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Feb 8th, 2024
Nine WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.
View ArticleJan 18th, 2024
Four WKU students have been selected this spring as Semi-Finalists for 2024 Critical Language Scholarships, an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities.
View ArticleJan 12th, 2024
Three WKU student were awarded Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarships for study abroad in the Fall 2023 application cycle.
View ArticleJan 8th, 2024
22 WKU students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the October 2023 application cycle, more than all of Kentucky's other colleges and universities combined. Their awards totaled $77,500.
View ArticleDec 13th, 2023
The Office of Scholar Development at WKU was recently awarded a $20,208 Impact Grant from the WKU Sisterhood to help create the Catalyst Cohort for first-generation, Pell Grant-eligible, and/or minority students in the Mahurin Honors College.
View ArticleNov 1st, 2023
WKU has been named a Top Producer of Gilman Scholarship recipients by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).
View ArticleAug 3rd, 2023
Two MHC Scholars were selected to participate in prestigious summer programs at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hertog Foundation in Washington, D.C.
View ArticleJun 1st, 2023
20 WKU students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2023 application cycle—as many as all other colleges and universities in Kentucky combined.
View ArticleMay 26th, 2023
Two WKU students were awarded the Freeman-ASIA scholarship, and three additional WKU students were awarded Phi Kappa Phi study abroad grants. Their awards totaled $11,000.
View ArticleMay 5th, 2023
Annie Whaley, a second-year student in Public Relations and International Affairs, has been selected for the highly competitive Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes. Pah Meh, a first-year student in Computer Science, was a finalist.
View ArticleMay 2nd, 2023
In addition to the five WKU alumni and graduating seniors awarded Fulbright US Student grants this spring, Paige Figueroa (‘22 Economics and Spanish) and Jaclyn Schiess (‘22 Dance) have been named alternates.
View ArticleApr 28th, 2023
Olivia Blackmon, Noah Lyles, and Langley Williams have been awarded $25,000 David L. Boren Scholarships to fund intensive language study in Taiwan during the 2023-2024 academic year. Reece Gillespie has been named an alternate in the competition. All are
View ArticleApr 24th, 2023
Parker Raybourne, a 2022 graduate in Political Science, Public Relations, and Advertising, is WKU’s fifth Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2023-24 award year. Parker has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for Indonesia.
View ArticleApr 20th, 2023
Kerby Gilstrap, a 2022 graduate in International Affairs and Arabic from Bowling Green, is WKU’s fourth Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2023-24 award year. Kerby has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for Algeria.
View ArticleApr 18th, 2023
Morgan Basil, a 2022 graduate in Spanish and Psychological Science from Alvaton, is WKU’s third Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2023-24 award year. Morgan has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for Spain.
View ArticleApr 11th, 2023
Jackson Hite, a graduating senior in Advertising and Public Relations from Scottsville, is WKU’s second Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2023-24 award year. Jackson has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for North Macedonia.
View ArticleApr 7th, 2023
WKU student Vivian Rivera has been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. One of only three students studying at Kentucky institutions to be named a Goldwater Scholar in this application cycle, she is WKU's first since 2019.
View ArticleApr 6th, 2023
Seven WKU students have been offered 2023 Critical Language Scholarships, and one has been designated an alternate. The CLS Program fully funds summer intensive language study abroad in 15 languages critical to U.S. national security.
View ArticleApr 5th, 2023
Two WKU students were awarded Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarships for study abroad during the Summer 2023 term.
View ArticleMar 23rd, 2023
Hannah Banks ('20) has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Program grant to fund a master's degree in Global Health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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