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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
Tuesday, September 27th
All Day
  • Time: All Day

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.

FGP assists students as they negotiate the often difficult affective and academic shifts between high school and college. Learn more about the program in this exhibit, presented by the Kelly M. Burch Institute for Transformative Practices in Higher Education, Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing, the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, the WKU Center for Literacy, and the Kentucky Museum.

All Day
  • Time: All Day

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. 

All Day
  • Location: Kentucky Museum
  • Time: All Day

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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All Day
  • Location: Kentucky Museum
  • Time: All Day

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.

8:00am - 4:30pm
  • Location: FAC Corridor Gallery
  • Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm

This exhibition recognizes the Gerald Printing Graphic Design Scholarship and Awards that were established this past year and awarded to five exemplary students majoring in Graphic Design.

10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Location: Preston Center
  • Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm

The WKU campus and surrounding community is invited to participate in the WKU Blood Drive benefiting the American Red Cross in September 2022. 

For more information and to make an appointment visit https://www.wku.edu/blood-drive/

10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Location: Preston Center
  • Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm

You are invited to join our Annual Lifesaving Blood Drive Mission - the WKU-MTSU Blood Drive Contest. Schedule a blood donation appointment today! Feel free to share with your family, students and friends.

2:30pm - 3:30pm
  • Location: HCIC 2007
  • Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Every scholarship application essay is a chance to tell others who you are. In this workshop, we'll do a fun activity making wild assumptions about others, then practice different ways of presenting ourselves on paper. You'll leave with a head start on multiple versions of a personal statement!

6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Omni Nashville Hotel
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

During DiscoverWKU, prospective students and their families can learn more about the opportunities available at WKU. There is an Admissions presentation at every DiscoverWKU event, so students can learn more about becoming a Hilltopper. High school seniors will be eligible to win a $500 scholarship or a VIP Visit Experience. 

Location: 

Omni Nashville Hotel
250 Rep John Lewis Way S
Nashville, TN 37203

Register online at https://www.wku.edu/discoverwku/ 

7:30pm - 9:30pm
  • Location: FAC - FAC 0214
  • Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
$16 for adults, $12 for students and Seniors (62+), reserved seating; Agnes is an extremely average high school teacher who has always been embarrassed by her geeky younger sister Tilly. But when Tilly dies in a car crash, Agnes decides to play the Dungeons and Dragons module she left behind in order to connect with the sister she never really knew. In the process of fighting real and fantasy monsters, she learns more about her sister and herself than she could ever have imagined. Alternately hilarious and heartbreaking, She Kills Monsters explores how the stories we create have the power to reshape our lives. For ages 12+.

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