WKU News

Aug 30th, 2017

WKU’s Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA) recently welcomed 14 new members, bringing the membership total 21 after the graduation of senior members.

Aug 30th, 2017

The Kentucky Folklife Program announces the opening of the exhibit "A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green" at the Kentucky Museum on WKU’s campus. The Opening Reception will be held Sept. 29.

Aug 30th, 2017

Aug 29th, 2017

Alisha Mays is completing her master’s thesis, studying self provisioning, reciprocity and community in Eastern Kentucky’s local food system. She spent the summer exploring the current social relations around home gardening in Appalachia.

Aug 29th, 2017

WKU will honor top scholars from area high schools for their academic achievements.

Aug 29th, 2017

Aug 28th, 2017

The FFOYA House non-profit arts organization of Bowling Green was awarded a 2017 Arts Meets Activism grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.

Aug 28th, 2017

Thomas George, a Paducah native and member of WKU's Hall of Distinguished Alumni, will celebrate the release of "Blitzed: Why NFL Teams Gamble on Starting Rookie Quarterbacks" on Sept. 9 in Paducah.

Aug 25th, 2017

The WKU Alumni Association has selected five incoming freshmen as Alumni Leadership Scholars for the fall.

Aug 25th, 2017

A third cohort of students has joined WKU’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program.

Aug 24th, 2017

Nicole Breazeale, associate professor of sociology at Western Kentucky University-Glasgow, recently received the seventh annual President's Award for Sustainability.

Aug 23rd, 2017

Sydnie Gordon, a junior from Taylorsville, KY, studies Biology at WKU with a minor in Chemistry and Pre-Med concentration. In her program, Sydnie is getting hands-on experience in an innovative research project that connects to her plans for the future.

Aug 23rd, 2017

WKU faculty and graduate students from the Center for Human GeoEnvironmental Studies recently conducted research on the karst landscape in Vietnam.

Aug 23rd, 2017

The International Year of Bosnia and Herzegovina will bring a diverse schedule of events to WKU campuses and the surrounding communities for the 2017-2018 year.

Aug 22nd, 2017

I hope you were able to enjoy yesterday’s eclipse. What an amazing and rare experience! I want to express appreciation to all those who were involved in the planning of the various events hosted on and off campus for students and guests. More...

Aug 22nd, 2017

Nine WKU undergraduate research students are authors on a manuscript published in the July issue of PLOS ONE, the world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal.

Aug 22nd, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Victoria Gordon who had an article published in the Summer issue of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. The article explores challenges faced by small MPA programs.

Aug 18th, 2017

WKU Office of Admissions is taking its DiscoverWKU events across the United States this fall.

Aug 18th, 2017

Sodexo has made a gift commitment to WKU to establish the Sodexo Scholarship Fund to support their employees, as well as their dependents, in the pursuit of higher education at any campus of WKU.

Aug 18th, 2017

The annual faculty and staff awards were presented Friday morning at WKU’s 2017 opening convocation.