WKU News

May 23rd, 2019

WKU’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting has continued a tradition of national success in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program with a fifth-place overall finish in 2019.

May 21st, 2019

Zephyrus is a fine arts magazine published annually by WKU’s English Department, showcasing student artwork, poetry, and short stories.

May 21st, 2019

WKU Industrial/Organizational Psychology faculty members and graduate program alumni presented research at the Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

May 21st, 2019

May 20th, 2019

Three WKU students will compete in the national finals of the 59th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program June 1-6 in San Francisco.

May 20th, 2019

The Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology is pleased to announce that retired University Distinguished Professor of Folk Studies Michael Ann Williams was recently awarded the title Emeritus.

May 20th, 2019

For the third year in a row, two WKU students have been selected to participate in Fulbright Summer Institutes in the United Kingdom.

May 18th, 2019

On May 10th the Department of Folk Studies & Anthropology celebrated our graduates with an awards and hooding ceremony. Our BA and MA grads are going on to further graduate study or to careers in fields including museums, education, and industry.

May 17th, 2019

The Ashen Egg is an annual journal written by the WKU English Department showcasing undergraduate essays on literature, film, rhetoric, English pedagogy, linguistics, and popular culture.

May 16th, 2019

Sam Bush was days away from registering for his freshman year at WKU when he was invited to join a bluegrass band in Louisville. Last weekend Bush received an honorary doctorate as WKU's Amy Bingham tells us in the View from the Hill.

May 16th, 2019

Assistant Professor of Folk Studies Tim Frandy sat down with Esty Dinur, host of "A Public Affair" (WORT), earlier this month to discuss the Sámi, the indigenous peoples of the Nordic countries.

May 15th, 2019

Through a variety of fundraising efforts over the past year, WKU’s Student United Way raised enough money to award a grant in the amount of $1,000 to HOTEL INC’s Street Medicine Program.

May 14th, 2019

WKU’s Andrea Ambam is the most successful speech competitor in America today -- and the most successful in WKU's history.

May 14th, 2019

As part of WKU's Journey to the Vote celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, a proclamation signing will be held at 2 p.m. June 4 at the Kentucky Museum.

May 13th, 2019

WKU student Olivia Cahill will accomplish one goal when the WKU Storm Chase class begins its 10th journey across the Great Plains. Cahill is one of eight students who will leave the WKU campus May 18 for the annual two-week trip.

May 11th, 2019

Congratulations to Potter College graduates and especially English for Secondary Teachers majors Morgan Aldridge, Delaney Lauren Holt, and Allison C. Millay— all three were named Scholars of the College! Way to go!

May 11th, 2019

On Saturday, May 11, eighty-six students representing forty-three counties from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky were recognized during The Gatton Academy’s twelfth graduation ceremony in Van Meter Hall.

May 11th, 2019

WKU’s five academic colleges hosted special ceremonies Saturday at Diddle Arena to individually recognize their graduates and celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2019.

May 10th, 2019

WKU conferred degrees and certificates to 2,677 spring graduates and presented an honorary doctorate to award-winning musician Sam Bush on Friday night at its 185th Commencement.

May 10th, 2019

The WKU Board of Regents on Friday approved the recommendations of a comprehensive academic program review committee.