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Mar 30th, 2022
WKU Center for Environmental and Workplace Health in CHHS working with the Green River Firefighters Association (GRFA) in northwestern Kentucky to create a model for partnerships with rural firefighters to conduct community-based participatory research.
View ArticleMar 30th, 2022
The WKU English M.F.A. program hosted a Literary Open Mic Night on Thursday, March 24, in Cherry Hall 135. All majors, including both undergraduate and graduate students, were welcome to read their poems, flash fiction, and other creative pieces they want
View ArticleMar 30th, 2022
“[Research] has been really rewarding because I've gotten to actually think about questions that I'm interested in and what people haven't asked, so that has definitely been an amazing experience."
View ArticleMar 29th, 2022
Author, poet, speaker and activist Hannah L. Drake will be performing her spoken word poetry at 3 p.m. Tuesday (April 5) in the Jody Richards Hall Auditorium.
View ArticleMar 29th, 2022
“At its simplest, I know how positive of an impact dance has made on my life, and I want to make that impact available to everyone regardless of physical or mental ability.”
View ArticleMar 29th, 2022
Gabe Feinn of Louisville is a senior Chinese major in the Chinese Flagship Program with minors in child studies and teaching English as a second language. For the second time, Feinn won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad, w
View ArticleMar 29th, 2022
Six Western Kentucky University graduate programs have been ranked among the best in the country in U.S. News and World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, released Tuesday (March 29).
View ArticleMar 28th, 2022
Last week, the Gender & Women’s Studies department hosted former WKU professor Dr. Jane Olmsted, who read from her recently published memoir, The Tree You Come Home To. The event was co-sponsored by the English Department, social work department and th
View ArticleMar 28th, 2022
The WKU Forensics Team won the sweepstakes championship at the first Asynchronous Speech Championship hosted virtually by Southwest Minnesota State University on March 28.
View ArticleMar 28th, 2022
April is Sexual Assault Prevention Month, and the WKU campus community will kick off activities on Wednesday (March 30).
View ArticleMar 25th, 2022
Psychology major Rachel Bragg began working on her study of multitasking in 2019. She was interested in how the format of the tasks people engaged in influenced the negative effects of multitasking.
View ArticleMar 25th, 2022
The WKU Department of Modern Languages is coordinating a cherry blossom viewing on March 30 from 12:00-3:00 pm. on the lawn behind DSU.
View ArticleMar 25th, 2022
High School journalists from Kentucky and Tennessee were recognized through the 42nd annual WKU High School Media Awards, a competition sponsored by the WKU School of Media and WKU Student Publications.
View ArticleMar 25th, 2022
WKU’s School of Media, as part of The John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series, offers an evening looking back at the stories surrounding the December tornadoes and what was involved in sharing those stories with the journalists' communities.
View ArticleMar 24th, 2022
Arabic majors Kirby Gilstrap and Heather Keen, along with Chinese major Olivia Blackmon, have been selected for Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2022.
View ArticleMar 24th, 2022
The College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) at WKU will host events for their first Diversity & Inclusion Week beginning Monday, March 28th.
View ArticleMar 24th, 2022
Nearly 200 research projects will be presented Saturday at WKU’s 52nd annual Student Research Conference. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more in this week’s View from the Hill.
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