femme. Light refreshments to follow.

Join us for a book talk with Raechel Anne Jolie as they discuss growing up queer and working class in the Midwest, and the art of rendering marginalized identities and experiences in memoir. Presented by the Department of English and the Gender & Women's Studies program.

Raechel Anne Jolie (she/they) is a writer and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in Critical Media Studies, with a minor in Feminist & Critical Sexuality Studies from the University of Minnesota. Her writing has appeared in The Baffler, Bitch, Teen Vogue, In These Times, among other publications. Rust Belt Femme is their first memoir and received recognition in NPR's Favorite Books of 2020, was a finalist in the Heartland Bookseller's Award, and was the winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction.

The Journey of Black Businesses is an event where black entrepreneurs can showcase their businesses.

MHC alumni Jacob and Jordan Hodges return to campus to share stories and insights about finding love on the Hill.