May 7th, 2018

Senior Erick Murrer of Nancy is the first WKU student to receive a Pickering Fellowship, which will provide $37,500 annually for a graduate degree related to the foreign service. Isabella Greene of Orlinda, Tennessee was selected as an alternate.

May 4th, 2018

Eleven WKU students will study languages intensively abroad this summer through support from the Critical Language Scholarship. Two other students were named alternates. This year's performance nearly doubles the previous record of 6 awardees in 2014.

May 3rd, 2018

Reuben Tang, a second-year architectural science and Asian religions and cultures major and Chinese Flagship participant from Glasgow, will study in Taiwan this summer through support from a Fund for Education Abroad scholarship.

May 2nd, 2018

Dana Biechele-Speziale has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and will receive an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost-of-education allowance to pursue graduate study in chemistry. Two WKU alumni were recognized as honorable mentions.

Apr 30th, 2018

Hayden Grace and Deven Richardson are the first WKU students to participate in the Rangel Summer Enrichment Program. They will enroll in classes at Howard University related to foreign policy this summer.

Apr 26th, 2018

WKU alumna Claire Bellar was selected as a 2018 James Madison Fellow. She will receive $24,000 to fund graduate education to become an outstanding teacher of the American constitution.

Apr 24th, 2018

WKU has been named a 2016-17 top producer of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. WKU is tied for 26th among more than 100 institutions nationwide.

Apr 20th, 2018

WKU student Dallas McKinney of Mayfield is one of 120 undergraduate students selected for the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.

Apr 18th, 2018

WKU student Lauren Pedersen of Barbourville was selected as a 2018 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, the premier award for undergraduates pursuing careers in science, mathematics or engineering.

Apr 16th, 2018

Natalie Webb, a WKU senior studying anthropology and international affairs, has been awarded a fellowship from Princeton in Asia.