WKU News

Sep 14th, 2023

Sep 13th, 2023

Seventeen seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Since 2007, a total of 255 students have been named National Merit Semifinalists.

Sep 13th, 2023

The annual 100 Miles of Hope Blood Drive against MTSU returns Monday, Sept. 25, through Wednesday, Sept. 27, leading up to WKU Football's home game against Middle Tennessee.

Sep 12th, 2023

Sep 12th, 2023

Nominations for WKU full-time and part-time faculty members are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 college and university-wide Faculty Awards. Nomination deadline is October 4, 2023.

Sep 12th, 2023

Sep 12th, 2023

Western Kentucky University President Timothy C. Caboni announced renowned marine geologist and deep-sea explorer, Dr. Robert Ballard, as the inaugural speaker for the university’s Presidential Speaker Series.

Sep 11th, 2023

This past week, four students in the Folk Studies MA and Folklore Minor programs presented their reflections on their internship experiences in three different museums in Bowling Green and the surrounding region.

Sep 11th, 2023

Dr. Tobias Menely, professor of English at UC Davis, will deliver the Warren-Brooks Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Friday (September 15) at Cherry Hall 125.

Sep 11th, 2023

Math Professor Publishes Book on Ordinary Differential Equations

Sep 11th, 2023

WKU continues the We Wear Red. We Show Up. campaign with Rock Your Red Education Day, encouraging K-12 students and alumni in the education field to wear WKU apparel or red on Friday, September 15, 2023. Schools with spirit days on Fridays are welcome to

Sep 11th, 2023

The Kentucky Museum is seeking artifacts, photographs, posters, documents, and associated items related to musicians, venues, radio stations, and the general music scene of Warren, Barren, Allen, Simpson, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, and Metcalfe counties.

Sep 9th, 2023

As part of Parent and Family Weekend, the family of WKU junior Sydney Windhorst of Crestwood, Ky., was recognized as WKU’s 2023 Family of the Year.

Sep 8th, 2023

Bowling Green, KY – The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU announces 54 schools from 27 school districts in Kentucky and Tennessee participated in Project Launch Plus, a federal Javits grant, this past school year.

Sep 8th, 2023

WKU Global will host the annual fall Global Learning Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday (September 13) at the Honors College & International Center.

Sep 8th, 2023

Sep 8th, 2023

The Kentucky Museum is hosting the Kentucky Arts Council’s traveling exhibit “Continent to Commonwealth: Asian/Asian American Kentucky Art" from September 6 to 23.

Sep 6th, 2023

The WKU Student Rural Health Association, in partnership with Remote Area Medical (RAM®), hosted a free, two-day clinic. RAM is a nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision, and medical care to those in need.

Sep 5th, 2023

Faculty in the Department of Social Work of the WKU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) recently received a grant of $160,000 from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).

Sep 5th, 2023