View from the Hill - June 2022
View from the Hill is a weekly segment highlighting the programs, people and happenings that make WKU a leading American university with international reach. The reports can be seen on Bowling Green's ABC affiliate, WBKO, on Thursdays at 5 and 10 pm. If you have an idea for a future segment, please contact Amy DeCesare.
June 2, 2022
Strings Program - WKU's pre-college strings program hasn't missed a beat in spite of the pandemic challenges presented over the past few years. After wrapping up the year with a group recital recently, the program is now gearing up to be back in person for next month's Summer String Institute, as Amy Bingham shows us in this week's View from the Hill.
June 9, 2022
Concrete Canoe Team - Third Place - WKU's concrete canoe team sailed to the university's best finish ever at a national competition this past weekend. Amy Bingham caught up with members of the team in this week's View from the Hill.
June 16, 2022
Lee Robertson turns 100 - The man affectionately known as "Mr. Western" is a century old today. Amy Bingham sits down with Lee Robertson to talk about his life in this week's View from the Hill.
June 23, 2022
Special Olympics - WKU Weather Team - When the Special Olympics USA Games were held in Orlando earlier this month, weather was the epicenter of the whole thing. WKU's meteorology and emergency management programs played a huge role in making sure the games went off without a hitch as Amy Bingham explains in this week's View from the Hill.
June 30, 2022
Women's Legacy Fund - Clemette Haskins, Claire Donahue, Alyssa Cavanaugh, just a few of the legends that helped put women's sports on the map at WKU. The Hilltopper Athletic Foundation launched a Women's Legacy Fund earlier this year in honor of this month's fiftieth anniversary of Title IX. Amy Bingham has more in this week's View from the Hill.
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