WKU News

Oct 19th, 2023

WKU Housing & Residence Life brought home five awards and was the recipient of one scholarship at the Kentucky Association of Housing Officers (KAHO) Conference hosted at Bellarmine University on October 17th, 2023.

Jul 17th, 2023

Doug Tate, WKU Housing & Residence Life Assistant Director of Housing Administration, won the StarRez PortalX Competition at the StarRez Global Connect Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, held July 8-11, 2023.The conference hosted nearly 950 participants.

Apr 17th, 2023

Western Kentucky University Housing & Residence Life staff members received two of the four awards presented at the Kentucky College Personnel Association (CPAK) conference on April 16, 2023, hosted at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

Mar 6th, 2023

Doug Tate, Assistant Director of Housing Administration at Western Kentucky University, received the SEAHO Service Award at the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers annual conference in Richmond, Virginia, held March 1-3, 2023.

Feb 2nd, 2023

ACPA-College Student Educators International announced that Western Kentucky University Living Learning Communities has won the 2023 ACPA Collaborative Excellence Award.

Jan 27th, 2023

The Kentucky Association of Housing Officers (KAHO) awarded WKU Housing & Residence Life Assistant Director of Housing Administration, Doug Tate, with the KAHO Unbridled Spirit Award at their annual conference held virtually on Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Sep 22nd, 2022

The Western Kentucky University Department of Housing & Residence Life won the first place ACUHO-i Marketing Award in the overall campaign category during the 2022 ACUHO-i Business Operations Conference

Mar 7th, 2022

Western Kentucky University Living Housing & Residence Life won the Academic Collaboration Award for their Living Learning Communities at the 2022 Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) annual conference.

Feb 23rd, 2022

Western Kentucky University dedicated its two newest residence halls and its First Year Village at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday.

Feb 19th, 2022

Construction of the First Year Village at WKU, including two new residence halls, is complete. The WKU community is invited to join us for a Ribbon Cutting Celebration and tours on Wednesday, February 23 at 1 p.m. in the Regents Hall lobby.

Nov 1st, 2021

On Monday, October 25, 2021, Western Kentucky University Housing & Residence Life inducted five students into a new WKU chapter of Rho Alpha Sigma, a non-profit organization designed to recognize the outstanding efforts of Resident Assistants.

Jan 4th, 2021

Demolition is scheduled to begin on Barnes Campbell Hall on January 6, 2021 at approximately 9:00 AM CST. There are three ways to tune in to watch the "first bite," on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.

Dec 2nd, 2020

Western Kentucky University prepares for the final phases of the new “First Year Village” construction with the planned demolition of Barnes Campbell Hall.

Aug 15th, 2017

Move-in instructions for Northeast Hall for Fall 2017

Feb 21st, 2017

Construction webcams are now in place so you can watch the progress of Hilltopper Hall and the Southwest and Northeast Hall connectors online: wku.edu/webcams - images are uploaded from 5 am-5 pm.

Feb 18th, 2017

Early construction on a new residence hall at Western Kentucky University has begun, with the goal of offering students more personal living space with common areas for studying and socializing...

Feb 13th, 2017

WKU residence hall student leaders win awards at the Kentucky Association of Residence Halls annual conference

Nov 17th, 2016

North Wing Residents: The heat is not working in North wing of Northeast hall. WKU HRL is working on this issue and the current timeline for repairs to be completed is Monday, Nov. 21 in late afternoon (subject to change)...

Aug 17th, 2016

Due to renovations of the Northeast and Southwest Hall lobbies, the halls are splitting into separate wings, which will affect the move-in process and building operations during for the 2016-2017 school year.

Jul 24th, 2014

Due to the increased demand for female housing, effective Fall 2014, the south tower of Douglas Keen Hall will be converted to female housing.