WKU Events
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: WKU Soccer Complex
- Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
For more about WKU Soccer, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-soccer
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center Main Arena
- Time: 10:00am - 9:00pm
For more information: KJCA
- Location: Diddle Arena
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
For more about WKU Volleyball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center Main Arena
- Time: 10:00am - 9:00pm
For more information: KJCA
- Location: Diddle Arena
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
For more about WKU Volleyball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center Main Arena
- Time: 10:00am - 9:00pm
For more information: KJCA
- Location: WKU Soccer Complex
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
For more about WKU Soccer, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-soccer
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Time: All Day
All WKU offices closed October 7 and October 8 for Fall Break; no classes.
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Time: All Day
All WKU offices closed October 7 and October 8 for Fall Break; no classes.
- Location: Diddle Arena
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
For more about WKU Volleyball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: Diddle Arena
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
For more about WKU Volleyball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium
- Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The Hilltoppers face UTEP in a Thursday night Conference USA matchup.
- Game theme: Red Out; WKU fans are encouraged to wear red to cheer on the Toppers.
For more about WKU Football, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/football
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: Fine Arts Center - Colonnades (OUTDOORS)
- Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
To be held inside if weather is not appropriate!
- Location: Gasper River Retreat Center
- Time: 4:30pm - 4:30pm
This 2-day Leadership Retreat is hosted by the Student Activities, Leadership & Volunteerism. This is an exclusive opportunity for geared toward FRESHMAN & SOPHOMORE STUDENTS, but all WKU students are welcome to apply! Tranportation and meals are provided. Must apply!
See the Weekend in the Woods website for more details.
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: Gasper River Retreat Center
- Time: 4:30pm - 4:30pm
This 2-day Leadership Retreat is hosted by the Student Activities, Leadership & Volunteerism. This is an exclusive opportunity for geared toward FRESHMAN & SOPHOMORE STUDENTS, but all WKU students are welcome to apply! Tranportation and meals are provided. Must apply!
See the Weekend in the Woods website for more details.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Free and Family-Friendly
Saturday, October 12, 2024
10 AM to 3 PM
Free parking available off of Kentucky Street in WKU parking lots. Follow the Hammer In Parking Signs. For GPS directions, use our street address: 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Join us at the Kentucky Museum for a free community event celebrating the metal workers' trade, including:
- Forge demonstrations.
- Tinsmithing demonstrations.
- Aluminum Pour demonstration and make-your-own pour.
- Basic Forge Skills Demonstrations.
- Opportunity to learn about joining metal working associations and getting started in the trade.
- Learn about the Kentucky Forge Council and become a member.
- Kentucky Folklife Program Narrative Stage, including an interview with our Featured Blacksmith.
- Big T's Bar-B-Cue food truck on site.
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location: wku.edu/housing/apartments
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments on Kentucky Street offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
Learn More: wku.edu/housing/apartments
Apply in the WKU Housing Portal via my.wku.edu
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: 5:00pm - 6:00am
Black Material Culture with Dr. Tiffany Momon, Assistant Professor, University of the South. This talk will focus on Dr. Momon's community-based historic preservation projects with Black Craftspeople Digital Archive, a black digital humanities project that centers black craftspeople, their lives, and their contributions to the making and building of America. The talk will engage with how black craftspeople are identified and researched in the historical record and how institutions are adjusting their curatorial practices to better collect, preserve, and engages with this history. Dr. Momon is the founder and co-director of the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive and has worked with organizations such as the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, and the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum.
Sponsored by the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission.
Location: Kentucky Museum
- Location: Recital Hall - Fine Arts Center room 189
- Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Faculty Recital: Honoring the WKU Sisterhood and Women Composers
- Location: TBD
- Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
SANTOS–Skin to Skin is a film portrait of community activist and seven-time Grammy nominee John Santos, a “keeper of the Afro-Caribbean flame.” Rich in musical performances, Santos links the rhythms of his ancestors to contemporary struggles of identity and social justice.
Free tickets are available at capitolbg.org. After the screening, a Q&A with filmmakers will be offered.
- Location: Fine Arts Center Room 189 - Recital Hall
- Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Student recitals are an opportunity for students to showcase what they have been rehearsing in private lessons. The recitals showcase multiple disciplines through our department.
- Location: Diddle Arena
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
For more about WKU Volleyball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00am
For more information: New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding
- Location: Florence Schneider Hall
- Time: 10:00am - 3:00am
We highly encourage families that are considering The Gatton Academy to attend one of our Preview Days held on the WKU campus. The Gatton Academy is a program for gifted and talented juniors and seniors in high school who apply during their sophomore year. Preview Days are a wonderful opportunity for prospective applicants and their families to meet with current Gatton Academy students and their parents, visit our campus, and gain a better understanding of student life at The Gatton Academy.
Join us for an On-Campus Preview Day on October 19, 2024. Registration is required via the link below by October 17. If the registration deadline has passed, but you would still like to attend, email us at academy@wku.edu or call 270-745-6565.
https://apply.wku.edu/register/gattonpreviewdayOct2024
- Location: Diddle Arena
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
For more about WKU Volleyball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball
- Location: WKU Soccer Complex
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
For more about WKU Soccer, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/womens-soccer
- Location: Van Meter Hall
- Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
To include a special WKU Alumni Choir!
$6 general admission
$4 students
- Location: Centennial Plaza (in front of PS2)
- Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Pop-up outdoor farmers market with local vendors, clubs, organizations and food trucks.
Learn more at: https://www.wku.edu/sustainability/market_on_the_avenue.php.
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center
- Time: 8:00am - 8:00pm
For more information: KY Sustainable Living
- Location: Fine Arts Center Room 189 - Recital Hall
- Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Student recitals are an opportunity for students to showcase what they have been rehearsing in private lessons. The recitals showcase multiple disciplines through our department.
- Location: Van Meter Hall
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
To include repertoire from:
- Hermann: Music from Psycho
- Shchedrin Carmen Suite excerpts
- Mahler – Symphony No. 2 movement 1
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center
- Time: 8:00am - 8:00pm
For more information: KY Sustainable Living
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center
- Time: 8:00am - 8:00pm
For more information: KY Sustainable Living
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location: Honors College & International Center
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Calling all ghouls, ghosts, and goblins! The honors students invite you to a spine-chilling evening of Halloween thrills and chills at our Nightmare on Normal Street Halloween Fest. Get ready for a night of eerie excitement and festive fun!
Join us in your most creative and creepy costumes for a haunted night filled with:
- Trick-or-Treat Stations: Satisfy your sweet tooth with an array of candies and treats.
- Costume Contest: Show off your spooky style for a chance to win fabulous prizes.
- Pumpkin Painting : Get crafty and create your own jack-o’-lantern masterpiece.
- Frighteningly Fun Games: Test your skills and win eerie-sistible prizes.
This is one haunted happening you won't want to miss. Come celebrate the spooky season with your fellow honors students and make this Halloween one to remember! ????️????♂️????♀️
- Location: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium
- Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
The Hilltoppers face new CUSA member Kennesaw State in a Wednesday night game.
- Game theme: Black Out. WKU fans are encouraged to wear black or dress up in their favorite Halloween costume.
For more about WKU Football, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/football
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
- Location: FAC - FAC 0189
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
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