WKU News

Record Number of Gatton Academy Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

Sep 12th, 2019

Twenty-three seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science have been recognized as semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Competition, marking the most students recognized in a single school year in the program’s history.

Hammer In

Sep 12th, 2019

3rd Annual Hammer In is scheduled for Saturday, October 5, 2019.

Kentucky Museum launches Adopt-an-Artifact Campaign

Sep 12th, 2019

On September 12, the Kentucky Museum launched a new SpiritFunder campaign called “Adopt an Artifact.”

Section of Cabell Drive Closed

Sep 11th, 2019

Beginning Thurs. 9/12

Senior Delson Cox published in The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects

Sep 11th, 2019

Bus Traffic on College Heights Blvd

Sep 11th, 2019

9/12 and 9/13

Faculty Fellow for Research Announced

Sep 10th, 2019

Dr. Jean Neil-Strunjas, a tenured professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been named Faculty Fellow for Research.

Meet the Firms event provides networking and employment opportunities

Sep 10th, 2019

The opportunity to network with accounting professionals and gain employment are just a couple reasons why accounting graduate student Madison Contri from Murray attended her first Meet the Firms Event at the beginning of her junior year in 2017.

Bus Traffic on Avenue of Champions

Sep 10th, 2019

Wednesday, Sept 11th

Live Q&A Session with NASA Astronauts to Stream on Campus

Sep 10th, 2019

A live Q&A session with astronauts aboard the International Space Station will stream this Friday, September 13, at 9:50 a.m. in the Great Room of The Gatton Academy.

The People of WKU

Sep 9th, 2019

Macon County Native Receives Dr. Delroy & Patricia Hire Internship to Preserve Local History

Sep 9th, 2019

Hannah Hudson, the youngest daughter of Mark and Scarlett Hudson, has been named the Dr. Delroy & Patricia Hire Special Collections Intern for 2019. Hannah is a sophomore at WKU pursuing a degree in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Folk Studies.

WKU honors students at Elizabethtown luncheon

Sep 9th, 2019

The Mahurin Honors College at WKU honored 54 students from 10 high schools in the Elizabethtown area for their academic achievements.

Registration Now Open for Fall Super Saturdays

Sep 9th, 2019

Registration is now open for Fall Super Saturdays. The 2019 slate of classes kicks off on Saturday, November 2. Coordinated by The Center for Gifted Studies, Super Saturdays encourages students in grades 1 – 8 who are of high ability or have high interest

Western Kentucky University Presents Melissa Marshall

Sep 6th, 2019

WKU Forensics Team preparing for 2019-20 season

Sep 6th, 2019

The 32 members of the WKU Forensics Team have returned to campus and are preparing for the 2019-20 season.

Area 4th Graders to Attend Safety Days Sept 26

Sep 6th, 2019

English Department works with CORE to Assist Local Elders in Storytelling

Sep 6th, 2019

View from the Hill: Board & Brush has strong WKU connection

Sep 5th, 2019

A couple of WKU graduates, who met and married while working on the Hill, are realizing a dream they never knew they had. And it all started with a bachelorette party as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Area 4th-graders to attend 24th Progressive Agriculture Safety Days event Sept. 26

Sep 5th, 2019

More than 600 fourth-graders from Warren, Allen and Edmonson counties will participate in the 24th annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Days® program on Sept. 26 at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.