WKU News

Jan 29th, 2019

All WKU campuses will be closed Wednesday (Jan. 30) because of the predicted cold weather and wind chills.

Jan 29th, 2019

WKU’s academic colleges will be hosting preview days in February for admitted students in the Class of 2023.

Jan 29th, 2019

Dr. Ashley Stinnett, assistant professor of Anthropology in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, was one of twelve to win the 2018 American Anthropological Association Photo Image Contest.

Jan 29th, 2019

Today@WKU for January 29, 2019 -- Forensics Team wins first tournaments of spring semester; Institute for Rural Health receives grant; plus news from CCSJ, WKU Sports, WKU Alumni, WKU Admissions and more.

Jan 28th, 2019

Jan 28th, 2019

To encourage students at WKU to apply their knowledge in communities, the WKU Center for Citizenship & Social Justice is accepting applications for Scholars in Service, a scholarship program awarding $15,000 a year to publicly engaged students.

Jan 28th, 2019

The WKU Center for Citizenship & Social Justice will host the first Spring 2019 lecture in its “Social Justice Salons” series from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 19 at Downing Student Union, room 2123.

Jan 28th, 2019

The WKU Forensics Team opened the spring semester with wins at tournaments in Missouri and Illinois.

Jan 28th, 2019

Today@WKU for January 28, 2019 -- View from the Hill on business college Living Learning Community; fall 2018 dean's/president's lists; plus news from WKU Sports, WKU Alumni, WKU Admissions and more.

Jan 25th, 2019

WKU has released the honors lists for the fall 2018 semester. Full-time undergraduate students with a semester grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.79 are named to the Dean’s List. Students with a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0 are named to the President’s List.

Jan 25th, 2019

WKU’s strategic plan, “Climbing to Greater Heights,” is full of initiatives to increase retention, including expanding Living Learning Communities. WKU’s Amy Bingham finds out the advantages of living and learning together in the View from the Hill.

Jan 25th, 2019

Today@WKU for January 25, 2019 -- Gatton Academy student named Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar; Brinkley named to public media working group; PRISM Concert tonight; plus news from WKU Writing Center, WKU Counseling Center, WKU Sports and more

Jan 24th, 2019

David Brinkley, director of WKU Public Broadcasting, has been named to a 14-member working group to support professional development in public media.

Jan 24th, 2019

Gatton Academy student Sydney Wheeler (’19, Greenwood High School) has been named a 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar.

Jan 24th, 2019

Today@WKU for January 24, 2019 -- News from WKU Libraries Blog, Lady Topper Basketball host Southern Miss tonight, Hilltopper Basketball at Southern Miss tonight, plus news from WKU Alumni, WKU Admissions and more.

Jan 23rd, 2019

In the wake of a number of unsafe and sometimes life-threatening pranks and challenges on social media sites, YouTube announces that it will ban the upload of such harmful and dangerous videos to its platform.

Jan 23rd, 2019

Today@WKU for January 23, 2019: Message from President Caboni to the campus community; plus news from Folk Studies, Lady Topper Basketball, WKU Alumni, WKU Admissions and more.

Jan 23rd, 2019

Congratulations to WKU Folk Studies '18 grads Anne Rappaport and Susanna Pyatt on the publication of their article "Traditional Culture, Collaboration, and Ethnography: Folkloristic Perspectives and Public History" in History News, published by the AASLH.

Jan 22nd, 2019

Jan 22nd, 2019

Today@WKU for January 22, 2019: Spring semester classes begin today; WKU alumnus has investing 'nailed' down; plus news from WKU Sports, WKU Alumni, WKU Admissions and more.