WKU News

Apr 30th, 2020

Dallas McKinney of Mayfield is being recognized as the spring 2020 Ogden Foundation Scholar, WKU’s top undergraduate academic award.

Apr 28th, 2020

Two Gatton Academy juniors qualified for the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair. Eleven other Gatton Academy students earned awards at regional and state fairs.

Apr 28th, 2020

WKU’s GIS program is playing a key role in connecting volunteers with people in need as part of an online COVID-19 Community Action Center for Bowling Green and Warren County.

Apr 27th, 2020

Apr 27th, 2020

WKU’s Greek community has announced its annual student and chapter awards for 2019-20.

Apr 27th, 2020

Apr 24th, 2020

In light of faculty concerns about how they and their students are coping with the impact of COVID-19, I wanted to summarize practical implications of some interesting research on resilience and how individuals cope with challenging times.

Apr 24th, 2020

WKU’s Gordon Ford College of Business announced its annual awards on Friday, April 24.

Apr 24th, 2020

WKU has received the 2020 “Making Opportunities for Mothers in Academia” award from the International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship.

Apr 24th, 2020

WKU is lowering the cost of summer 2020 graduate education courses for the summer for anyone with a Kentucky teaching license.

Apr 24th, 2020

WKU students, faculty, and the local community came together to celebrate education and promote prospective careers through career-building seminars at a safe social distance.

Apr 23rd, 2020

Leave it to Big Red, WKU’s wildly popular mascot, to go from being left out of a national mascot challenge to almost winning the whole thing. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on the creative effort behind the last minute campaign in the View from the Hill.

Apr 23rd, 2020

The 2020 Goldenrod Poetry Festival was held via Zoom this year, with guest poet Erin Slaughter and students and faculty from the WKU Department of English.

Apr 23rd, 2020

Dr. Katrina Burch, assistant professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology in WKU’s Department of Psychological Sciences, shared her research on work and commuting on the Department 12 Podcast.

Apr 23rd, 2020

Sociology Major Amanda Beavin returned home from Study Abroad in Thailand following expanding COVID-19 restrictions.

Apr 22nd, 2020

Apr 22nd, 2020

The WKU English faculty rose to the challenge to deliver quality instruction and transform course material to an online format, while providing support for students who have had to make personal and academic adjustments in a short amount of time.

Apr 22nd, 2020

The Academic Affairs Committee of the WKU Board of Regents will hold a special-called meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday.

Apr 21st, 2020

Mahurin Honors College Senior Mac Williams (pictured) was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship. Additionally, Honors students Lily Hamm, Ryan Richardson, and Jessica Williams were recognized as alternates.

Apr 21st, 2020

Dance well. Sing loud. Speak boldly. Graduate with honors. Jazzlin Hamilton’s doctors did not expect her to perform those actions, but she did and still does. This is a story of a WKU junior from Louisville who defies odds.