WKU News
WKU Faculty Member is Among This Year's Weatherford Award Winners
- Thursday, April 9th, 2020
WKU faculty member Anthony Harkins and WKU graduate Michael Croley are among the winners of this year’s Weatherford Awards for the best books about Appalachia. Appalachian Reckoning, edited by Dr. Harkins and Meredith McCarroll, received the Nonfiction Award, while Croley’s Any Other Place received the Fiction Award. The awards are granted by Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association.
May 23rd, 2025
Nguyen Ngoc Minh Nguyen has been selected for a Fulbright US Student Program English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Taiwan for the 2025-26 academic year.
May 23rd, 2025
Here is a listing of WKU events for Friday, May 23 through Saturday, June 14.
May 22nd, 2025
Western Kentucky University’s School of Media & Communication continued its tradition of national success in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program with a second-place finish in the 2025 Overall Intercollegiate Competition.
May 20th, 2025
The Freeman Award for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA) recognized four WKU students as winners and two additional students as alternates. Additionally, the Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant was awarded to one student.
May 15th, 2025
The Western Kentucky University meteorology program’s 16th annual Field Methods in Severe Weather Analysis and Forecasting course, known as the WKU Storm Chase, will begin Saturday (May 17).
May 13th, 2025
Western Kentucky University Libraries is thrilled to announce the recipients of the Connie Foster Student Scholarship Endowment for the 2025-2026 academic year: Seth Reed Whaley (left) and Katelin Rutledge (right).
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