WKU News

Sep 13th, 2023

The annual 100 Miles of Hope Blood Drive against MTSU returns Monday, Sept. 25, through Wednesday, Sept. 27, leading up to WKU Football's home game against Middle Tennessee.

Sep 12th, 2023

Western Kentucky University President Timothy C. Caboni announced renowned marine geologist and deep-sea explorer, Dr. Robert Ballard, as the inaugural speaker for the university’s Presidential Speaker Series.

Sep 9th, 2023

As part of Parent and Family Weekend, the family of WKU junior Sydney Windhorst of Crestwood, Ky., was recognized as WKU’s 2023 Family of the Year.

Aug 22nd, 2023

The late Adm. Claude Charles Bloch, the late Justice Charles H. Reynolds, Renee Shaw and Dr. Amir Zaheri will be inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni during WKU’s 2023 Homecoming Celebration.

Aug 14th, 2023

Western Kentucky University President Timothy C. Caboni addressed faculty and staff at the University’s annual Convocation Monday (August 14) in Van Meter Auditorium.

Aug 11th, 2023

The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents welcomed two new members during its third quarterly meeting of the calendar year Friday (August 11).

Aug 7th, 2023

White Squirrel Weather at WKU is the recipient of the 2023 National Weather Association Walter J. Bennett Public Service Award.

Aug 1st, 2023

WKU Public Media staff members Joshua Niedwick and Jeff Petrocelli received Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards on Saturday (July 29) at the 59th Annual Emmy Awards Gala in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

Jul 17th, 2023

On July 17, the College Heights Foundation at Western Kentucky University hosted a Centennial Celebration in recognition of its 100th anniversary. CHF was originally organized and incorporated in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on July 17, 1923.

Jul 13th, 2023

WKU's Hardin Planetarium will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's 1973 iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon with an unprecedented sight and sound experience of the album.

Jul 13th, 2023

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has appointed Cynthia (CJ) Nichols of Haverford, Pennsylvania, to the Board of Regents of Western Kentucky University.

Jul 6th, 2023

Western Kentucky University’s Accursed placed fifth overall in the 36th annual American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Concrete Canoe Competition.

Jun 14th, 2023

Western Kentucky University broke ground Wednesday for a new state-of-the-art building to house the Gordon Ford College of Business.

Jun 12th, 2023

The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation, recently announced Western Kentucky University as one of 76 new members of the First Scholars Network for 2023-24.

Jun 9th, 2023

Western Kentucky University’s Allie Schallert won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s 2023 Multimedia National Championship this week in San Francisco.

Jun 7th, 2023

The Kentucky Mesonet at WKU continues to grow its network of automated stations across the Commonwealth. On Tuesday, the ribbon was cut on a new weather and climate monitoring site in Russell County, about five miles east of Jamestown.

Jun 2nd, 2023

Western Kentucky University’s Board of Regents today approved a $389.9 million budget for fiscal year 2024, an increase of $6.5 million compared to the prior year’s budget.

Jun 1st, 2023

WKU has released the Dean's/President's Lists for the spring 2023 semester.

May 25th, 2023

It’s a new chapter for LifeWorks at WKU thanks to a collaboration with the Warren County Public Library. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on Kentucky’s first library dedicated to the neurodiverse population in this week’s View from the Hill.

May 23rd, 2023

Western Kentucky University’s School of Media continued its tradition of success in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program with a third-place finish in the 2022-2023 Overall Intercollegiate Competition.