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Feb 22nd, 2022
The WKU Graduate School will host the second annual Three Minute Thesis Competition on Wednesday (Feb. 23) from 3 to 4 p.m. at Downing Student Union, room 2123.
View ArticleFeb 22nd, 2022
Brianna Harness spoke with WKU about her college experience so far, and how her racial background has impacted this.
View ArticleFeb 22nd, 2022
Six Gatton Academy seniors recently learned they are candidates for the 2022 United States Presidential Scholars Program.
View ArticleFeb 22nd, 2022
The Gender Images Film Series kicked off screenings this year with a premiere of Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a 2020 Sundance film directed by Eliza Hittman. The Department of English collaborated with Professor Kelsey Truxal and students of Women & Pol
View ArticleFeb 22nd, 2022
Treasure Wales, a first-generation student from Louisville earning a degree in Social Work with a minor in African American Studies, applies what she learns at WKU to her current leadership roles on campus.
View ArticleFeb 21st, 2022
Juwuan Jones is a familiar name to football fans and has been honored twice as an Academic All-American. He’s also known as Mr. Jones to his professors and students.
View ArticleFeb 19th, 2022
Reed Breunig of Springfield was crowned WKU’s 2022 Coming Home King on Saturday night.
View ArticleFeb 19th, 2022
Construction of the First Year Village at WKU, including two new residence halls, is complete. The WKU community is invited to join us for a Ribbon Cutting Celebration and tours on Wednesday, February 23 at 1 p.m. in the Regents Hall lobby.
View ArticleFeb 18th, 2022
On Saturday, February 12, members of the WKU English department served as judges in the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) Tournament. The tournament took place at Bowling Green High School and consisted of competitions in professional an
View ArticleFeb 18th, 2022
Twelve WKU students have been selected this spring as Semi-Finalists for 2022 Critical Language Scholarships, a fully-funded summer intensive language study abroad program of the U.S. Department of State.
View ArticleFeb 17th, 2022
The Mahurin Honors College (MHC) strives to provide the greatest opportunities and resources for all of our scholars. While most enter the MHC following their senior year of high school, that was not the case for Obadiah Kirk (MHC ‘20)
View ArticleFeb 17th, 2022
Modern Language Professor Sloane (Hsin-Chien) Wang presented at the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA). Wang was one of 23 FLTAs from 51 countries and 169 universities chosen to present this year.
View ArticleFeb 17th, 2022
WKU Spanish professor and supervisor of student teachers, interviewed with WKU Modern Languages about her experience in helping develop future educators. Dr. Vandermolen uses various evaluation forms from the Kentucky Department of Education
View ArticleFeb 17th, 2022
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College will have their 7th Annual African American Read-in event on Monday, Feb. 28 at 12:20 p.m. The event will feature WKU English professor, poet, and essayist Dr. Cheryl Hopson.
View ArticleFeb 17th, 2022
Exciting news released at WKU this week. First-time, first-year students returned for the spring semester in record numbers. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on one of the reasons for the impressive retention rate in this week’s View from the Hill.
View ArticleFeb 17th, 2022
Cyn’Clara Cofer (MHC ‘22) has embraced her time in the Mahurin Honors College (MHC) at Western Kentucky University (WKU) as a chance to use her talents and voice to better the lives of those around her.
View ArticleFeb 16th, 2022
Gatton Alumni Trivan Menezes, Camuel Hart and Donald “D.J.” Price recently had their research, “A Complete List of Minimal Diagrams of an Oriented Alternating Knot,” published the Journal Knot Theory and its Ramifications.
View ArticleFeb 16th, 2022
The WKU Panhellenic and IFC Councils were recognized at the Southeastern Greek Leadership Association (SGLA) Conference Feb. 10-13 in Atlanta.
View ArticleFeb 16th, 2022
The WKU Department of Music will kick off its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colloquium Series on Feb. 25.
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