WKU News

Apr 21st, 2021

Seven WKU students were awarded Fund for Education Abroad scholarships for study abroad, totaling $28,075. With seven recipients—the highest number in institutional history—WKU had more recipients than any other college or university in this cycle.

Apr 15th, 2021

Four WKU students were awarded US Department of State Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) that fully fund summer study in intensive language programs abroad. Recipients were selected from a diverse nationwide pool of over 4,600 applicants.

Dec 11th, 2020

25 WKU students were recognized by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the October 2020 application cycle. 21 WKU students--more than any other university in Kentucky--were offered scholarships totaling $98,500.

Jul 16th, 2020

27 WKU students were recognized by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2020 application cycle.

Jun 5th, 2020

Two WKU students have been named Finalists for Fulbright US Student Grants for the 2020-21 academic year by the US Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. An additional three have been designated alternates.

May 7th, 2020

Five WKU students have been awarded $20,000 David L. Boren Scholarships to fund intensive language study in the US and abroad during the 2020-2021 academic year. All five are students in the Chinese Flagship Program at WKU.

Apr 17th, 2020

Jan 9th, 2020

12 WKU students were recognized by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in 2019.

Jul 1st, 2019

Two WKU students were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad programs in fall 2019. They were selected from over 3,000 applications submitted during the fall 2019 and academic year 2019-2020 cycle.

Jun 20th, 2019

Two WKU students have been awarded Freeman-ASIA Scholarships to study in east Asia in summer and fall 2019. A third has been designated an alternate.

May 30th, 2019

13 WKU students were offered Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for summer 2019 study abroad and 2 were designated alternates.

May 30th, 2019

This year, 6 WKU students were offered Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for winter/spring 2019 study abroad.

May 20th, 2019

For the third year in a row, two WKU students have been selected to participate in Fulbright Summer Institutes in the United Kingdom.

May 6th, 2019

Five WKU students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Grants for the 2019-20 academic year and one has been designated as an alternate.

May 1st, 2019

Five WKU students have earned Boren Scholarships of up to $20,000 to fund up to a year of critical language-focused study abroad.

Apr 30th, 2019

Nine WKU students were awarded Critical Language Scholarships that fully fund summer study in intensive language programs abroad. Six others were named alternates and may be upgraded as additional funding becomes available.

Apr 29th, 2019

Andrea Day, a junior international affairs and Arabic major, has been awarded a Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarship to study in Jordan in summer 2019.

Jun 26th, 2018

WKU students Katie Daniels of Glasgow, Kate Hart of Princeton and Tristan Shaw of Louisville were selected as Gilman Scholars and will receive up to $8,000 to fund their study abroad programs during fall 2018 and academic year 2018-19.

May 23rd, 2018

Andrew Lambdin, Nathaniel Lambdin and Reuben Tang will study abroad in Taiwan and Robert Myers of Louisville will study abroad in China this summer through support from the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia scholarship program.

May 16th, 2018

WKU students Riana Berry, Sheila Butler, Elizabeth Chagnon, Lillian Golden, Elisabeth Hernandez-Torres, Michael King, Jeremy McFarland, Robert Myers, Antonio McManis, Aaliyah Neblett and Nyla Rogers were selected as Gilman Scholars.