WKU Events

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Have you ever wondered what some of the benefits are to studying mathematics at WKU? Are you unsure of what to do after graduation? A great resource for answers to these questions are the people who have been in your shoes before! In the Pi Mu Epsilon Math Alumni Speaker Series (PME MASS), WKU Mathematics alumni speak about their career paths and how studying mathematics at WKU has been beneficial to them. Each event ends with a Q&A session.

We are pleased to announce our final speaker of the semester, Jaelyn Young, a Data Analyst at RNGD. Jaelyn will be speaking to us via Zoom from New Orleans on Tuesday, April 1, at 4:00 PM. You have the option of joining us in person (in COHH 3119, where light refreshments will be served) or via Zoom (https://wku.zoom.us/j/94040062399).

Advanced registration is required for residents who will be moving directly into summer school housing from their Spring assignment on Friday, May 9, 2025.

Advanced registration will begin on April 1 online in the WKU Housing Portal. Those registering early will receive their room assignment at check-in.

Students who are moving in AFTER May 9, 2025 should register at least 1 business day in advance through the Housing Portal. 

Learn More: wku.edu/housing/summer/housing.php

Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Join us for a Two Lights for Tomorrow lighting ceremony at the Felts House. Two Lights for Tomorrow is a nationwide initiative to commence the celebration of America 250, the 250th birthday of the United States of America.

The famous ride of Paul Revere occurred overnight on April 18 – 19, 1775. Two Lights for Tomorrow originated out of multi-state collaboration at A Common Cause to All in Williamsburg and uses the imagery of that shining light 250 years ago as a uniting call to action today for our fellow citizens, no matter where they are, to commemorate and remind ourselves that our history is about working together for a better tomorrow.

At it’s heart it is a call across the country, in private homes, local communities, and statehouses alike, for two lights to be displayed to remind us all of the importance to come together to form a more perfect union.

The Museum is hosting a brief ceremony at the Felts House, next to the KY Building, with remarks, a proclamation and the ceremonial lighting of two lights. The Felts House is a fitting location for the ceremony as it was built by American Revolution veteran Archibald Felts.

Lights will remain on April 2-30th 

More information. 

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

On Thursday, April 3 at 4 PM, attorney and WKU History/Legal Studies alumnus Trip Carpenter will speak on “Preparing for Law School and Building a Meaningful Career.” His talk will be in HCIC Multipurpose Room/1011 (the large back room in the Honors College building).

Trip Carpenter graduated as Scholar of the College in May 2014  with a History major and Legal Studies minor (one of the first graduates from our then-new minor). His Honors thesis, “Where’s Jonesville? How the Destruction of Jonesville Left a Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Bowling Green” was the Honors Thesis of the Year in 2014 and provided much of the scholarly basis for the Kentucky Museum’s current Jonesville exhibit.

Since graduation, Trip earned his MA from Columbia University in Human Rights Studies in 2016 and earned his JD from New York University School of Law in May 2022, where he served as an editor of the Law Review and graduated third in his class. In between, he worked in the Office of the Mayor of New York City as a procurement analyst in the Women/Minorities Business Enterprise Program and clerked for the national ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project. Currently, Trip serves as a Judicial Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City and spent last year as a Judicial Law Clerk for the United States District Court  for the southern district of New York in Brooklyn.

Students in any majors/minors interested in applying to law school or thinking about a career in law will benefit greatly from his talk and advice.

Join us for the 10th annual WKU Housing & Residence Life Drag Show! Learn more about the history and culture of Drag. 

• Thursday, April 3, 2025
• 7:00-8:30 PM; Doors open at 6 PM
• Knicely Conference Center | 2355 Nashville Rd, Bowling Green, KY

Show your WKU ID at the door.

Transit options: https://www.wku.edu/transportation/transit/index.php  

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Contact Mark Berry for details!

To register: WKU Department of Agriculture & Food Science

Join the Department of Music as they present Dido and Aeneas. This 17th century English opera captures a fragment of the Aeneid by the poet Virgil. This tragic tale of the affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover, the prince of Troy is centered on the themes of love, duty, power, and destiny.

Tickets can be purchased at wku.showare.com.

Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell's 17th century opera that captures a fragment of The Aeneid by Virgil. This tragic tale of an affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover is centered on the themes of love, duty, and destiny. Sung in English with harpsichord and string quartet, this one-hour production is a perfect introduction to the genre of Opera.

Some scenes contain a strobing effect and may affect photosensitive viewers.

April 4 - 6, 2025
Van Meter Auditorium
Friday & Saturday at 7:30 P.M. CST
Sunday at 2:00 P.M. CST

Tickets: Adults $15, Students $10
General Admission Seating

Tickets can be purchased at: https://wku.showare.com/ordertickets.asp?p=924&src=eventperformances 

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Join the Department of Music as they present Dido and Aeneas. This 17th century English opera captures a fragment of the Aeneid by the poet Virgil. This tragic tale of the affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover, the prince of Troy is centered on the themes of love, duty, power, and destiny.

Tickets can be purchased at wku.showare.com.

Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell's 17th century opera that captures a fragment of The Aeneid by Virgil. This tragic tale of an affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover is centered on the themes of love, duty, and destiny. Sung in English with harpsichord and string quartet, this one-hour production is a perfect introduction to the genre of Opera.

Some scenes contain a strobing effect and may affect photosensitive viewers.

April 4 - 6, 2025
Van Meter Auditorium
Friday & Saturday at 7:30 P.M. CST
Sunday at 2:00 P.M. CST

Tickets: Adults $15, Students $10
General Admission Seating

Purchase tickets here: https://wku.showare.com/ordertickets.asp?p=925&src=eventperformances  

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Join the Department of Music as they present Dido and Aeneas. This 17th century English opera captures a fragment of the Aeneid by the poet Virgil. This tragic tale of the affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover, the prince of Troy is centered on the themes of love, duty, power, and destiny.

Tickets can be purchased at wku.showare.com.

Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell's 17th century opera that captures a fragment of The Aeneid by Virgil. This tragic tale of an affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover is centered on the themes of love, duty, and destiny. Sung in English with harpsichord and string quartet, this one-hour production is a perfect introduction to the genre of Opera.

Some scenes contain a strobing effect and may affect photosensitive viewers.

April 4 - 6, 2025
Van Meter Auditorium
Friday & Saturday at 7:30 P.M. CST
Sunday at 2:00 P.M. CST

Tickets: Adults $15, Students $10
General Admission Seating

Purchase tickets at: https://wku.showare.com/ordertickets.asp?p=926&src=eventperformances 

Black and Brown Lives Matter

SCCJS Awards, Scholarships, and Honor Society Induction

Guitar Ensemble recital 

• Monday, April 7th at 7:30pm
• Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, room 189

Admission is free! 

Black and Brown Lives Matter

For more about WKU Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Join the Department of Society, Culture, Crime, and Justice Studies (SCCJS) for their monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series! This event is free and open to all.

This month's lecture by Dr. Robin Valenzuela is titled, "Acompañamiento/Accompaniment as Engaged Anthropology".

SCCJS Career Fair

Weird History: PPT Night

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

It is a fun and relaxing time for military-connected students to create a piece of art. You don't need any experience or supplies. 

In a desperate attempt to host his own children’s nature show, a fumbling filmmaker travels 3,000 miles asking North Americans how to save the endangered monarch butterfly, and ourselves, from extinction.

Free tickets are available at capitolbg.org. After the screening, a Q&A with filmmakers will be offered.

Where Connection, Collaboration, and Creative Chaos Reign! Experience a range of innovative, original performances and enjoy the excitement of being a part of something absolutely new! Recommended for mature audiences. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Contact Mark Berry for details!

The Department of Political Science, Philosophy program, and Potter College of Arts & Letters are pleased to announce a free public lecture this April 11^th at 12pm in Cherry Hall 302. This year's speaker is Dr. Lindsey Chambers (University of Kentucky) whose talk title is "Acting for Two? Why a pregnant persons' obligations to the fetus are akin to duties to the self".

Immediately after this event (from 1:30-6 pm), we will have our third annual WKU Philosophy Conference. At this event, 6 philosophy students from across the country (and, this year, even from Canada) and 4 WKU students will showcase their philosophical research. The conference is free and open to all WKU students, faculty, and staff, and to the broader Bowling Green community.

Where Connection, Collaboration, and Creative Chaos Reign! Experience a range of innovative, original performances and enjoy the excitement of being a part of something absolutely new! Recommended for mature audiences. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

For more information: Facebook

Chinese Music Ensemble Concert

Where Connection, Collaboration, and Creative Chaos Reign! Experience a range of innovative, original performances and enjoy the excitement of being a part of something absolutely new! Recommended for mature audiences. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Where Connection, Collaboration, and Creative Chaos Reign! Experience a range of innovative, original performances and enjoy the excitement of being a part of something absolutely new! Recommended for mature audiences. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Sigma Alpha Iota - Mu Iota chapter

Join the First Year Village Housing & Residence Life for an Origami Workshop to learn how to fold Origami while learning more about Disability Awareness Month from the Student Accessiblity Resource Center staff. 

Ice cream will be available too! 

Monday, April 14 | 3-5 PM | Douglas Keen Hall Lobby 

Celebrating AfroLatinidad

For more information: Department of Agriculture & Food Science

Join us for hands-on demonstrations, games, and challenges to explore different ways our brains work!
Open conversations, spark curiosity, and build empathy,
Discover how diverse minds make the world more challenging- and  interesting, and
Find out how to learn more, access resources, and get involved.

Proudly presented by:
WKU Student Accessibility Ambassadors
WKU Student Support Services - Disabilities, a TRIO Program
Faculty/Staff Neurodiversity Alliance 

Join WKU Housing & Residence Life for VALLEYPALOOZA, est. 1993! 

This decades-long tradition will give you the opportunity for some stress relief and fun! 

April 15, 3-5 pm, Behind Gilbert Hall 

More details coming soon! 

Recital is free!! 

Program is to include pieces from Timothy Hagen himself, as well as Reena Esmail, Billy Childs, Alexander Rosenblatt, & Ottorino Respighi. 

