WKU News

Mar 9th, 2022

WKU graduate Vicki Phillips has been named Chief Executive Officer of The National Center on Education and the Economy.

Mar 8th, 2022

Gatton Alumni Chloe Lindsey (Grayson Co HS, ’18) recently had their article, “Pharmacists Play Role in Preventing DUIDs”, published in the Pharmacy Times and “Internet Pharmacies”, published in The Kentucky Pharmacist. Lindsey wrote the article

Mar 8th, 2022

WKU has been named a Gold Military Friendly® School by Victory Media for the first time, increasing its ranking by three levels.

Mar 7th, 2022

Congratulations to the best three presentations from the SIAM Student Chapter Sponsored Session on Applied Mathematics and Computer Programming!

Mar 7th, 2022

Western Kentucky University Living Housing & Residence Life won the Academic Collaboration Award for their Living Learning Communities at the 2022 Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) annual conference.

Mar 7th, 2022

The Professional Writing Club gathered via zoom on March 1 to address some of the best practices for preparing for a successful career launch. KirkpatrickPrice employees Adrian Sanders, Chaz Lively, Fallon Russell, Kristen Darby, Jennifer Troth, Sarah Sla

Mar 4th, 2022

The WKU Board of Regents voted on Friday, March 4, to name the university’s Alumni Center after two longtime supporters. At its first quarterly meeting of the calendar year, the Board approved naming the building the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center.

Mar 4th, 2022

IM-HS-22-02 Documenting Services to Enrolled Pregnant Women

Mar 4th, 2022

Nineteen seniors from the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Competition. “I applaud these students for their academic accomplishments during these unprecedented

Mar 4th, 2022

This Wednesday, the WKU English department kicked off the Spring 2022 Creative Writing Reading Series by hosting fiction author Holly Goddard Jones. The Creative Writing Reading Series is a group of events that hosts multiple authors each semester, accord

Mar 4th, 2022

By April 4, 2022, the federal government will transition away from the use of the DUNS Number and toward the new Unique Entity ID (SAM)

Mar 4th, 2022

Eva and Jim Martens, ardent supporters of WKU alumni initiatives, athletics and scholarships, have made a commitment of more than $5 million to benefit the WKU Alumni Center and WKU Athletics through current support and a provision in their estate plans.

Mar 4th, 2022

The US Bank Celebration of the Arts is now open at the Kentucky Museum. The show runs through April 9 and celebrates artworks by 177 regional artists.

Mar 3rd, 2022

Ellie Schueler, a senior majoring in English for Secondary Teachers, has won the Excellence in English/Language Arts Instruction award. The award is offered through WKU’s CEPT course, in which Schueler completed clinical teaching at Drakes Creek Middle

Mar 3rd, 2022

A WKU alum who studied interior design played a huge role in choosing the furniture for The Commons at Helm Library. WKU’s Amy Bingham takes us inside the reimagined space for a look at her work in this week’s View from the Hill.

Mar 2nd, 2022

Mar 2nd, 2022

When Abe Poku, an upstate New York native, received advice about his future and college, all he wanted to do was come to WKU.

Mar 1st, 2022

Modern Languages Alumnus Noah Moore and Modern Languages senior Kerby Gilstrap are among 9 WKU students and recent graduates who have been recognized as 2022-23 Fulbright Semi-Finalists!

Mar 1st, 2022

Gatton Alum Whitney Heard (Bowling Green HS, ’16) won the 3MT Competition at WKU on Wednesday, February 23rd. A graduate student in the biology department, Heard is conducting research on bacteriophages and antibiotic resistance.

Mar 1st, 2022

Gatton Academy students took part in the 40th National Russian Essay Contest (NREC) under the direction of the Professor Ekaterina Myakshina. This program is organized annually by the American Councils of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) and allows students to