WKU News

Apr 24th, 2024

Vivian Rivera (‘24 Biology), Isabel Pergande (‘22 Political Science and History), and Jack Galloway (‘24 Business Data Analytics and Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies) have been named alternates in the Fulbright US Student Progr

Apr 23rd, 2024

Vivian Rivera is WKU's latest to earn the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 and a $16,000 cost-of-education allowance is awarded to their graduate institution.

Apr 5th, 2024

Ashton Lyvers, a graduating senior in Psychological Science and Criminology, has been awarded a Fulbright US Student grant to conduct research on gender expression and respect with the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at KU Leuven in Belgium.

Apr 1st, 2024

Tani Washington, a 2024 graduate in History and International Affairs, has been awarded a Gaither Junior Fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is the first ever Gaither Junior Fellow to be selected from WKU and among a class of

Feb 8th, 2024

Nine WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Mar 23rd, 2023

Hannah Banks ('20) has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Program grant to fund a master's degree in Global Health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Mar 14th, 2023

WKU senior Molly Parker Robinson of Benton will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in the France and the United Kingdom after graduating.

Feb 23rd, 2023

Eight WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Aug 4th, 2022

One hundred thirteen Hilltoppers submitted 139 applications for the nation’s most prestigious scholarship competitions during 2021-22, earning recognition 58 times with a total value of more than $383,175.

May 9th, 2022

Two WKU alumni have received highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.

Feb 28th, 2022

Nine WKU students and recent graduates have been recognized as Semi-Finalists in the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Aug 12th, 2021

WKU students and recent graduates earned recognition 63 times, totaling more than $653,627 in funding for graduate school, language study, public service, and study abroad.

May 3rd, 2021

WKU students Ariana Pedigo and Reuben Tang have been awarded Fulbright US Student Grants for the 2021-22 academic year. Pedigo will conduct archaeological research in Mongolia and Tang will teach English in Taiwan.

Apr 26th, 2021

WKU student Isabel Eliassen will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to complete the International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IMAS) at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Apr 13th, 2021

WKU student Allyson Copeland and alumnus Shashaank Narayanan have been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides a $34,000 stipend and a $12,000 cost of education allowance annually for three years of study.

Jun 5th, 2020

Two WKU students have been named Finalists for Fulbright US Student Grants for the 2020-21 academic year by the US Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. An additional three have been designated alternates.

May 6th, 2019

Five WKU students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Grants for the 2019-20 academic year and one has been designated as an alternate.

May 9th, 2018

WKU students Sarah Angelle, Sarah Linder, Logan Mitchell, Lily Nellans, Maggie Sullivan and Elizabeth Upshur will use Fulbright U.S. student grants for a year of English teaching, graduate study or research abroad after graduation.

Feb 19th, 2018

Five WKU students received Fulbright awards for academic year 2017-18, placing WKU in a tie for fourth place among master’s institutions nationally. WKU is the only Kentucky institution to make the list, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

May 16th, 2017

Nine WKU students and recent alumni have been honored by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students received grant offers and four were selected as alternates.