WKU Events

Gazing Deeply showcases how WKU’s backyard—the unique landscape of Mammoth Cave—is being studied, interpreted, and inspiring action on environmental change. Coinciding with the UNESCO Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources: A Workshop on Sustainability and Community and Earth Day’s 50th anniversary in 2020, this exhibition is a collaborative effort between arts and science faculty and students that highlights one of the most well-known and vital natural landscapes in the world. 

History suggests that as “big business” started to take hold in the late 1800s, women became more involved in business and working outside the home. However, few women owned companies. Those that did were in industries centered on women, such as home goods, apparel, or personal care.

Today, women own only 40% of businesses in the U.S., making Carrie Burnam Taylor’s business of the early 20th century that much more impressive. Curated with Dr. Carrie Cox, this exhibit will explore Taylor's life and work, displaying three of her dresses, two coats, two bodices, and various undergarments recently conserved thanks to our Adopt-an-Artifact program.

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In the late 1800s, stitchery from London's Royal School of Art needlework and Japanese arts and crafts exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition inspired women across America to take up their needles in new and different ways. Explore the various "maniacal" and "maddening" designs that resulted in this showcase of our Crazy Quilt collection.

School of Media Galleries: Grayson County Photography Exhibit.

Danielle Mužina, an artist and educator currently living and working in Cleveland, Ohio, makes paintings that explore place, identity, and crisis, inspired by both personal lived and inherited familial experiences. Using the homespace as a point of grounding and as metaphor, she writes: "My immigrant grandmother, reflecting on witnessing national traumas in our home of former Yugoslavia, tells me 'to pay attention when the sky's bleeding, even if someone tells you it's not'."

This exhibition documents the process artists Alice Gatewood Waddell and Mike Nichols followed to create the historic Jonesville Fresco for the lobby of the Kentucky Museum. The fresco is based on Waddell's image featuring the historic African-American community destroyed by the expansion of WKU.

Curious about what you can do with your degree after you graduate or ways to spend your time at WKU productively to prepare for the path you want to pursue? Join students in ENG 414, the professional writing capstone course, to learn from and ask questions of these recent alumni of the English Department! Each panel will begin with alumni addressing pre-submitted questions from the capstone students and conclude with open Q&A. All English majors and minors are welcome: email Dr. Jones (angela.jones@wku.edu) for the Zoom link.

Attending alumni:

Garrett Bunch: Content Strategist / Technical Writer, GE Appliances; Communication and PR Intern, Greater Louisville Inc. Majors: English (PW) and Communication. Currently pursuing MA in Organizational Communication.

Megan McCormick: Professional Writer, KirkpatrickPrice. Previously: Marketing Coordinator at Salameh Plastic Surgery. Major: English (PW); minor: Photojournalism.

Adrianna Waters: Admissions Coordinator, Medical University of South Carolina. Previously: Youth Services Associate at Boone County Public Library. Major: English (CW); minors: PW and Psychology.

SKyTeach will host Full STEAM Ahead: Art & Math Collide!, a presentation by Dr. Susan Gerofsky, visiting professor from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Gerofsky, who teaches math education, will present a fun-filled evening of creating math art by exploring binary number patterns.

Register at https://forms.gle/w23km8QkrFgxhcQ17

For information, email jillian.burkhalter@wku.edu

The annual Black History Month Opening Ceremony is a dinner featuring a guest speaker. Several performances from student groups will also take place. The event is open to the public, but its capacity is limited. 

Scholars interested in presenting at Kentucky Honors Roundtable in Morehead, KY on February 24-25 must register and submit an abstract by the deadline.