Get Involved with WKU's ESGS Program
White Squirrel Weather is an applied research professional student service-learning initiative at Western Kentucky University comprised largely of students who have each devoted their efforts toward providing focus-based, real-time observations and forecasting weather content to the WKU campus and community for the purposes of hazards mitigation and emergency preparedness and management.
The mission of WKU's Center for Human GeoEnvironmental Studies (CHNGES) is to establish itself as a leader in applied research and student engagement at the national and international levels to address human-geoenvironmental challenges. The Center is founded in the environmental geosciences with its focus on the nexus of climate, water, sustainability, and human-environmental interactions. We integrate applied research, education, outreach, and communication to address socio-environmental problems, provide student engagement opportunities, and increase public understanding and stakeholder awareness of important environmental topics.
Since the WKU Office of Sustainability was created in 2008, WKU has dramatically reduced its environmental footprint through the implementation and evaluation of policies and programs in all areas of facilities management and campus services. Our campus aims to be a model of sustainable practices and cost-effective measures to create a green community from which students, faculty, and staff can live and learn. Our academic programs address the science, social, economic, and political aspects of environmental change and sustainability, providing both disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary perspective-taking that pave the way for our students to get jobs and make positive change in their communities.
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