WKU Events
Wednesday, November 11th
- Location: Main Gallery, 2nd Floor FAC
- Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
This competitive juried exhibition showcases a selection of work in a variety of media created by students in the WKU Department of Art & Design.
- Location: Event begins in Diddle Arena
- Time: 8:30am - 2:30pm
WKU Preview Day is a free open house event that offers a comprehensive look at Western Kentucky University's outstanding academic offerings, student activities, and beautiful campus in Bowling Green, KY.
Sessions are offered to provide valuable information about life on The Hill, and an information expo allows students and their families the opportunity to personally connect with representatives from different academic departments, student services, housing, financial aid, and more!
Check-in and a campus information fair will begin at 8:30am Central Time at Diddle Arena Entrance 2. Parking will be available in Parking Structure 3 at 1793 Creason Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101. The program welcome will begin at 9:30am Central Time.
Register and learn more at wku.edu/preview
- Location: Guthrie Bell Tower
- Time: 11:00am
WKU will observe Veterans Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at Guthrie Bell Tower on Wednesday, November 11 at 11 a.m. The Veterans Day ceremony will include remarks from WKU President Timothy C. Caboni.
- Location: HCIC 1014
- Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Stop-by for walk-in advising with a Global Learning Advisor to learn about the first steps in planning a study abroad experience.
- Location: HCIC 1001
- Time: 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Join WKU Global staff and student ambassadors for a short introductory presentation on global learning options at WKU. Learn about program types, funding your experience, logging into the WKU Global portal, and searching for program options.
These sessions are hosted daily on Mondays-Thursdays in HCIC 1001.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Kentuckians at War
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
KY Museum
5-6PM
WKU history professor David Serafini will present "Kentuckians at War." David Serafini is a popular history professor at WKU—each semester, students scramble to enroll in his classes. He has taught several courses covering WWI and II including Military History, War and Society, First World War, Hitler and Nazi Germany and more.
6-7PM
Attendees who wish may go with curators to Classroom II in the KY Museum to see 8 tables filled with World War I & II weapons, uniforms, military equipment, letters, battlefield souvenirs and more. This is a rare opportunity to view close up a portion of our military collection.
- Location: E.A. Diddle Arena
- Time: 6:30pm
- Location: Jody Richards Hall Auditorium
- Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with Zoot Suit and La Bamba, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America’s story.
- Location: Fine Arts Center Room 189 - Recital Hall
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
This recital is free and open to the public!
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