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.

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.

Jan 19th, 2022

WKU graduate Keightley Dudgeon of Crestwood was named a 2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. She is one of 45 fellows selected nationwide and only the second WKU student to earn this honor.

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.

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.

Nov 30th, 2018

Deven Richardson of Bowling Green has been selected as a 2019 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. He will receive $37,500 annually for a two-year graduate degree and paid internships in the U.S. Congress and embassies 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.