WKU News

Apr 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

Apr 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

Apr 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.

Apr 1st, 2022

The 2022 Scholarship Celebration was held at the Knicely Conference Center on Thursday, March 31.

Apr 1st, 2022

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

Mar 31st, 2022

Mar 31st, 2022

WKU’s Opportunity Fund allows individual student needs to be met quickly, as was the case with tornado relief efforts in December. WKU's Amy Bingham has one student’s story in this week’s View from the Hill.

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.

Mar 30th, 2022

Mar 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

Mar 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."

Mar 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.

Mar 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.”

Mar 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

Mar 29th, 2022

Announcing the 2022 Staff Excellence Award Winners

Mar 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).

Mar 29th, 2022

Mar 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

Mar 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.

Mar 28th, 2022

Two Western Kentucky University photojournalism students have been honored in the second multimedia competition of the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.