WKU News

Jul 25th, 2022

Meet WKU's Alumnus of the Week Chris Nation! Nation graduated with a B.A. in English in 2006 and is the V.P. of Digital at RunSwitch PR. See what else he's been up to!

May 2nd, 2022

On Friday, April 29th, the WKU Gender & Women’s Studies program collaborated with Hope Harbor, Inc. to host First Things First over Facebook live.

Apr 28th, 2022

Using a mini-grant from the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative at WKU, English professor Dr. Trini Stickle and graduate student and English teacher Jessica Link have been hosting a five-week introduction to college at Franklin Simpson High

Apr 25th, 2022

Although she spent her childhood moving around the country in a military family, English major Heather Neidlinger has considered Bowling Green and WKU her home since the 90s.

Apr 21st, 2022

Olivia Alsup is a senior from Franklin, Kentucky, earning a degree in English. While she has always been passionate about English, she initially had a different career in mind when she graduated from high school.

Apr 21st, 2022

Apr 19th, 2022

In coordination with Dr. Eric Reed, the Department of English held a retirement celebration for Dr. Ted Hovet on Friday, April 15. Dr. Hovet presented his favorite film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and narrated parts of it with research and interesting fa

Apr 18th, 2022

On March 10, St. Louis, Miss., junior Literature major Delaney O’Neill organized a Women’s History Month discussion panel alongside her sorority, Alpha Xi Delta. The discussion featured many of WKU’s women professors, including Dr. Angela Jones, Pr

Apr 18th, 2022

The 2022 Goldenrod Poetry Festival will be held on April 28 at 7 PM in Cherry Hall 125. The annual event is sponsored by the WKU English Club. The Festival will feature a reading by Whitnee Thorp, who has published many works of poetry including Pasque P

Apr 13th, 2022

The Potter College of Arts and Letters (PCAL) extended its spirit beyond WKU’s campus to Fountain Square Park in downtown Bowling Green for the first annual Spring Forward Festival on Saturday, April 9. The English Department was one of the many indivi

Apr 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

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 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 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 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 10th, 2022

On Monday, March 7, Kristen Tinch, English M.A. student at WKU and teacher at Bowling Green High School, organized a Research and Writing Conference with the help of Bailey Alexander, a student teacher and English for Secondary Teachers major.

Mar 10th, 2022

This Monday, the WKU English department held its English Salon, a student-led, informal event designed to help students connect with each other amidst the pandemic. Participants shared recommendations of their favorite books, songs, movies, video games, a

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

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

Feb 28th, 2022

WKU Gender & Women’s Studies and the Department of Political Science recently hosted "Get Educated!" panel discussion on reproductive rights and policies in KY, Rep. Attica Scott and Lexington Herald Leader reporter Alex Acquisto