WKU News

Oct 19th, 2020

WKU’s Panhellenic Council has been recognized with the top award presented by the National Panhellenic Conference.

Oct 19th, 2020

WKU Music Professor John Cipolla has served (by invitation) as a jury member for three international clarinet competitions this year.

Oct 16th, 2020

The WKU Board of Regents will conduct committee meetings starting at 9 a.m. Oct. 23 in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall and via Zoom.

Oct 16th, 2020

WKU’s Eta Omicron chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has been recognized as a Gold Chapter by the international honor society for the first time in the chapter’s history.

Oct 15th, 2020

WKU senior Grace Campbell, a meteorology major from Franklin, has been awarded an American Meteorological Society scholarship.

Oct 15th, 2020

The year 2020 marked the beginning of WKU’s journey as a smoke-free campus. Now the university is being recognized with a tobacco-free award as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Oct 15th, 2020

This year, WKU Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program alumnus Darrian Evans (’20) started learning the skill of Sankofa Yoga to supplement her mental health therapy practice in her hometown of Louisville.

Oct 14th, 2020

WKU senior Keisjia Mitchell is a second-generation college student pursuing her baccalaureate degree in Health Information Management (HIM).

Oct 14th, 2020

Sandy Staebell, Christy Spurlock and Victoria Gordon are recipients of Kentucky History Awards from the Kentucky Historical Society.

Oct 14th, 2020

This week, October 13th through October 17th, students, faculty, and staff in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology will be attending, presenting, and receiving awards at the American Folklore Society’s 2020 Annual Meeting.

Oct 14th, 2020

At 10:15 a.m. Thursday, WKU Police will conduct a test of WKU’s outdoor warning and text messaging alert systems in conjunction with the national Earthquake Awareness Exercise known as the “Great American Shake Out.”

Oct 14th, 2020

Visit the WKU English Department's PCAL Fall Festival Booth and have your fortune told in the form of a poem! The PCAL Fall Festival will be held Wednesday, October 28 from 1-4 pm!

Oct 13th, 2020

Oct 13th, 2020

Dr. Ozkan Ozer, an assistant professor of Mathematics at WKU, has found a simple formula to solve the complex problem of student learning and retention in calculus courses.

Oct 13th, 2020

WKU Music Professor John Cipolla was one of 24 international clarinet artists invited to be included in a publication of new Italian clarinet studies.

Oct 12th, 2020

The College Heights Herald, the Talisman and Cherry Creative raked in five finalists for national Pacemaker awards -- the most finalists ever for WKU and more than any other program or school nationwide.

Oct 12th, 2020

The WKU Forensics Team placed first in sweepstakes at the Illinois State University “Back to the Nest” tournament the weekend of Oct. 10-11. The team also competed successfully in debate at the Steve Hunt Classic, hosted by Lewis and Clark College.

Oct 12th, 2020

Oct 9th, 2020

Sarah Harne of Liberty was crowned WKU’s 2020 Homecoming queen on Friday night.

Oct 9th, 2020

Gatton Academy student Janessa Unseld (’21, South Warren HS) has reached the Top 15 of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global science video competition.