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Confucius Institute at WKU dedicates building
- WKU News
- Friday, May 5th, 2017

The Confucius Institute at WKU held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Model Confucius Institute Building on Friday (May 5). The building, located on Normal Drive, is the home of the CI at WKU.
The ceremony included remarks from WKU President Gary A. Ransdell and Madame Xu Lin, former Director General of Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters.
Contact: Terrill Martin, (270) 745-2530
Mar 6th, 2026
Ten Gatton Academy students taking Russian courses at WKU will represent the university and the Potter College of Arts & Letters at the American Council of Teachers of Russian’s Olympiada of Spoken Russian at Ohio State University on Saturday, March 7.
Mar 6th, 2026
The Goldenrod Poetry Festival is an annual Spring event held by the WKU English Department to highlight student work and connect with other writers. The festival will be held Monday, April 1st, and submissions are due Tuesday, March 10.
Mar 6th, 2026
Big ideas don’t launch themselves. That’s why the CREATE: Central Region Ecosystem for Arts, Technology and Entrepreneurship located at the WKU Innovation Campus in Bowling Green, KY is putting the spotlight on entrepreneurs, creators, and students r
Mar 3rd, 2026
The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University has received a $246,233 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Museums for America program, to support inventorying and cataloging the Museum’s collection.
Feb 2nd, 2026
Taking place February 9–13, 2026, Love Data Week is a weeklong series of events designed to help students, faculty, and staff better understand how data is collected, stored, interpreted, and sometimes misrepresented.
Dec 4th, 2025
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