WKU News

Mar 11th, 2021

A senior at The Gatton Academy is making history this week by being one of 40 finalists in the nation’s most prestigious science and math competition. WKU’s Amy Bingham talks to him in this week’s View from the Hill.

Mar 10th, 2021

Leadership opportunities are a natural part of the military’s rank system, but Materkowski found that the skills she learned during her time in Space Force are better applied once she pursued a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from WKU.

Mar 9th, 2021

Mar 8th, 2021

Catie Duchette, a graduate assistant in the Kinesiology program, is the winner of the inaugural WKU 3MT Competition.

Mar 8th, 2021

Matt Parker, known as the Stand-up Mathematician, will present the WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ spring 2021 Bell Lecture Series on Thursday (March 11).

Mar 8th, 2021

Learn.Org has recognized WKU’s Bachelor of Organizational Leadership as a top online degree.

Mar 8th, 2021

Press Release: On March 15th at 5:30pm, the Potter College Alumni Speaker Series will host alumnus Matt Love for a virtual keynote talk titled “Curiosity, Empathy, and Design.”

Mar 5th, 2021

The Kentucky Building will be renamed the Charles Hardcastle Kentucky Building in honor of a $1.5 million gift made by the namesake and his wife.

Mar 5th, 2021

The WKU Board of Regents approved an addendum to President Timothy C. Caboni’s employment contract that includes retention and performance-based bonuses, a deferred compensation plan, separation payments and an increase to his base salary.

Mar 5th, 2021

On Thursday (March 4), the State Climate Office for Kentucky, a division of the Kentucky Climate Center at WKU, hosted its Kentucky Monthly Climate Perspective on Drought and Hydrologic Conditions webinar.

Mar 5th, 2021

Two WKU photojournalism students finished in the top five of the second multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Mar 5th, 2021

WKU photojournalism student Sam Mallon was named Student Photographer of the Year in Kentucky News Photographers Association’s 2021 contest.

Mar 4th, 2021

Western Kentucky University’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences is leading the way as institutions across the state celebrate the cutting edge diversity, equity, and inclusion plan released today by Kentucky Gov., Andy Beshear.

Mar 4th, 2021

Global Learning & International Affairs (GLIA) is excited to share a recent addition to the Global Learning Forum: Around the World in Quarantine Days podcast series.

Mar 4th, 2021

Folk Studies graduate student Ellie Dassler was recently featured in the WKU News for her research associated with the capstone project she is completing as part of her program.

Mar 4th, 2021

WKU, home to Kentucky’s first child welfare center, is launching an initiative to study the health consequences of frontline child welfare workers. WKU’s Amy Bingham has details in this week’s View from the Hill.

Mar 4th, 2021

English professor Dr. Ted Hovet and English majors lead Global Learning Forum to discuss the importance of learning through literature and studying abroad.

Mar 3rd, 2021

Like the rest of us, Ellie Dassler – a folk studies master’s student from Williamsburg, Va. – is trying to make sense of COVID-19. Dassler, however, is employing her master’s research to understand the pandemic through a different lens.

Mar 2nd, 2021

Mar 1st, 2021

The WKU English Department hosted the semester's first event in the Visting Writers series! Christine Ristaino read excerpts from her memoir "All the Silent Spaces" for students and faculty to discuss.