WKU News

Sep 10th, 2020

Twenty-two seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Competition.

Sep 9th, 2020

The WKU English Department held a socially distanced meet-and-greet under the Potter College of Arts & Letters tent following the fourth annual English Majors Convocation, hosted via Zoom by the WKU Department of English.

Sep 9th, 2020

On Friday, September 4, the WKU Department of English welcomed new and returning students. Faculty and students provided information about department clubs and opportunities.

Sep 8th, 2020

Zane Meyer-Thornton, a junior photojournalism student from Los Angeles, California, received a $10,000 scholarship from the Facebook Journalism Project and the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) for the 2020-21 academic year.

Sep 8th, 2020

The Office of Global Learning & International Affairs (GLIA) at WKU will host the 2020 Virtual Study Abroad Fair during the week of September 14-18.

Sep 8th, 2020

The Kentucky Mesonet at WKU will play a key role in a $5 million National Science Foundation project aimed at making further advances in near-term forecasts that can be critical in active and severe weather situations.

Sep 7th, 2020

Sep 7th, 2020

Prufrock Press has released an updated edition of Teacher’s Survival Guide: Gifted Education (2nd ed.): A First-Year Teacher’s Introduction to Gifted Learners. This updated edition offers field-tested, proven strategies to beginning and early career educ

Sep 4th, 2020

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Jan Michele West and Wilton Currie Milliken to the WKU Board of Regents.

Sep 4th, 2020

WKU faculty members Moon-Soo Kim and Jason Crandall are participating in statewide programs for entrepreneurs and innovators.

Sep 3rd, 2020

It’s been six months since the global COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation. But WKU’s Counseling Center hasn’t skipped a beat, as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Sep 3rd, 2020

The WKU Department of English welcomes its sixth class of students in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program this fall.

Sep 2nd, 2020

Sep 2nd, 2020

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard has announced that the 2020 Frankel Fiduciary Prize honoree is Dr. Ron A. Rhoades, Associate Professor of Finance and the Director of the Personal Financial Planning Program at WKU.

Sep 2nd, 2020

The WKU Army ROTC program will host the Virtual Eric D. Yates Memorial Run on Sept. 24.

Sep 1st, 2020

WKU senior Maddie Alexander is no stranger to hard work and worthwhile goals. Currently, the Psychology and Criminology double major is in the process of establishing not one, but two careers.

Aug 31st, 2020

Aug 28th, 2020

Aug 28th, 2020

Beginning with the spring 2021 semester, WKU will no longer require standardized test scores, such as the ACT or SAT, for most applicants for admission.

Aug 27th, 2020

On August 27, 2020 the Office of Head Start (OHS) announced in the Federal Register a final rule updating the Designation Renewal System (DRS). This final rule includes revisions to three of the seven conditions of the DRS.