Potter College News

Apr 8th, 2021

Learn who this year's department scholarship and award winners are, in addition to when and where they'll be celebrated.

Apr 6th, 2021

Maddie Grider is named Baker Scholar in Horticulture for the second year in a row. Grider is also a Professional Writing and Literature minor. She views her experiences in the minor as invaluable to her agriculture career.

Mar 9th, 2021

Feb 16th, 2021

On Saturday, February 13, the WKU English Department hosted an awards ceremony for the fourth annual High School Writing Contests via Zoom. The winners received a cash prize and will receive a scholarship if they major or minor in English at WKU.

Dec 11th, 2020

Introducing the WKU Department of English fall 2020 graduates! What a semester it has been! Please take a moment to meet each of our graduates! We are proud of their accomplishments, and we know they will make WKU proud!

Dec 10th, 2020

The WKU Department of English hosted the 2020 Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture on November 13. After the event, the moderating WKU English MA and MFA students voted on three winning presentations.

Nov 19th, 2020

The Undergraduate Conference is an opportunity for students to share papers they have written in WKU English classes. MFA and English MA graduate students chose the presenters, moderated the event, and determined the "Best in Conference" presentations.

Nov 17th, 2020

Mac Williams is a senior Professional Writing major with a minor in Creative Writing from Rineyville, KY. Last Spring, Williams received the Critical Language Scholarship which he had hoped to use to study Japanese language abroad.

Nov 16th, 2020

Five students in the Department of English have received the Benjamin A. Gilman scholarship which offers grants of up to $5,000 for undergraduate students to pursue academic study abroad opportunities.

Oct 27th, 2020

The WKU Department of English and the African American Studies Program hosted the 24th Annual Mary Ellen & Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing via Zoom.