WKU News

Aug 4th, 2022

One hundred thirteen Hilltoppers submitted 139 applications for the nation’s most prestigious scholarship competitions during 2021-22, earning recognition 58 times with a total value of more than $383,175.

May 11th, 2022

Six WKU graduates have been designated alternates in the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Feb 28th, 2022

Nine WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Aug 12th, 2021

WKU students and recent graduates earned recognition 63 times, totaling more than $653,627 in funding for graduate school, language study, public service, and study abroad.

May 3rd, 2021

WKU students Ariana Pedigo and Reuben Tang have been awarded Fulbright US Student Grants for the 2021-22 academic year. Pedigo will conduct archaeological research in Mongolia and Tang will teach English in Taiwan.

Apr 26th, 2021

WKU student Isabel Eliassen will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to complete the International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IMAS) at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Jul 2nd, 2020

WKU graduate Kate Hart will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in Israel.

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 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 25th, 2018

Lily Nellans, a 2018 graduate in philosophy and self-designed international conflict studies, will use a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

May 9th, 2018

WKU students Sarah Angelle, Sarah Linder, Logan Mitchell, Lily Nellans, Maggie Sullivan and Elizabeth Upshur will use Fulbright U.S. student grants for a year of English teaching, graduate study or research abroad after graduation.

Apr 16th, 2018

Natalie Webb, a WKU senior studying anthropology and international affairs, has been awarded a fellowship from Princeton in Asia.

Feb 19th, 2018

Five WKU students received Fulbright awards for academic year 2017-18, placing WKU in a tie for fourth place among master’s institutions nationally. WKU is the only Kentucky institution to make the list, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Aug 14th, 2017

WKU alumna Emma Shoaf will use a $40,000 Rotary Foundation Global Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in development studies at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.

May 16th, 2017

Nine WKU students and recent alumni have been honored by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students received grant offers and four were selected as alternates.

Feb 21st, 2017

With 8 student grantees, WKU again among top master’s institutions WKU is tied for second in the list of top Fulbright-producing master’s degree-granting institutions.

May 23rd, 2016

Emma Shoaf, a graduating senior at WKU from Lexington, has received the Princeton in Latin America (PiLA) Fellowship to work in the Dominican Republic.

May 6th, 2016

Thirteen WKU students have been honored by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the most in WKU’s history.

Mar 18th, 2016

WKU graduate student Leslie Ford will use a $40,000 Rotary Foundation Global Scholarship to pursue a second master’s degree in the Netherlands.

Feb 22nd, 2016

For the third time and the second consecutive year, WKU has been named a top Fulbright-producing institution.