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Mar 15th, 2021
Commencement provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the hard work and persistence of our students and to celebrate our university’s core mission of transforming lives through the WKU Experience.
View ArticleMar 15th, 2021
On Thursday, March 11, students met via Zoom for the third English Salon hosted by the WKU Department of English. English Salon events allow students to discuss books, movies, TV shows, songs, paintings, video games, or any other media forms.
View Article![WKU Forensics Team wins 2021 NFA-LD Grand Prix](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9514.jpg)
Mar 15th, 2021
The WKU Forensics Team captured first place in team sweepstakes at the NFA-LD Grand Prix hosted virtually by The Spicer Debate Forum of Missouri State University on March 13-14.
View Article![WKU wins Hearst photojournalism title for 5th straight year](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9513.jpg)
Mar 12th, 2021
WKU’s School of Media has won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition for the fifth straight year and the 27th time in the past 32 years.
View Article![View from the Hill: Gatton Academy senior finalist in national competition](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9511.jpg)
Mar 11th, 2021
A senior at The Gatton Academy is making history this week by being one of 40 finalists in the nation’s most prestigious science and math competition. WKU’s Amy Bingham talks to him in this week’s View from the Hill.
View Article![WKU Org Lead student serves as Space Force Guardian](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9510.jpg)
Mar 10th, 2021
Leadership opportunities are a natural part of the military’s rank system, but Materkowski found that the skills she learned during her time in Space Force are better applied once she pursued a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from WKU.
View ArticleMar 8th, 2021
Catie Duchette, a graduate assistant in the Kinesiology program, is the winner of the inaugural WKU 3MT Competition.
View ArticleMar 8th, 2021
Matt Parker, known as the Stand-up Mathematician, will present the WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ spring 2021 Bell Lecture Series on Thursday (March 11).
View Article![WKU Organizational Leadership ranked as best online degree](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9501.jpg)
Mar 8th, 2021
Learn.Org has recognized WKU’s Bachelor of Organizational Leadership as a top online degree.
View ArticleMar 8th, 2021
Press Release: On March 15th at 5:30pm, the Potter College Alumni Speaker Series will host alumnus Matt Love for a virtual keynote talk titled “Curiosity, Empathy, and Design.”
View ArticleMar 5th, 2021
The Kentucky Building will be renamed the Charles Hardcastle Kentucky Building in honor of a $1.5 million gift made by the namesake and his wife.
View Article![WKU Regents approve changes to President Caboni's contract](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9498.jpg)
Mar 5th, 2021
The WKU Board of Regents approved an addendum to President Timothy C. Caboni’s employment contract that includes retention and performance-based bonuses, a deferred compensation plan, separation payments and an increase to his base salary.
View Article![State Climate Office for Kentucky provides overview of recent weather, climate conditions](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9497.jpg)
Mar 5th, 2021
On Thursday (March 4), the State Climate Office for Kentucky, a division of the Kentucky Climate Center at WKU, hosted its Kentucky Monthly Climate Perspective on Drought and Hydrologic Conditions webinar.
View ArticleMar 5th, 2021
Two WKU photojournalism students finished in the top five of the second multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
View ArticleMar 5th, 2021
WKU photojournalism student Sam Mallon was named Student Photographer of the Year in Kentucky News Photographers Association’s 2021 contest.
View ArticleMar 4th, 2021
Western Kentucky University’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences is leading the way as institutions across the state celebrate the cutting edge diversity, equity, and inclusion plan released today by Kentucky Gov., Andy Beshear.
View Article![Global Learning Forum adds 'Around the World in Quarantine Days' podcast](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9492.jpg)
Mar 4th, 2021
Global Learning & International Affairs (GLIA) is excited to share a recent addition to the Global Learning Forum: Around the World in Quarantine Days podcast series.
View Article![WKU Features Graduate Student Ellie Dassler for Capstone Project](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9491.jpg)
Mar 4th, 2021
Folk Studies graduate student Ellie Dassler was recently featured in the WKU News for her research associated with the capstone project she is completing as part of her program.
View Article![View from the Hill: Child welfare center launches research initiative](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9489.jpg)
Mar 4th, 2021
WKU, home to Kentucky’s first child welfare center, is launching an initiative to study the health consequences of frontline child welfare workers. WKU’s Amy Bingham has details in this week’s View from the Hill.
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