WKU News
WKU News
Displaying Articles for News: Office of Scholar Development News, Category: Graduate Degree
Nellans awarded Rotary Global Grant Scholarship for master's degree abroad
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.
Read More
6 WKU students awarded Fulbright U.S. Student grants
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.
Read More
WKU student, alumna recognized by Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
May 7th, 2018
Senior Erick Murrer of Nancy is the first WKU student to receive a Pickering Fellowship, which will provide $37,500 annually for a graduate degree related to the foreign service. Isabella Greene of Orlinda, Tennessee was selected as an alternate.
Read More
WKU student, alumnae recognized by National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
May 2nd, 2018
Dana Biechele-Speziale has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and will receive an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost-of-education allowance to pursue graduate study in chemistry. Two WKU alumni were recognized as honorable mentions.
Read More
Warren East teacher receives James Madison Fellowship
Apr 26th, 2018
WKU alumna Claire Bellar was selected as a 2018 James Madison Fellow. She will receive $24,000 to fund graduate education to become an outstanding teacher of the American constitution.
Read More
WKU again named Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Student grants
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.
Read More
Shoaf receives Rotary Scholarship for master's degree abroad
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.
Read More
2 WKU graduates recognized by James Madison Fellowship Foundation
May 10th, 2017
Kendrick Bryan, a WKU alumnus from Elizabethtown, was selected as a 2017 James Madison Fellow. Shelley Spalding, a WKU alumna and graduate student from Lebanon, was selected as an alternate.
Read More
WKU tied for 2nd in 2016-17 list of Top Fulbright Producers
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.
Read More
WKU student earns Madison Fellowship Honorable Mention
May 18th, 2016
Shelley Spalding, a 2015 WKU graduate and current graduate student from Lebanon, earned an honorable mention for her application for the James Madison Graduate Fellowship.
Read More
Record 13 WKU students honored by Fulbright Program
May 6th, 2016
Thirteen WKU students have been honored by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the most in WKU’s history.
Read More
WKU graduate student to use Rotary Scholarship to study water issues
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.
Read More
WKU again makes list of Top Fulbright Producers
Feb 22nd, 2016
For the third time and the second consecutive year, WKU has been named a top Fulbright-producing institution.
Read More
7 WKU students honored by Fulbright Program
May 8th, 2015
Erin Asher, Sarah Fox, Lindsey Houchin, Kayla Sweeney and Rebecca Thieman received Fulbright grants to study or teach English abroad. Hayley Hilbert and Ryan Vennell are alternates.
Read More
7 students, most in WKU's history, honored by Fulbright Program
May 22nd, 2014
Five students received grants: Chad Coomer, Jon Hendrie, Wesley Bromm, Allison Feikes, and Angelika Masero. Two students were named alternates: Amy Correll and Clarice Esch.
Read More
WKU student, recent grads honored by NSF Fellowship
Apr 17th, 2014
A current WKU student and four recent graduates were honored by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Read More
WKU student will use 2 national scholarships for HIV research in United Kingdom
Mar 31st, 2014
Chad Coomer has received a U.S. Student Fulbright grant to the UK to complete his master’s degree in infection and immunity at University College London. He has also been accepted into the National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars program.
Read More
Dodds finalist for Mitchell Scholarship
Nov 15th, 2012
Cory Dodds, a WKU senior from Smithland, Ky., has been selected as a finalist for the 2012 George Mitchell Scholarship Program.Dodds is the first student from WKU to earn this honor.
Read More
2 WKU graduates awarded Fulbright grants to study abroad
May 25th, 2012
For the sixth year in a row, WKU students have been awarded Fulbright grants to spend a year studying and working abroad. May 2012 graduates Mario Nguyen and Alyssa Surina are the latest recipients.
Read More
WKU chemistry student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 7th, 2012
WKU student Nicholas Wright has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. A chemistry major from Berea, Wright works in the lab with Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, assistant professor of chemistry.
Read MoreSome of the links on this page may require additional software to view.