WKU News

Aug 19th, 2024

Maria Julian (WKU '24) earned a $25,000 Boren Scholarship for her capstone in Southeast Asia. Despite no prior Chinese language experience, she thrived in WKU's Chinese Flagship Program, crediting faculty support and immersive experiences for her success.

Jun 3rd, 2024

Manzar Rzayeva, a two-time WKU graduate, shares her Hilltopper experience, including not being selected as a Fulbright scholar twice, her resilience and passion for education drive her pursuit of becoming a doctor and achieving her dreams.

May 20th, 2024

Samuel Gorecki, a Western Kentucky University alumnus from Chicago, is set for his capstone year in Southeast Asia via the Chinese Flagship Program, supported by the Boren Scholarship.

May 13th, 2024

Jenna Smith, WKU alumna, transitioned from healthcare to sustainable agriculture, founding a thriving small business. Her journey highlights the transformative power of education, mentorship, and community support.

Mar 25th, 2024

Brittany Moster Bergonzi, PhD, shares her transformative journey from Kentucky to the United Kingdom, sparked by a fateful encounter with a brochure from Harlaxton College. Her story reflects the power of curiosity, resilience, and seizing opportunities.

Nov 22nd, 2023

Michaela Snyder (MHC `23) explains what inspired her CE/T and how it helped shape her college career!

Nov 15th, 2023

MHC Alumni Nicolas Barth (MHC` 22) speaks on how his time studying abroad at Western helped to shape his career and changed his perspective by growing his experiences and exposing him to culture around the globe!

Oct 18th, 2023

Former MHC Scholar Morgan Flanagan shares how her transfer into the honors college was able to shape her college career and achieve her goals!

Jun 28th, 2023

Jessica Williams (MHC `21) outlines how her Honors Self Designed Studies helped her excel in her studies by tailoring her major to her career interest!

Nov 23rd, 2022

Brice Harney (MHC ‘15) details his magical rise to fame as his skills allowed him to accomplish his wildest dreams!

Nov 16th, 2022

Nate Hovee (MHC’ 13) details his incredible study abroad experiences that helped to shape his future career and turn him into a YouTube star!

Oct 14th, 2022

Our MHC Branding Team sat down with Dr. Rodney King and 2022 alumna Gillie Brown to talk about what MHC Scholars can do outside of the classroom via research.

Oct 7th, 2022

George Carpenter (MHC `14) goes into detail over his CE/T he completed during his time at the MHC

Apr 25th, 2022

The Mahurin Honors College (MHC) seeks to develop scholars into masters of their passions- whatever those may be. For scholars like Elaine Flynn (MHC ‘13), her passion could only be found in a geology research lab.

Apr 22nd, 2022

A key pillar of the Mahurin Honors College (MHC) is training scholars for success within their unique and diverse passions. In some cases, this allows scholars like Jayme Hardy (MHC ‘14) to trailblaze brand new opportunities and forge novel career path

Mar 21st, 2022

Giving back and serving your community is a core principle of The Mahurin Honors College (MHC). For some, this takes place many miles away, and for others, they choose to serve near Bowling Green. In Dr. Spencer Wright’s case, he decided to do both.

Feb 25th, 2022

As the saying goes: ”home is where the heart is,” and many Mahurin Honors College (MHC) scholars such as Ameerah Palacios (MHC ‘05) have set their heart atop the great hill of WKU.

Feb 17th, 2022

The Mahurin Honors College (MHC) strives to provide the greatest opportunities and resources for all of our scholars. While most enter the MHC following their senior year of high school, that was not the case for Obadiah Kirk (MHC ‘20)

Feb 8th, 2022

Our Mahurin Honors College (MHC) Scholars come from a vast array of backgrounds and each one has a beautiful, unique story to tell. For Ena Viteskic Demir (MHC ‘09), her story began over 5,000 miles away in her native homeland of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jan 25th, 2022

While Mahurin Honors College (MHC) scholars study a broad scope of subjects, some such as Chad Coomer (MHC ‘14) have found their home in the STEM field.