WKU News

Nov 14th, 2024

Professor Özkan Özer, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Western Kentucky University (WKU), will represent his team of mathematics scholars, WKU, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a Fulbright U.S. Research Scholar in northern France starting this

Jun 12th, 2024

Dr. Özkan Özer, an Associate Professor in WKU's Department of Mathematics, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Research Scholar award to represent Western Kentucky University in France beginning this fall.

Apr 29th, 2024

The annual Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KABHE) conference held its awards banquet on Monday, April 22, 2024. WKU Faculty and Student win awards.

Apr 22nd, 2024

Dr. Nick Fortune (Associate Professor of Mathematics) and two colleagues recently had a National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grant funded.

Mar 4th, 2024

In their monthly newsletter, American Mathematical Society (AMS) highlights one or two AMS Student Organizations. This month they have spotlighted WKU's Chapter! Click here for more.

Jan 11th, 2024

Sep 11th, 2023

Math Professor Publishes Book on Ordinary Differential Equations

Jun 12th, 2023

Student Researchers Wanted! RCAP Title: Investigation of serially connected systems Awarded amount: $15,851 (July 2023 - September 2024)

May 2nd, 2023

After more than 32 years of tremendous service to the WKU community and her invaluable presence in the Department of Mathematics, we are wishing Lynne Swetmon a very happy retirement! We will miss you!

Feb 21st, 2023

WKU has been ranked as one of the nation’s best colleges for online master’s programs in Mathematics. Just six percent of regionally accredited postsecondary institutions earned a ranking position.

Feb 2nd, 2023

Congratulations to Lynne Swetmon for being a Christopher Ware Staff Star Award recipient for February! We thank you for all you do for WKU!

Jan 17th, 2023

Jacob Walterman presented at the AMS - PME Undergraduate Student Poster Sessions of the largest mathematics gathering in the world, Joint Mathematics Meeting (JMM), whose main organizer is the American Mathematical Society

Dec 13th, 2022

Jacob Walterman, Mathematics, has received a $4,000 FUSE grant, “The Transmission Problem of Piezoelectric Layers”, under supervision of Dr. Özer

Nov 22nd, 2022

Minding My Math Business (MMMB) received a Small but Mighty grant from the WKU Sisterhood. MMMB is facilitated by WKU Mathematics faculty Robin Ayers, Dr. Kanita DuCloux, and Michelle Jones, as well as Dr. LaCretia Dye and Aurelia Spaulding

Sep 25th, 2022

Veronica Pierre (mathematics and psychological sciences) is one of two students who have been awarded the Connie Foster Student Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year.

Aug 29th, 2022

Mathematics Associate Professor, Dr. Özer, funded by the KY NSF EPSCoR under the URE program

May 4th, 2022

Gatton Academy student receives Gates Scholarship

Apr 26th, 2022

Ahmet Kaan Aydin, an Applied Mathematics graduate student from Istanbul, Turkey, is the 2021-22 recipient of WKU’s John D. Minton Graduate Student Award.

Apr 14th, 2022

Dr. Kanita DuCloux named the new Chair of the Department of Mathematics.

Mar 7th, 2022

Congratulations to the best three presentations from the SIAM Student Chapter Sponsored Session on Applied Mathematics and Computer Programming!