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Apr 8th, 2022
On Monday, April 4, WKU Modern Languages Alumna Morgan Giles came to Western Kentucky University to speak current Modern Languages Hilltoppers about translation and second language learning. In her talk, she explained that translation is truly an art: rat
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The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents will conduct committee meetings in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall at 9:00 a.m. Friday (April 15).
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Dr. Jenni Teeters, assistant professor in WKU’s Department of Psychological Sciences, has received a $417,056 grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse for her project aimed at reducing substance-impaired driving among young adults.
View ArticleApr 7th, 2022
I was working as a Social Worker in a hospice setting and I enjoyed working with clients so much. I decided that I loved a clinical setting and wanted to be able to take the next step in being able to help others.
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Full Name: Jenni Redifer Pronouns: she/her/hers Department: Psychology Job Title: Associate Professor of Psychology & Assistant to the Dean for Research
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The UK College of Medicine Bowling Green campus opened in 2018, the result of a partnership between WKU, UK and The Medical Center. Now the first graduating class is making history.
View ArticleApr 7th, 2022
The WKU Department of English held an award ceremony announcing the finalists and winners of the fifth annual High School Writing Contest on Saturday, March 26. Around 80 guests gathered in Cherry Hall to honor the high school students for their outstandi
View ArticleApr 6th, 2022
On Thursday, March 31, 2022, the WKU Spanish program organized an event on the power of Spanish after graduation and how it relates to students’ professional future and goals. During the meeting, Dr. Melissa Stewart directed the alumni panel, sparking
View ArticleApr 6th, 2022
WKU Public Media is excited to announce Lost River Sessions LIVE!, featuring The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, returns at 7 p.m. CT April 21 at The Capitol in downtown Bowling Green.
View ArticleApr 6th, 2022
“The classes I have taken during my time at WKU have directly related to my full-time job at a state environmental agency, my work at the fire department, and my research within the fire service."
View ArticleApr 5th, 2022
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Sahil Chhabra (’22, Bowling Green HS) qualified for the world-renowned Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) by receiving Best of Fair and first place in the Microbiology categ
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The 2022 SKy Science Festival Expo Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 23 at Bowling Green’s Circus Square Park.
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Gatton Academy Student Recognized As 2021 ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Hayden Flickinger (’22, Marshall County HS) was recently recognized as a 2021 American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR)
View ArticleApr 5th, 2022
Last Thursday evening, the WKU Creative Writing program hosted the second guest in the Creative Writing Reading Series, Nick Flynn. Flynn is a memoirist, poet, and professor in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at the University of Houston. His first me
View ArticleApr 4th, 2022
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Hayden Flickinger (’22, Marshall County HS) was recently recognized as a 2021 American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Russian Scholar Laureate. She is a member of a select group of 38 Russian
View ArticleApr 4th, 2022
This Wednesday, the WKU Gender & Women’s Studies program presented the film The Glorias alongside the WKU English and history departments. The event was a part of the GWS Gender Images Film Series, and was followed by a discussion led by history profes
View ArticleApr 4th, 2022
Dance Big Red raised over $83,000 to support Norton Children’s Hospital. Western Kentucky University students participated in the eighth annual student-led dancing fundraiser held in-person for the first time at Houchens Industries–L.T. Smith Stadium.
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The 2022 Scholarship Celebration was held at the Knicely Conference Center on Thursday, March 31.
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On March 19, Dr. Stickle, Dr. Youngblood, and two students conducted a presentation and workshop on linguistic diversity at the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English (KCTE) Conference, which was held at Berea College. “Dialect diversity is overlooked
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