Chinese Flagship News

Jun 18th, 2026

Aurora Speltz, a 2024 graduate of WKU’s Potter College of Arts and Letters, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research Award to teach English in Jordan starting in January 2027.

Jun 4th, 2026

Brent Andrews, a 2019 graduate of WKU’s School of Nursing and Allied Health, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant that will fund graduate study in Taiwan.

Apr 15th, 2026

Priscilla Riggs, a first-generation college student in English and Marketing, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to South Korea.

Mar 23rd, 2026

Seven WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition. Fulbright U.S. Student grants fund a year of study, research, or English teaching for recent graduates.

Sep 11th, 2025

150 WKU students and recent graduates submitted 199 applications for nationally competitive scholarships in the 2024-25 academic year, earning recognition 69 times and more than $570,000 for study abroad, research, language study, and graduate school.

Mar 14th, 2023

WKU senior Molly Parker Robinson of Benton will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in the France and the United Kingdom after graduating.

Aug 4th, 2022

One hundred thirteen Hilltoppers submitted 139 applications for the nation’s most prestigious scholarship competitions during 2021-22, earning recognition 58 times with a total value of more than $383,175.

Aug 12th, 2021

WKU students and recent graduates earned recognition 63 times, totaling more than $653,627 in funding for graduate school, language study, public service, and study abroad.

Apr 26th, 2021

WKU student Isabel Eliassen will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to complete the International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IMAS) at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Feb 19th, 2018

Five WKU students received Fulbright awards for academic year 2017-18, placing WKU in a tie for fourth place among master’s institutions nationally. WKU is the only Kentucky institution to make the list, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.