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Oct 22nd, 2020
Mary Ellen Miller & Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing To Be Held October 25th
View ArticleOct 22nd, 2020
A record number of WKU students and recent graduates applied for nationally competitive scholarships in the 2019-20 academic year, including high percentages of first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minority students.
View ArticleOct 22nd, 2020
A big portion of WKU's campus served as the backdrop for an epic outdoor percussion event this week. WKU's Amy Bingham has highlights in this week's View from the Hill.
View ArticleOct 22nd, 2020
WKU civil engineering major Andrew Iglehart has a rock solid research project – concrete. He presented "Low Carbon Content Concrete: A Roman Empire Approach to Concrete" during the inaugural International Conference on Low Carbon Cement and Concrete.
View ArticleOct 21st, 2020
For the 11th consecutive year, WKU has been recognized as one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review®.
View ArticleOct 21st, 2020
“As a freshman, I decided I wanted to dive into the college experience,” Holt said. “During the H4 retreat, I asked the counselors how to be involved, and that’s where I first learned about the Spirit Master organization.”
View ArticleOct 20th, 2020
The WKU Forensics Team reached the final round in Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the virtual Central Missouri University “Missouri Mule” Oct. 16-17.
View ArticleOct 20th, 2020
In his blog, Shoulders encourages us to reconsider the pursuit of knowledge as only a means to lucrative employment. He also asks us to evaluate the real purpose of education and argues that “to devalue language and art is to devalue the human condition."
View ArticleOct 20th, 2020
“I wanted to choose the school that was going to give me the highest value education,” Cook said. “On my first visit, I decided that this was where I wanted to go. I ended up not applying anywhere else. I thought, ‘this is it – this is where I’m going.’”
View ArticleOct 19th, 2020
WKU’s Panhellenic Council has been recognized with the top award presented by the National Panhellenic Conference.
View ArticleOct 19th, 2020
WKU Music Professor John Cipolla has served (by invitation) as a jury member for three international clarinet competitions this year.
View ArticleOct 16th, 2020
The WKU Board of Regents will conduct committee meetings starting at 9 a.m. Oct. 23 in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall and via Zoom.
View ArticleOct 16th, 2020
WKU’s Eta Omicron chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has been recognized as a Gold Chapter by the international honor society for the first time in the chapter’s history.
View ArticleOct 15th, 2020
WKU senior Grace Campbell, a meteorology major from Franklin, has been awarded an American Meteorological Society scholarship.
View ArticleOct 15th, 2020
The year 2020 marked the beginning of WKU’s journey as a smoke-free campus. Now the university is being recognized with a tobacco-free award as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.
View ArticleOct 15th, 2020
This year, WKU Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program alumnus Darrian Evans (’20) started learning the skill of Sankofa Yoga to supplement her mental health therapy practice in her hometown of Louisville.
View ArticleOct 14th, 2020
WKU senior Keisjia Mitchell is a second-generation college student pursuing her baccalaureate degree in Health Information Management (HIM).
View ArticleOct 14th, 2020
Sandy Staebell, Christy Spurlock and Victoria Gordon are recipients of Kentucky History Awards from the Kentucky Historical Society.
View ArticleOct 14th, 2020
This week, October 13th through October 17th, students, faculty, and staff in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology will be attending, presenting, and receiving awards at the American Folklore Society’s 2020 Annual Meeting.
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