WKU News

Jul 22nd, 2021

High school dancers from as far away as Georgia and North Carolina are at WKU this week for Summer Dance Intensive. It’s a week of dance that also serves as a great recruiting tool as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Jul 15th, 2021

As part of Project PREP, nine WKU graduate students in the special education and speech language pathology programs are participating in Camp COLLAB (Communicate with Others, Listen, Learn and Activate Brainpower).

Jul 14th, 2021

Virtual reality. Augmented reality. Mixed reality. Extended reality. Whatever term you use for it, a new digital world is taking shape this summer in the XR Research Lab on the third floor of the WKU’s Industrial Education Building.

Jul 12th, 2021

The Hardin Planetarium has partnered with SKy Science Festival and the Kentucky Climate Center on a NOAA-funded project, “Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities."

Jul 8th, 2021

What if there was a summer camp dedicated to showing high school students how to get their financial life in order BEFORE they become adults? It happened on WKU’s campus last week as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Jul 7th, 2021

Dr. Beckie Stobaugh, professor in WKU’s School of Teacher Education, recently spent 15 days in Colombia (June 15-30) as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program.

Jul 6th, 2021

WKU has been notified by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) that it has successfully completed the Fifth-Year Interim Report process with no issues of concern raised and no additional reporting required.

Jul 1st, 2021

More than a dozen students from WKU’s Kelly Autism Program have just wrapped up a paid summer internship program at various places around Bowling Green. It was a huge success for all involved as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this View from the Hill.

Jul 1st, 2021

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Doris C. Thomas and Phillip W. Bale to the WKU Board of Regents.

Jun 30th, 2021

“We had been looking for ways to better engage with high school students and this seemed like a great way to do just that,” said Andrew Head about the High School Personal Finance Planning Camp that took place at WKU June 27-30. Head, an Associate Pr

Jun 30th, 2021

The Council on Postsecondary Education will hold a webinar, "Supporting the Full Spectrum of Gender Identities on Our Campuses," at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT Wednesday (July 7). Featured speakers are students and faculty from WKU.

Jun 25th, 2021

WKU senior Jacob Staley, a film production major from Louisville, is the 2021 recipient of the $5,000 David J. Clarke Memorial Scholarship from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Jun 25th, 2021

WKU PBS, WKU’s Public Television Service, has been nominated for awards in four categories for the 57th Annual Ohio Valley Emmy Awards.

Jun 24th, 2021

A unique study space that reflects the Arabic culture has been dedicated at WKU’s Mahurin Honors College. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on the impact this space will make on students in this week’s View from the Hill.

Jun 24th, 2021

For the ninth consecutive year, Western Kentucky University has earned national recognition as a “Best for Vets” school by Military Times.

Jun 24th, 2021

The Beacon Project, a new program at WKU, is lighting the way to college success for students who were part of the state’s foster care system.

Jun 22nd, 2021

The Southern Kentucky Concert Band will present a Patriotic/Americana Band Concert at 7 p.m. July 1 on the Centennial Mall on the WKU campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

Jun 18th, 2021

From June 14-17, 2021, professors in WKU’s Math Department and WKU’s Counseling and Student Affairs program set out to engage youth in mathematics during a four-day inclusive summer program for Black and Brown teens called Minding My Math Business. T

Jun 18th, 2021

WKU’s Board of Regents today approved a $375.6 million budget for fiscal year 2022 that includes about $2 million for employee raises.

Jun 18th, 2021

WKU will close Monday (June 21) in observance of Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday.