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Saturday, February 29th, 2020
Saturday, February 29th
All Day
  • Location: Housing Portal
  • Time: All Day

If you are a current resident planning to live on campus for the 2020-2021 academic year, you need to renew your housing through the online Housing Portal. Phase 1 is February 24-March 6.

During Phase 1 you can choose to stay in the same room, add a roommate, and update your housing application.

Learn More & Renew

 
Reminder: all full-time undergraduate students are required to live on campus for two years. Some exemptions apply. 
 
9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Richardson Quilt Gallery
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Kentuckians have practiced the art of weaving for more than 200 years.
Techniques represented in Even Coverlets Get the Blues range from overshot, double weave, and tied-biederwand to hooked rug making.

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9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Kentucky Museum - Grand Gallery
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

This exhibit tells the stories of freshmen year from participants in a student success intiative, WKU Freshmen Guided Pathway (FGP). This cohort of first-time, full-time students who graduated from one of five high schools in Warren County represent the typical WKU freshman in terms of academic achievement prior to admission and their demographic makeup.

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9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Kentucky Museum
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Gazing Deeply showcases how WKU’s backyard—the unique landscape of Mammoth Cave—is being studied, interpreted, and inspiring action on environmental change.

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9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Kentucky Museum Courtyard
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Anel Lepić and Muhamed “Hamo” Bešlagic, two HAD Collective artists from Bosnia, carved murals in the Kentucky Museum courtyard.

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9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Museum Front Lawn
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

WKU’s Cultural Enhancement Series and the Kentucky Museum host award winning artist Patrick Dougherty in October 2018 on WKU’s campus in Bowling Green, Ky. Dougherty created Highbrow, a sculpture made from intertwined tree saplings, on the Museum's front lawn.

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9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Richardson Quilt Gallery
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Jacqui Lubbers is a part-time weaving and art appreciation instructor in the WKU Art Department.

All Day
  • Location: Community Gallery
  • Time: All Day

In 2019, the Kentucky Building celebrates 80 years of showcasing South Central Kentucky’s unique culture and heritage. In honor of this milestone, the Kentucky Museum presents Out of the Box, an exhibition focused on fostering multidisciplinary discussions about our collective heritage while shining new light on the relevance of our museum in the 21st century. 

Using local historical artifacts, photos, and records, we invite you to discover how every object tells multiple stories. Themes and stories are curated in partnership with faculty from 9 WKU departments

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  • Location: University of Louisville
  • Time: All Day

The Kentucky Honors Roundtable, hosted by U of L, will take place on these dates.

7:30am - 5:00pm
  • Location: HCIC - HCIC 3024
  • Time: 7:30am - 5:00pm
The Gatton Academy's Class of 2022 applicants and their families come to campus for the last step in the application process.
8:00am - 10:00pm
  • Location: Downing Student Union 3029-3020, Hyatt Place Meeting Room
  • Time: 8:00am - 10:00pm
Registration in DSU 3029, $25 or free to WKU students with school ID
$25 registration fee covers Saturday and Sunday
 
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: 
Paper presentations on a variety of archaeology topics in DSU 3020
 
8:00-10:00 pm:
Poster presentations at Hyatt Place Meeting Room
 
For more information, please visit: https://heritage.ky.gov/archaeology/Pages/overview.aspx
9:00am - 10:00am
  • Location: VMH - VMH 0108
  • Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
12:30pm - 2:00pm
  • Location: WKU Softball Complex
  • Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Part of the WKU Hilltopper Spring Fling

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3:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Location: WKU Softball Complex
  • Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Semifinal games in the WKU Hilltopper Spring Fling

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All Day
  • Time: All Day

The US Bank Celebration of the Arts exhibit is an open art show featuring the work of professional as well as amateur artists who reside in Kentucky within a 65-mile radius of Bowling Green, KY. All work will be exhibited at the Kentucky Museum from February 29 - April 17. Works are judged and awards given in eight categories.


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