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Lost River Sessions LIVE! Feb. 27 at Capitol Arts Center
Feb 14th, 2020
The next Lost River Sessions LIVE! concert will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Capitol Arts Center featuring soulful singer-songwriter Kyshona.
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View from the Hill: Engaged couple recalls their WKU courtship
Feb 13th, 2020
A survey released back in 2015 ranked WKU the No. 1 campus to fall in love. A recent grad says she never dreamed it would happen to her but it did and now the couple’s story has WKU all over it as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in the View from the Hill.
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WKU recognizes first cohort of ACUE Teaching Fellows
Feb 12th, 2020
Thirty-two WKU faculty members were recognized for earning a nationally recognized teaching credential co-endorsed by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and the American Council on Education (ACE) during a ceremony on Feb. 4.
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WKU Panhellenic, InterFraternity Councils recognized at AFLV Greek Leadership Conference
Feb 12th, 2020
The WKU Panhellenic and InterFraternity Councils were each recognized at the AFLV (Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values) conference this past week.
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WKU announces inaugural Distinguished Educator Awards
Feb 12th, 2020
Nominations for the WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences’ first-ever Distinguished Educator Awards opened today (Feb. 12).
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Psychology student takes the JUMP by beginning master's junior year
Feb 11th, 2020
WKU junior Brooke Zarotny will graduate in 2022, but she already has her sights set on career readiness and aspires to become a licensed Professional Clinical Counselor to children and adolescents.
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What's Happening at WKU
Feb 11th, 2020
Here's a listing of WKU events for Tuesday, February 11, through Saturday, February 29.
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WKU Forensics Team wins at weekend tournaments
Feb 10th, 2020
WKU’s Forensics Team traveled to Lebanon, Illinois, and Murray to take part in four tournaments the weekend of Feb. 8-9.
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Hudson Curry crowned WKU's 2020 Coming Home King
Feb 8th, 2020
Hudson Curry of Somerset, was crowned WKU’s 2020 Coming Home King on Saturday (Feb. 8).
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VeoRide ceasing bike-share services at WKU
Feb 7th, 2020
After launching in late Fall 2018, micromobility-share provider VeoRide will be ceasing bike and eBike-share services at WKU at the end of the February.
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Sports Management student builds strong base at WKU
Feb 6th, 2020
Pushing boundaries means taking on new and progressively harder challenges, a regular occurrence for WKU senior Andrew Kaelin from Buckner, Kentucky.
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View from the Hill: Childhood friends from Belize reunite at WKU
Feb 6th, 2020
What are the odds that two childhood friends from Belize would bump into each other on WKU’s campus? Not very high but it happened. WKU’s Amy Bingham has their story in this week’s View from the Hill.
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Meteorology student extends learning at White Squirrel Weather, Kentucky Mesonet
Feb 3rd, 2020
Jennifer Van Antwerp, a senior majoring in meteorology and earning a certificate in geographic information system (GIS) from Marietta, Georgia, said that Western Kentucky University was the first and only college she visited.
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WKU Forensics Team wins tournaments in Illinois
Feb 3rd, 2020
WKU’s Forensics Team won both of the team sweepstakes championships at the Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, tournaments the weekend of Feb. 1-2.
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View from the Hill: Kicker's background prepared him for big moment
Jan 30th, 2020
Remember when WKU Football won the First Responder Bowl Game on a thrilling 52-yard field goal in Dallas last month? It’s a memory that will last a lifetime for one student athlete. WKU’s Amy Bingham talks to him in this week’s View from the Hill.
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WKU's Fresh Food Company earns Green Restaurant Certification
Jan 30th, 2020
WKU’s Fresh Food Company is the first restaurant in Bowling Green, and the first restaurant on a Kentucky college campus, to earn Green Restaurant Certification from the Green Restaurant Association.
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WKU's Black History Month activities begin Jan. 30
Jan 29th, 2020
WKU will kick off its Black History Month celebrations Thursday (Jan. 30) and activities continue through February with programming led by WKU’s Intercultural Student Engagement Center in partnership with more than 10 campus and community organizations.
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20 WKU students candidates for 2020 Coming Home King
Jan 29th, 2020
Twenty WKU students are candidates for the 2020 Coming Home King.
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WKU to celebrate Green Restaurant Certification of Fresh Food Company
Jan 28th, 2020
Officials from WKU and Aramark will celebrate the Green Restaurant Certification of Fresh Food Company on Thursday.
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Book by Tim Fulford selected as winner of Warren-Brooks Award
Jan 28th, 2020
"Wordsworth's Poetry, 1815-1845," written by Tim Fulford and published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, has been selected as the 2019 winner of the Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks Award for outstanding literary scholarship and criticism.
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