WKU News

Sep 27th, 2022

Here is a listing of WKU events for Tuesday, September 27, through Saturday, October 15.

Sep 22nd, 2022

WKU’s Dental Hygiene program is celebrating a milestone next month during Homecoming weekend. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on “50 years of Dental Hygiene on the Hill” in this week’s View from the Hill.

Sep 19th, 2022

WKU Global Learning and International Affairs (WKU Global) will host the Global Learning Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 21) in the lobby and Multi-Purpose Room (HCIC 1011) of the Honors College and International Center (HCIC).

Sep 19th, 2022

Western Kentucky University will host an event during Homecoming Week 2022 to honor the families of descendants of Jonesville.

Sep 16th, 2022

More than 600 fourth-graders from Allen and Warren counties will participate in the 25th annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Days® program on Thursday (Sept. 22) at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.

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 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 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

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 2nd, 2022

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

Aug 25th, 2022

The Commons at Helm Library is not your average library. After a soft opening at the end of the last semester, the transformed space is fully operational as WKU’s Amy Bingham shows us in this week’s View from the Hill.

Aug 24th, 2022

The WKU Alumni Association, in partnership with the Department of Student Activities and WKU Athletics, has announced that the tradition of WKU Homecoming will be celebrated with a “Nightmare on Normal Street” theme throughout the week concluding Oct

Aug 19th, 2022

Lost River Sessions will showcase The Insubordinate Hillbillies at “Party Under the Pavilion” Thursday (Aug. 25) at SoKY Marketplace in downtown Bowling Green.

Aug 17th, 2022

The WKU Army ROTC program will host its 12th Eric D. Yates Memorial Run on Sept. 17.

Aug 4th, 2022

The WKU Board of Regents will hold its annual retreat and third quarterly meeting August 11-12.

Jul 27th, 2022

The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting at 9:00 a.m. Friday, July 29, in the Academic Affairs Conference Room (Wetherby Administration Building, room 227).

Jun 30th, 2022

WKU’s Hardin Planetarium will host a free, public watch party at 9:30 a.m. July 12 for NASA’s release of the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Jun 3rd, 2022

The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents will hold a special budget approval meeting on June 10 in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall, followed by committee meetings.

Jun 2nd, 2022

WKU’s Pre-College Strings program is gearing up to be back in person for next month’s Summer String Institute, as WKU’s Amy Bingham shows us in this week’s View from the Hill.

May 10th, 2022

WKU will host the 2022 National Title IV-E Roundtable for Child Welfare Training and Education May 17-19 at the Knicely Conference Center.