WKU News

Sep 14th, 2022

Sep 14th, 2022

Fifteen seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as Semifinalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Sep 14th, 2022

Western Kentucky University will celebrate Constitution Week with a series of events next week.

Sep 13th, 2022

WKU will celebrate Parent & Family Weekend Sept. 30-Oct. 2 with numerous events, highlighted by recognition of the 2022 Family of the Year during WKU Football’s game against Troy.

Sep 13th, 2022

Ms. Angel Parker and Dr. Kristen Brewer are on a mission to empower students to take control of their sexual health through education.

Sep 12th, 2022

This year’s WKU vs. MTSU Blood Battle Blood Drive will be held September 26-28 at Preston Health and Activities Center.

Sep 12th, 2022

Wheels, the leading last-mile, shared electric mobility platform, announced an exclusive partnership with Western Kentucky University through E&I Cooperative Services which provided an efficient way to add micromobility to their campus.

Sep 12th, 2022

Sep 12th, 2022

Sep 9th, 2022

The South Central KY AHEC is hosting two programs for high school students interested in the healthcare field in Warren and Allen Counties in partnership with the Warren County Public Library and Allen County Public Library.

Sep 8th, 2022

A college degree more than 40 years in the making has finally become a reality for a Tennessee man who says WKU made him the person he is today. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on his nostalgic return to campus in this week’s View from the Hill.

Sep 8th, 2022

On September 10 and 11, WKU Global Learning and International Affairs (WKU Global) hosts the Mobile Mexican Consulate at the Honors College and International Center (HCIC).

Sep 6th, 2022

Project Launch Plus, a federal Javits grant between The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU and Johns Hopkins University, hosted students from 34 school districts in 2022.

Sep 6th, 2022

Dr. Ato Quayson, winner of the 2021 Warren-Brooks Award, will visit WKU on Friday, September 16, to accept the award and give a guest lecture on his award-winning book, Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

Sep 6th, 2022

First Farmers of the Barren River Valley will open Thursday, September 8, at the Kentucky Museum. Starting at 5pm, visitors can meet the archaeological team that excavated the 1,500-year-old site and view the exhibit.

Sep 2nd, 2022

A beloved WKU professor and a successful business executive and community leader will join WKU’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni this fall.

Sep 1st, 2022

Sep 1st, 2022

This week’s groundbreaking of a WKU Soccer/Softball Complex is especially sweet for both head coaches whose histories with the programs date back to the beginning. WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Aug 31st, 2022

After first serving as a physical activities building, then for decades as a university library, an iconic Western Kentucky University structure was dedicated today as The Commons at Helm Library.

Aug 31st, 2022