WKU News

Aug 27th, 2020

The Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex at WKU has received two grant awards from the WHAS Crusade for Children: $21,000 for the Kelly Autism Program Prime Time and $26,000 for the Renshaw Early Childhood Center (RECC) Big Red School.

Aug 27th, 2020

Nearly 50 locations on WKU’s campus have been identified as “Zoom rooms.” This became necessary because so much content is being consumed virtually this semester, as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Aug 27th, 2020

The 33 members of the WKU Forensics Team have returned to campus and are preparing for the unprecedented 2020-21 season.

Aug 24th, 2020

Aug 24th, 2020

Aug 21st, 2020

Aug 20th, 2020

Some big changes are coming to WKU’s Topper Transit system this semester, most notably, students will no longer be able to catch a ride from the bottom of the Hill to the top of the Hill. WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.

Aug 19th, 2020

Dakota Ware, an incoming physical education major from Bowling Green, Kentucky, is looking forward to his first year at Western Kentucky University after his experience with WKU’s Young Male Leadership Academy.

Aug 19th, 2020

Two WKU students have been awarded the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship.

Aug 18th, 2020

Find valuable resources for working and living through COVID-19!

Aug 18th, 2020

As part of his annual Convocation address on Monday, President Timothy C. Caboni announced the recipient of the Spirit of WKU Award, Donald Smith.

Aug 17th, 2020

The Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology is happy to announce the establishment of a new Museum Studies Concentration in the MA Program in Folk Studies, formalizing a longstanding strength of the program in preparing students for museum careers.

Aug 17th, 2020

Aug 17th, 2020

As WKU prepares for a fall semester like no other in its history, there are still milestones to celebrate and goals to attain, President Timothy C. Caboni said during his annual Convocation address.

Aug 14th, 2020

The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University will receive a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the Preservation Assistance Grants program.

Aug 13th, 2020

When students return to WKU’s campus for the fall semester, they need to know what to do if they feel they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. WKU’s Amy Bingham has details on exactly how to navigate WKU Health Services in this week’s View from the Hill.

Aug 13th, 2020

Aug 12th, 2020

Aug 12th, 2020

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded WKU about $3 million over five years for a federal TRiO program that serves low-income, first-generation college students.

Aug 12th, 2020

The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University will receive a $49,970 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the “Inspire! Grants for Small Museums” program.