WKU News

Jan 24th, 2022

The WKU Department of English is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 undergraduate scholarship. All applications are due by February 4th, 2022, except for the Allan Miller Memorial Scholarship, which is due September 15.

Jan 24th, 2022

As the WKU community wrapped up the fall 2021 semester, University Meteorologist Josh Durkee and the White Squirrel Weather team spent their finals week monitoring development of a severe weather system.

Jan 24th, 2022

Jan 24th, 2022

19 WKU students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the October 2021 application cycle, more than all other Kentucky institutions combined.

Jan 21st, 2022

The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents held its first committee meetings of the calendar year on Friday, January 21.

Jan 20th, 2022

All Western Kentucky University campuses will be open and classes will resume as scheduled Friday, January 21.

Jan 20th, 2022

WKU has released the honors lists for the fall 2021 semester.

Jan 20th, 2022

All WKU campuses will be closed and classes canceled today, January 20, due to winter weather. All WKU campuses will be open and classes will resume as scheduled Friday, January 21.

Jan 19th, 2022

The WKU Young Male Leadership Academy (YMLA) is a college preparation and recruitment initiative, which develops leadership skills in young males of diverse backgrounds by exploring the teaching profession.

Jan 19th, 2022

The moment I stepped on WKU’s campus I felt at home. Everyone here is so welcoming, and it was evident to me that the professors genuinely care about students. I left my interview with this gut feeling that WKU was where I was meant to be that I...

Jan 19th, 2022

The Council on Postsecondary Education awarded its first cultural competency credential certification to Western Kentucky University’s Inclusive Teaching Academy.

Jan 19th, 2022

WKU graduate Keightley Dudgeon of Crestwood was named a 2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. She is one of 45 fellows selected nationwide and only the second WKU student to earn this honor.

Jan 18th, 2022

Bowling Green's African American Museum is working to recover and rebuild after recent tornado and fire damage.

Jan 17th, 2022

Jan 17th, 2022

WKU classes in Somerset will be canceled Tuesday, January 18.

Jan 14th, 2022

Jan 14th, 2022

The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents will conduct committee meetings in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall beginning at 9 a.m. Friday (January 21).

Jan 14th, 2022

Congratulations to Modern Languages alumna Keightley Dudgeon for being named a Rangel Fellow. Read more about Dudgeon and how she's using her degrees in Arabic and TESL to further her academic and career goals!

Jan 13th, 2022

The Kentucky Folklife Program, part of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at WKU, received a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the continuation and expansion of the Kentucky Folklife Network.

Jan 13th, 2022

A WKU Professor with the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences was recently awarded a prestigious grant from WorkRise with the goal of driving action towards accelerating economic mobility and advancing equity in the US labor market.