WKU News

Oct 17th, 2019

The Mahurin Honors College at WKU honored 27 students from 15 high schools in the Nashville area for their academic achievements.

Oct 17th, 2019

Oct 17th, 2019

"Decades of Spirit" is this year’s Homecoming theme at WKU, a chance to celebrate traditions from the University’s 113-year history. WKU’s Amy Bingham sits down with some former Homecoming queens to reminisce in this week’s View from the Hill.

Oct 16th, 2019

Oct 15th, 2019

Oct 15th, 2019

Being behind the scenes is the perfect place for senior management major Walker Newberry. The self-described shy kid with a passion for the country music industry serves as an Artist Manager Intern for Make Wake Artists, a boutique management service loc

Oct 15th, 2019

A report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in September shows instances of fraud in the Head Start eligibility process, as revealed in an undercover investigation.

Oct 14th, 2019

The WKU Forensics Team won all four tournaments in both Muncie, Indiana, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the weekend of Oct. 12-13.

Oct 14th, 2019

WKU will become a tobacco-free, smoke-free campus beginning Jan. 1, 2020.

Oct 14th, 2019

Oct 10th, 2019

A relatively new competitive sport is sweeping through college campuses and WKU is helping lead the charge. The players are not your typical athletes as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Oct 9th, 2019

“Our main goal is to have a family. We are all just a big family,” said Mercedes Mendez, WKU senior from Tell City, IN. Mendez serves as the president of the Hilltopper Organization of Latino American Students (HOLAS), and was referring to HOLAS as a fami

Oct 9th, 2019

Oct 9th, 2019

Nineteen students are candidates for Homecoming 2019 queen at WKU.

Oct 8th, 2019

Oct 8th, 2019

On Saturday, October 5th, the Kentucky Folklife Program and WKU Folk Studies graduate students participated in “Hammer-In,” an event organized and facilitated by Western Kentucky University’s Kentucky Museum.

Oct 8th, 2019

Oct 8th, 2019

WKU’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter will be sending a volunteer group to Madisonville for fall break trip Wednesday-Saturday (Oct. 9-12).

Oct 8th, 2019

The College Heights Herald, WKU’s student-run news operation, and Talisman, its life and culture magazine, are finalists for three national Pacemaker awards, to be announced in November.

Oct 7th, 2019

WKU’s Forensics Team won both tournaments hosted by Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, the weekend of Oct. 5-6.