WKU News

May 25th, 2022

Miriam Dawson and Autumn Eichhorn, students in the Chinese Flagship Program at WKU, have been awarded $25,000 David L. Boren Scholarships to fund intensive language study in the United States and abroad during the 2022-2023 academic year. Heather Keen has

May 23rd, 2022

The WKU Department of Modern Languages recognized outstanding papers from the following students for 2022: Emily Arnold, Lauren Varner, Carli Street, Ashley Austin, Cassandra Davies, Abigail Yarborough, Gwendolyn Lamb, and Miriam Dawson.

May 18th, 2022

Noelle Fleek, Ira Meadows, Morgan Todd, & Vivian Zheng earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2022 application cycle.

May 2nd, 2022

Congratulations to the winners of our Chinese Study Abroad Scholarships. We are so proud of their hard work and accomplishments thus far, and we are excited for the opportunity to help fund their study abroad programs. We know they will learn and grow so

Apr 18th, 2022

On Thursday, April 14, WKU Modern Languages hosted a session with three native Spanish speakers—Florence Laramore, Annette Garcia, and Franklin Serrano—on why heritage speakers and Spanish majors should consider becoming Spanish educators at the K-12

Apr 13th, 2022

Zoe Ward, a WKU senior from Frankfort, Ky., was recently awarded acceptance into the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. The JET program is a competitive employment opportunity that allows young professionals to work as Assistant Language Teachers

Apr 5th, 2022

Gatton Academy Student Recognized As 2021 ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Hayden Flickinger (’22, Marshall County HS) was recently recognized as a 2021 American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR)

Mar 24th, 2022

Arabic majors Kirby Gilstrap and Heather Keen, along with Chinese major Olivia Blackmon, have been selected for Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2022.

Mar 1st, 2022

Modern Languages Alumnus Noah Moore and Modern Languages senior Kerby Gilstrap are among 9 WKU students and recent graduates who have been recognized as 2022-23 Fulbright Semi-Finalists!

Mar 1st, 2022

Gatton Academy students took part in the 40th National Russian Essay Contest (NREC) under the direction of the Professor Ekaterina Myakshina. This program is organized annually by the American Councils of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) and allows students to

Feb 22nd, 2022

Congratulations to 12 Modern Languages students selected this spring as Semi-Finalists for 2022 Critical Language Scholarships! The CLS Program is a part of a U.S. government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign lang

Feb 17th, 2022

Modern Language Professor Sloane (Hsin-Chien) Wang presented at the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA). Wang was one of 23 FLTAs from 51 countries and 169 universities chosen to present this year.

Feb 15th, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Poole for being selected as the Chair of the WKU Department of Modern Languages! Dr. Poole has taught for the WKU Department of English since August 2003. He is a strong advocate for language studies and has served as Interim D

Jan 14th, 2022

Congratulations to Modern Languages alumna Keightley Dudgeon for being named a Rangel Fellow. Read more about Dudgeon and how she's using her degrees in Arabic and TESL to further her academic and career goals!

Dec 2nd, 2021

WKU Modern Languages recently hosted an event for high school students in Kentucky in which they, too, can observe and recognize Hispanic heritage and culture in their own lives, by writing about a person of Hispanic roots who has positively impacted thei

Nov 22nd, 2021

Last weekend, WKU Arabic students Reece Gillespie, Garrett Strickler, Kerby Gilstrap, and Cody Smith, along with Modern Languages Arabic instructor Lhousseine Guerwane, participated in the second annual U.S. Arabic Debate Championship (USADC) at the Unive

Nov 9th, 2021

The WKU Department of Modern Languages gathered last Wednesday in the Honors College and International Center to celebrate the work and recent retirement of Dr. Laura McGee and Dr. Karin Egloff.

Oct 11th, 2021

Lhousseine Guerwane, instructor of Arabic in WKU’s Department of Modern Languages, was recognized as the 2021 Outstanding Arabic Teacher by the Kentucky World Languages Association.

Sep 21st, 2021

This newsletter provides a taste of this year’s departmental achievements. It exemplifies our passion for teaching, research, and service. We are especially proud of our students.