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.

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.

Scott Strazzante - Shooting from the Hip Photography Exhibit.

This exhibition presents the work of Spring Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design with a BFA in Studio Art.

Dr. Donielle Lovell's talk "Learning to Exhale as a Public Sociologist" will begin at 12:15 pm. 

The talk is open for everyone, but please RSVP for the luncheon portion by April 9th. Lunch will be served at 11:45 am.

This event is sponsored by the Gail Marten Faculty Development and Lecture Series. 

We will formally induct new members of Pi Mu Epsilon for the 2022-2023 academic year. The short induction ceremony will be followed by refreshments. Faculty and the inductees are invited to attend.

Inductees: Cameron Davidson, Savana Day, Abbie Fair, Aaron Masden, Tanner Rose, Jacob Walterman

Dr. Tyler Clark (BA ’10, MS ’12) will talk about his career as the Assistant Director of Operations at The Center for Gifted Studies and the Executive Administrator of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. He will highlight how studying mathematics at WKU has been beneficial to him (in both his career and his further studies). This will be followed by a Q&A Session.

Writer of two chapbooks: A Manual for How to Love Us and Stories