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Market on the Avenue is an outdoor pop-up market hosted between the WKU Restaurant Group, WKU Office of Sustainability, and WKU Dietetics. The Market offers fresh produce, baked goods, local handmade items, food trucks & more!  

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

International Tea, Coffee & Snack Hour

For more about WKU Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball

 For more about WKU Softball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/softball

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Contact Mark Berry for details!

Mathematics Department Meeting

For more about WKU Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball

 For more about WKU Softball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/softball 

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

For more information: SKTPA

 For more about WKU Softball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/softball

For more about WKU Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

For more about WKU Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Cello Studio Recital - admission is free! Contact Sarah Berry for details at sarah.berry@wku.edu . 

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

PCAL Town Hall Meeting 2

Join the First Year Village Housing & Residence Life staff for Topper Royal - an evening of games, prizes, and mocktails.

Hear from the Counseling Center and the WKU Restaurant Group about the effects of gambling. 

Thursday, April 24 | 6:00-7:30 PM | Regents Hall Lobby 

Join us for an exhilarating evening of dance as the WKU Dance Company performs an array of work featuring choreography by WKU dance faculty and nationally acclaimed guest artists. From classical to pop music, light-hearted to abstract themes, audiences of all ages will be intrigued by the skill and artistry displayed through a mix of ballet, jazz, modern, and tap dance. Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+) Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Contact Mark Berry for details!

SIAM Student Chapter Talk: Martene Stanberry

More to come!

Join us for an exhilarating evening of dance as the WKU Dance Company performs an array of work featuring choreography by WKU dance faculty and nationally acclaimed guest artists. From classical to pop music, light-hearted to abstract themes, audiences of all ages will be intrigued by the skill and artistry displayed through a mix of ballet, jazz, modern, and tap dance. Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+) Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

WKU Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble 100th Anniversary Blowout

More information TBD

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Strings studio instructors to perform on Saturday, April 26th at 12:00 noon. Choral Rehearsal Hall (Music Hall, 1st floor, room 111)! Admission is free! 

Join us for an exhilarating evening of dance as the WKU Dance Company performs an array of work featuring choreography by WKU dance faculty and nationally acclaimed guest artists. From classical to pop music, light-hearted to abstract themes, audiences of all ages will be intrigued by the skill and artistry displayed through a mix of ballet, jazz, modern, and tap dance. Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+) Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

Campus Community Band to perform on Saturday, April 26th at 7:30 PM at Van Meter Auditorium

Pre-Departure Orientation for Summer & Fall Term

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Join us for an exhilarating evening of dance as the WKU Dance Company performs an array of work featuring choreography by WKU dance faculty and nationally acclaimed guest artists. From classical to pop music, light-hearted to abstract themes, audiences of all ages will be intrigued by the skill and artistry displayed through a mix of ballet, jazz, modern, and tap dance. Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+) Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

WKU Choirs & Choral Society - Spring Finale Concert

Spring finale concert performed by WKU Choral Ensembles and Choral Society. More information TBA

New Music concert featuring pieces written and composed by our very own music students!

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

The Math Department graduation celebration is on Monday, April 28th, from 11 am to 1 pm in COHH 4123. The ceremony will begin at 11:30 am, but you're welcome to stop by anytime between 11 am and 1 pm to congratulate the graduates.

This is a brief ceremony to honor WKU graduates from WKU in Glasgow. Graduates receive their WKU Glasgow tartan stole which can be worn with their cap & gown at WKU Commencement. 

Following the ceremony, there are photo opportunities, and graduates pick up a celebratory gift.

Dress is business casual – no cap & gown.

Graduates should arrive by 4:30 p.m.

Deadline to RSVP is April 11, 2025.

RSVP by  at:

https://www.wku.edu/regionalcampuses/glasgow/graduand.php

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

This is a brief ceremony to honor WKU graduates from WKU in Owensboro. Graduates receive their WKU Owensboro stole which can be worn with their cap & gown at WKU Commencement.  

Following the ceremony, there are photo opportunities, and graduates pick up a celebratory gift.  

Dress is business casual – no cap & gown.

Graduates should arrive by 4:30 p.m.

Deadline to RSVP is April 21, 2025.

RSVP at:

https://wku.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4YeGtokXpTXfY1M

For more about WKU Baseball, visit https://wkusports.com/sports/baseball

This group exhibition presents the work of all Spring
Seniors graduating from WKU Art & Design in the studio
and design disciplines.

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

Contact Mark Berry for details!

*This event occurs at 5:30 p.m. EST

This is a brief ceremony to honor WKU graduates from WKU in Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. 

Graduates receive their WKU Elizabethtown/Fort Knox stole which can be worn with their cap & gown at WKU Commencement. 

Following the ceremony, there are photo opportunities, and graduates pick up a celebratory gift. 

Dress is business casual – no cap & gown.

Graduates should arrive by 5 p.m.

Deadline to RSVP is April 11, 2025.

RSVP at:  https://wku.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7PPdrR8ycfRI8u2

Contact for this event: Dr. Sarah Herbert