WKU News

Nov 20th, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences $1,249,671 to launch Project THRIVE.

Nov 20th, 2025

Nov 19th, 2025

The Gavel and Gravel Society is SACSA’s highest honor, established by the SACSA Foundation to recognize individuals whose leadership and service have laid a lasting foundation for the profession.

Nov 19th, 2025

Alexis Shaffer and Chloe Snow, graduate students in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, presented at the 2025 Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday, November 3.

Nov 19th, 2025

Now through April 30, 2026, the Kentucky Museum will continue to host Equal Temperament, a national juried metalworking exhibition, in their new Sculpture Gallery. Five artists were selected to receive awards.

Nov 18th, 2025

CHHS is proud to announce the establishment of its new Collegiate Recovery Resource Center (CRRC), a comprehensive, trauma-informed support program designed to serve students impacted by opioid use disorder and other substance use challenges.

Nov 18th, 2025

Western Kentucky University’s Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program in Clinical Psychology has been granted initial accreditation status by the American Psychological Association’s Commission on Accreditation (APA-CoA), effective November 8, 2024.

Nov 17th, 2025

Dr. Ali Er has been awarded a Petroleum Research Fund grant in the amount of $70,000.  The fund is administered by the American Chemical Society, and Dr. Er’s research should produce more efficient energy use from hydrocarbons.

Nov 17th, 2025

Attention WKU students: It's time to complete course evaluations

Nov 17th, 2025

Psychology major Emma Thomas is researching childhood health in Dublin, gaining global experience, confidence, and clarity on her career path through transformative study-abroad experiences.

Nov 17th, 2025

Nov 14th, 2025

Nov 14th, 2025

11/26/25 - 11/30/25

Nov 14th, 2025

Several WKU departments are coordinating a campus-wide food and toiletry drive through the end of the semester to help sustain the WKU Food Pantry. 

Nov 14th, 2025

EdgeTrack Solutions, a technology startup participated as a sponsor and featured exhibitor at the 5th Annual CREATE Small Business Summit and Expo held at the WKU Innovation Campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Nov 14th, 2025

Dr. Liz Sturgeon is the 2025 Kentucky Nurses Association Nurse of the Year. The award is presented annually by the KNA to recognize a nurse who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and professionalism in the field.

Nov 14th, 2025

WKU's fall enrollment numbers won’t be official until November 17, when data are submitted to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, but preliminary figures released this week point to new heights in student retention.

Nov 13th, 2025

WKU’s Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) inducted 49 new members to the society on Wednesday (Nov. 12).

Nov 12th, 2025

11/15/2025

Nov 12th, 2025

Dr. Monica Galloway Burke, Professor in the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs and ONE WKU Fellow in the Office of the Provost, has been inducted into the Gavel and Gravel Society by the Southern Association for College Student Affairs.