WKU News

Welcome back WKU! Classes begin today for the spring 2018 semester. Here is Today@WKU, the daily newsletter from WKU Public Affairs, for January 22, 2018.

WKU News

• View from the Hill – Ogden College Hall welcomes students: When WKU students start the spring semester today, a long-awaited building will be open. Amy Bingham takes us inside Ogden College Hall in this View from the Hill.
• Spring 2018 Parking and Transportation: Check out updates for WKU parking and transit operations for the Spring 2018 semester.
• 2018 Winter Weather Communications Plan: Check out a reminder about WKU’s winter weather communications plan that provides a number of ways you can find out if classes are delayed, canceled or if a campus is closed.
• WKU Public Radio Weekday Newscast Schedule: Tune into WKU Public Radio for national and international news from NPR, and local newscasts every half hour during Morning Edition (4-9 a.m. Central), and All Things Considered (3-6 p.m. Central), as well as local news features and interviews produced by the WKU news staff. WKU's Public Radio can be heard on WKYU-FM (88.9) in Bowling Green/Glasgow; WDCL-FM (89.7) in Somerset/Campbellsville; WKPB-FM (88.9) in Henderson/Owensboro; WKUE-FM (90.9) in Elizabethtown/Bardstown; and online at http://www.wkyufm.org/

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WKU Sports

• Football: Jack Doyle Becomes First Pro Bowler in WKU History: Former WKU tight end Jack Doyle has been named to the 2018 Pro Bowl roster, the NFL and Indianapolis Colts announced on Sunday. Doyle, a four-year letterman from 2009-12, becomes the first former player in WKU history to be named a Pro Bowler, and he did it on the backing of a career season for the Colts, his first as the team's No. 1 tight end.
• Women’s basketball: Lady Toppers Ride Big Fourth Quarter Past Marshall, 86-66: C-USA Player of the Year candidate Tashia Brown turned in one of her strongest performances of the season with a season-high 33 points and was one of four Lady Toppers in double figures as WKU earned an 86-66 victory inside the Cam Henderson Center against Marshall on Sunday afternoon. Next: WKU (14-5, 5-1 C-USA) at North Texas at 7 p.m. Friday.
• Tops Fall 66-62 to Middle Tennessee in Front of Largest Diddle Crowd Since 2003: Costly turnovers and poor outside shooting worked against WKU Hilltopper Basketball in a 66-62 loss to Middle Tennessee on Saturday night at an over-capacity E.A. Diddle Arena. Next: WKU (14-6, 6-1 Conference USA) vs. Marshall at 6 p.m. this Saturday at Diddle Arena.
• Tennis: WKU Comes Up Short in Season Opener at Alabama: WKU Tennis fell just shy of a victory at Alabama on Sunday afternoon after tying in the singles competition 3-3 but being defeated on the doubles point. The final score of the match was 4-3. Next: The Lady Toppers will compete in a doubleheader in Louisville this weekend playing UTEP on Friday followed by Louisville on Saturday.
• Track & Field: Hilltoppers Wrap Up Two-Day Vanderbilt Invitational: Back in Music City for the second time this season, the Hilltopper track and field squad was up against a competitive Vanderbilt Invitational field on Friday and Saturday. Julius Morris and Jonathan Hayden used a pair of top-five all-time indoor times by a Hilltopper to leave their marks on the meet. Next: WKU will head back to Indiana for the Indiana University Relays on Jan. 26-27.

More: For updates on WKU Athletics, follow @WKUSports on Twitter or WKU Athletics on Facebook.

WKU in the News

• Conference USA title race heats up after Middle's win at WKU: After four weeks of Conference USA basketball, the race to be crowned league champion has some serious heat to it. Middle Tennessee’s 66-62 win at WKU on Saturday created a three-way tie atop the table. And Marshall, who beat MTSU on Thursday, is lurking just one game back.

More: Check out WKU in the News page.

WKU Alumni

• Upcoming WKU Alumni events: For a listing of events, visit the Alumni website and click on the Events Calendar. Or contact the WKU Alumni Association at 888-958-2586. For a list of Alumni news, visit the Alumni News page. More: WKU SpiritFunder
• Topper Travelers Program 2018: The WKU Alumni Association is planning a Baltic Cruise across Northern Europe June 21-July 2. The 10-night cruise across the Baltic Sea aboard Marina will begin in Copenhagen, Denmark, with stops in Berlin, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; and Stockholm, Sweden. For information, visit alumni.wku.edu/baltic2018 or contact the Alumni Association at 800-842-9023 or alumnievents@wku.edu.

More: Visit the WKU Alumni website.

What’s Happening At-WKU

Ongoing/continuing events

• Exhibits at Kentucky Museum: Instruments of American Excellence; A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green (through June 30); Kaleidoscope: Kentucky Museum Quilts (opens Jan. 22); New Kentuckians (through Feb. 2); plus other gallery and on-campus exhibits. (Museum hours/visitor information) Contact Kentucky Museum, (270) 745-2592.
• Exhibits at Downing Museum: The Story of Joe Downing: Select Works From the Collection; Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition (through Jan. 20). Downing Museum, 4801 Morgantown Road. Contact Jack LeSieur, (270) 842-7415.
• International Year of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various events and locations during 2017-18 academic year. Contact International Programs, (270) 745-5334.
• Arts at WKU 2017-2018. Various events and locations. Contact Potter College of Arts & Letters, (270) 745-2344.
• Photographic Exhibition: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Then and Now. Jan. 31-April 13. Jody Richards Hall Gallery. Contact Tim Broekema, (270) 745-3055.
• Art Exhibition: Proof of Existence: An Exhibit of Work by Contemporary Artists of Bosnian and Balkan Origin. Jan. 22-April 6. Contact Art, (270) 745-3944.

Monday, Jan. 22

• Spring Semester Classes Begin.

Tuesday, Jan. 23

• 11:30 a.m.: Smart Start Business Basics, free workshop hosted by WKU Small Business Development Center. WKU Center for Research and Development, room 129, 2413 Nashville Road. Contact Miller Slaughter, (270) 745-1924.
• 7 p.m.: Hardin Planetarium Show: Musica. Hardin Planetarium. Contact Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.

Wednesday, Jan. 24

• 8:30 a.m.: Twice-Exceptional Students Seminar. Knicely Conference Center. Contact Gifted Studies, (270) 745-6323.

Thursday, Jan. 25

• 3 p.m.: WKU Honors Band Clinic. Rescheduled from Jan. 18-20. Music Hall, Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center and other locations. Contact Gary Schallert, (270) 745-5893.
• 7 p.m.: Hardin Planetarium Show: Musica. Hardin Planetarium. Contact Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.

For upcoming events: Visit the What's Happening at WKU page, Events@WKU page or WKU’s online events calendar

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