WKU News

Nov 16th, 2023

WKU's Center for Environmental and Workplace Health, Lifeskills Center for Childwelfare Education & Research, and the Institute for Rural Health hosted an event, the Photovoice Project, to engage WKU students with community professionals.

Nov 1st, 2023

WKU has been ranked one of today’s best schools for online nursing degree programs by EduMed.org. WKU’s LPN to ASN program earned top honors for their overall quality, affordability, and commitment to student success.

Sep 19th, 2023

The WKU Institute for Rural Health (IRH) is excited to announce a collaboration with CASHA on a new Bingocize® workshop focusing on exercise, COVID-19, Influenza, Shingles, and Pneumonia education and wellness promotion.

Sep 14th, 2023

Close to 400 fourth-graders from Warren County will participate in the 27th annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Days® program on Sept. 28th at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.

Sep 6th, 2023

The WKU Student Rural Health Association, in partnership with Remote Area Medical (RAM®), hosted a free, two-day clinic. RAM is a nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision, and medical care to those in need.

Sep 5th, 2023

Faculty in the Department of Social Work of the WKU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) recently received a grant of $160,000 from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).

Aug 23rd, 2023

Jacqueline Basham, fellow in the WKU Center for Environmental and Workplace Health, and instructor in the Department of Public Health, recently presented research on "Female Leaders in Occupational Safety and Health."

Jun 14th, 2023

WKU CASHA receives grant as a partner in the Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative led by USAging. Over $152,000 will be used to create, provide, and assist in the delivery of a new Bingocize® COVID-19, Influenza, and Shingles education worksho

May 30th, 2023

Faculty and students from the Center for Environmental and Workplace Health and the Environmental and Occupational Health Science program are working with the Northern KY Emergency Planning Comm. to complete a hazardous materials commodity flow study.

Apr 26th, 2023

Bingocize® recently received an additional $259,900 to further expand an existing project with the Kentucky Department of Public Health (KDPH).

Apr 2nd, 2023

The WKU CHHS InterProfessional Education (IPE) workgroup will host a panel discussion about end of life, ethics, and the New York Times Bestseller book "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi.

Mar 23rd, 2023

WKU College of Health and Human Services Women’s History Month Tribute, Then and Now: Female Leaders in the School of Kinesiology, Recreation & Sport with a Spotlight on Dr. Paula Upright.

Mar 22nd, 2023

The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions announced 21 members selected to participate in its 2023 Leadership Development Program, including Dr. Kimberly Green of WKU College of Health and Human Services.

Mar 20th, 2023

Three faculty members from the WKU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) were selected to attend the Research Capacity Building Workshop of the University of Cincinnati, Education and Research Center (UC ERC).

Mar 10th, 2023

WKU College of Health and Human Services faculty members Dr. Rachel Tinius, Dr. Maire Blankenship, and Dr. Heather Payne-Emerson are collaborating on a recently funded project through the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence.

Mar 1st, 2023

Dr. Qingfang Song, Associate Professor of Child and Family Services at Western Kentucky University, was recently selected to receive a grant through the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY INBRE).

Feb 27th, 2023

Dr. Jay Gabbard, Professor of Social Work at WKU, recently was elected Chair of the Board of Directors of Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society, International. Phi Alpha is the only national honor society for undergraduate and graduate social work students.

Feb 23rd, 2023

In conjunction with the American Heart Association, the South-Central Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is participating in a community outreach program to teach hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to elementary students.

Feb 22nd, 2023

Students, faculty, and alumni of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the WKU College of Health and Human Services were recently recognized at the 2023 annual convention of the KY Speech-Language Hearing Association in Lexington, KY.

Jan 26th, 2023

WKU's College of Health and Human Services is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Faculty Excellence Awards.