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.

Aaliyah Ellis is a current artist on the Hill. Her artistic focus is on black power figures in the civil rights movement and on black and black LGBTQIA+ leaders/power figures from the US, especially Louisville. Join us to view our gallery and hear from Aaliyah. 

Professional Writing Club meeting

Join the WKU Office of Research and Creative Activity for the first installment of the 2023 Student Scholar Showcase workshop series presented by Dr. Kandy Smith, Associate Professor in the WKU School of Teacher Education.

Students will learn how to write a summary statement of their research that includes the importance of the research, the problem it is addressing, the methodology, results, and implications (if applicable) in a manner that is clear, concise, and cohesive. 

To join the workshop on Zoom, visit: https://wku.zoom.us/j/95532521922. 

For more information, visit www.wku.edu/showcase.

MHC Scholars of Color and ISEC present Epic Rap Battles of Black History, in recognition of Black History Month.

A brief overview on Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity, including their values and what membership entails, as well as getting to know current members.

Bert and Det produce three rounds of emcee battles, highlighting contrasting views of famous African American men & women! Refreshments provided.