WKU News

Welcome to Today@WKU, the daily newsletter from WKU Public Affairs, for May 21, 2018.

Members of the WKU Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter have completed their weeklong volunteer work in York, Pennsylvania. For more photos, visit the chapter's Facebook page.

WKU News

• View from the Hill: WKU LeaderShape: Before the spring semester even ended, close to 50 WKU students loaded up on a bus and headed to a rural area to hone their leadership skills. WKU's Amy Bingham has more on WKU LeaderShape in the View from the Hill.
• Follow the WKU storm chasers: WKU students are participating in the ninth annual storm chase course during the May term. For updates, follow the group’s blog posts or @wkustormchase on Twitter.
• Follow the Bike4Alz riders: WKU students are making the sixth Bike4Alz cross country ride to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. For updates on social media, follow Bike4Alz on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
• 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

• Track & Field: WKU to Send 16 Competitors to NCAA East Preliminaries: Sixteen WKU Track and Field student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminary Round to be held in Tampa, Fla., May 24-26. The top 48 competitors in each individual event from both the east and west regions qualify for the preliminary competitions. All three days of action from the USF Track and Field stadium will be streamed by FloTrack.
• Softball: Hilltoppers Add Kentucky Wesleyan Transfer Abbie Heischman: After graduating just one senior following WKU Softball's 2018 campaign, head coach Amy Tudor continues to add to next year's experienced squad as she announced the addition of Abbie Heischman to the program. The Leo, Ind., native is eligible to compete immediately following a year on Kentucky Wesleyan's women's basketball squad.
• Baseball: WKU Falls in 11 Innings After Morrison's Career Day: Within a strike of an extra-inning win at Florida Atlantic, WKU Baseball was unable to hold the Owls in the bottom of the 10th, then ultimately fell by a score of 6-5 in 11 innings on Friday afternoon. With other action in C-USA, WKU was eliminated from a potential bid to the 2018 Conference USA Championship in Biloxi, Miss. Due to heavy rain, Saturday’s game at FAU was cancelled.

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

WKU in the News

• Building Momentum: Stansbury talks recent success, future of WKU hoops: During his introductory press conference in 2016 after being hired as WKU head basketball coach, Rick Stansbury made a prediction. He encouraged people who hadn't purchased tickets to do so, "because there's coming a day real soon where there's not going to be a ticket for sale," Stansbury said Thursday while speaking about the recent success of the Hilltoppers' hoops program and his vision for what they can achieve in the future.

More: Check out WKU in the News page.

WKU Alumni

• Upcoming WKU Alumni events: Alumni College is a lifelong learning program that offers fun—yet educational—classes, all while celebrating WKU traditions; all WKU alumni, friends and family are invited to join us June 15-16. Homecoming 2018 has been set for Oct. 27; game time and additional details TBA. For a listing of Alumni 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

More: Visit the WKU Alumni website.

WKU Admissions

• #ClimbWithUs: The WKU Office of Admissions helps future Hilltoppers as they start their journey on The Hill. You can reach us by calling 270-745-2551, emailing admission@wku.edu or connecting with us on social media. Visit https://www.wku.edu/admissions/counselors/ or call 270-745-2551 to get in touch with your WKU Admissions Counselor. Students can reserve their TOP date and take their placement exams at www.wku.edu/top
• Useful links for prospective/admitted students: Campus tours; Let’s Talk, Topper; Admissions Timeline; Topper Orientation Program; Scholarships; Housing; MASTER Plan

More: Visit the WKU Admissions website; Information for Prospective Students

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 (through Dec. 18); 2018 Side by Side (through June 30); 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. Downing Museum, 4801 Morgantown Road. Contact Jack LeSieur, (270) 842-7415.
• WKU Summer Office Hours. May 14-Aug. 10. 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday.

Tuesday, May 22

• 7 p.m.: Hardin Planetarium Show: Happy Birthday, Earth. Hardin Planetarium. Contact Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.

Wednesday, May 23

• 2 p.m.: Duke TIP Kentucky Recognition Ceremony. Diddle Arena. Contact Gifted Studies, (270) 745-6323.

Thursday, May 24

• 7 p.m.: Hardin Planetarium Show: Happy Birthday, Earth. Hardin Planetarium. Contact Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.

Saturday, May 26

• 2018 District 5 4-H Horse Show. L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center. Through May 27. Contact Hardin County Extension Office, (270) 765-4121.
• 6 p.m.: All Starz Dance Spring Recital. Van Meter Hall. Contact Campus and Community Events, (270) 745-2497.

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

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