WKU News

Jan 21st, 2021

The spring semester is underway at WKU and administrators are reminding students not to let their guard down when it comes to COVID-19. WKU’s Amy Bingham looks at what’s being done to remain Healthy on the Hill in this week’s View from the Hill.

Jan 21st, 2021

WKU’s sustainability efforts have earned recognition again in the University of Indonesia GreenMetric World University Rankings.

Jan 21st, 2021

The WKU Graduate School will host its inaugural 3MT® competition in February.

Jan 20th, 2021

The WKU Forensics Team opened its spring semester with a strong performance by senior Derek Collins, who won top overall speaker at the “Hell Froze Over XXII Swing,” a virtual tournament hosted by Bradley University and the University of Texas at Aus

Jan 19th, 2021

Aligning with the U.S.-Qatar 2021 Year of Culture, Western Kentucky University is to name a room the QatarDebate Majlis.

Jan 7th, 2021

A nine-story residence hall that was dedicated at WKU back in 1967 is slowly being demolished. It’s a bittersweet step for some former students as WKU’s Amy Bingham reports in this week’s View from the Hill.

Dec 31st, 2020

A WKU student played a huge role in making changes to Kentucky’s tuition waiver program for foster children. It was a cause very near and dear to his heart as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in the View from the Hill.

Dec 24th, 2020

Kentucky’s only living and learning transition program for adults with autism opened at WKU this fall. It’s a continuation of services offered by the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in the View from the Hill.

Dec 17th, 2020

WKU Nursing student Andi Barefoot had a front row seat for a historic moment this week as she administered some of first COVID-19 vaccines to Med Center Health employees.

Dec 17th, 2020

WKU is recognizing 14 fall 2020 graduates as Scholars of the College.

Dec 17th, 2020

The south end of WKU’s campus is being transformed thanks to two new residence halls anchoring what will be known as the First Year Village. WKU’s Amy Bingham takes us inside one of the halls in this week’s View from the Hill.

Dec 11th, 2020

The Hilltopper Army ROTC Program commissioned six fall 2020 graduates as second lieutenants in an online ceremony Friday afternoon.

Dec 10th, 2020

The WKU Forensics Team captured first place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, first speaker and the overall sweepstakes trophy at the “Fall Finale,” a virtual tournament hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lafayette College on Dec. 6-7.

Dec 10th, 2020

Imagine going to school full-time, working full-time and having four children under the age of 4. And being a part-time minister. That’s been the scenario of one of WKU’s December nursing graduates.

Dec 9th, 2020

Ashley Salmon of Crestwood has been selected as WKU’s Ogden Foundation Scholar for fall 2020.

Dec 7th, 2020

WKU announced the redesign of its Masters of Education in Advanced Teacher Education degree.

Dec 3rd, 2020

"WinterDance 2020: A Digital Showcase" is coming to a screen near you this weekend and WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on what it has taken to get here in this week’s View from the Hill.

Dec 3rd, 2020

WKU and Gatton Academy students were honored for their research presentations at the Kentucky Academy of Science virtual meeting Nov. 6-7.

Dec 1st, 2020

As students in WKU’s Industrial/Organizational Psychology master’s program train for careers in human resources and organizational development and effectiveness, they’ve spent their first semester tackling the issue of social justice and law enforc

Nov 26th, 2020

A WKU junior from Portland, Tennessee, is counting his blessings this Thanksgiving. A sledding accident in 2015 drastically altered his life. But he refuses to let it define him. WKU's Amy Bingham has his inspiring story in this week's View from the Hill.