WKU News

May 13th, 2025

Two WKU students have been accepted into the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. These two recipients will participate in paid summer STEM research internship programs.

Apr 25th, 2025

Cole Meador has been accepted into the DAAD RISE Germany program for summer 2025. Recipients of this scholarship travel to Germany for the summer to conduct research at German universities and research institutions.

Apr 22nd, 2025

Two WKU students were awarded Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarships for study abroad in the February 2025 application cycle. The recipients were offered scholarships for study abroad in Austria for the Summer 2024 term. 

Apr 16th, 2025

Charles Uland and Asa Ashley have been named Goldwater Scholars. The Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent nationally competitive award for undergraduates interested in pursuing research in STEM disciplines.

Mar 31st, 2025

Sophomore Lilian Branch has earned a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship that fully funds a summer of intensive Chinese language study for the second year in a row.

Mar 10th, 2025

19 WKU students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad in the October 2024 application cycle, more than any other college or university in Kentucky.

Feb 4th, 2025

Seven WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Jun 10th, 2024

Two WKU students were awarded the Freeman Award for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA), and three additional students were awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants.

May 9th, 2024

18 WKU students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2024 application cycle, more than any other college or university in Kentucky.

May 7th, 2024

Three WKU students were awarded Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarships for study abroad in the Spring 2024 application cycle, tied for the most of any institution in the country and the only institution in Kentucky with FEA recipients.

May 7th, 2024

Parker Stallings, a first-year student in Professional Legal Studies and English, has been selected for the highly competitive Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes. Parker will study in a fully-funded three-week program at the University of Bristol.

Apr 29th, 2024

WKU students Kirstin Bobbitt, Carolyn Brueggemann, Allison Francis, Samuel Gorecki, Maria Julian, Kierigan McEvoy, and Serena White have each been awarded $25,000 David L. Boren Scholarships to fund language-focused study abroad in 2024-25.

Apr 24th, 2024

Vivian Rivera (‘24 Biology), Isabel Pergande (‘22 Political Science and History), and Jack Galloway (‘24 Business Data Analytics and Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies) have been named alternates in the Fulbright US Student Progr

Apr 23rd, 2024

Vivian Rivera is WKU's latest to earn the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 and a $16,000 cost-of-education allowance is awarded to their graduate institution.

Apr 17th, 2024

Mykah Carden and Gabriel Nowaskie have been awarded the 2024 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. They are two of only five students at Kentucky institutions named Goldwater Scholars in this year's competition.

Apr 16th, 2024

Alexis Elder, a graduating senior in Elementary Education, is WKU’s third Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2024-25 award year. She has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for Spain.

Apr 12th, 2024

Katrina Fjeld, a graduating senior in International Affairs and Arabic, has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Program grant for 2024-25. Katrina has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for Jordan.

Apr 5th, 2024

Ashton Lyvers, a graduating senior in Psychological Science and Criminology, has been awarded a Fulbright US Student grant to conduct research on gender expression and respect with the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at KU Leuven in Belgium.

Apr 1st, 2024

Tani Washington, a 2024 graduate in History and International Affairs, has been awarded a Gaither Junior Fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is the first ever Gaither Junior Fellow to be selected from WKU and among a class of

Mar 25th, 2024

Two WKU students have been offered 2024 Critical Language Scholarships, and two have been designated alternates. CLS is an intensive overseas language and cultural program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.