WKU News
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.
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The WKU Board of Regents will hold its annual retreat and third quarterly meeting of the calendar year August 13 and 14.
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Morton Electric has hired two Western Kentucky University Electrical Engineering students, Aric Springob and Ha’ani Whitlock, as engineering interns supporting the company’s growing Automation Lab at the WKU Innovation Campus on Nashville Road.
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Dr. Patti Minter, former Kentucky State Representative and current Professor of History at WKU, has been appointed to the Kentucky Board of Education by Governor Andy Beshear.
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WKU received a $100,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to lead a collaborative effort aimed at improving access to mental health services for autistic adults living in rural Kentucky.
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Dr. Raymond Poff, professor in the WKU School of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport, has been selected for the newest cohort of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Emerging Leaders Program (ELP).
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