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![2 WKU Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships for Fall 2019](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7812.jpg)
Jul 1st, 2019
Two WKU students were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad programs in fall 2019. They were selected from over 3,000 applications submitted during the fall 2019 and academic year 2019-2020 cycle.
View Article![3 WKU Students Named Goldwater Scholars](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7811.jpg)
Jun 26th, 2019
Three WKU students have been named Goldwater Scholars in the 2019 competition. Megan Dillingham of Bowling Green, Alexander Stewart of Clearfield, and Sydney Wheeler of Scottsville received Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships.
View ArticleJun 25th, 2019
For one week every summer, the Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI) at WKU gathers Advanced Placement (AP) teachers from across the country on WKU’s campus to learn content, strategies, and pedagogy in an environment that fosters professional devel
View Article![36th Year of VAMPY at WKU Hosts 157 Students](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7803.jpg)
Jun 24th, 2019
The Center for Gifted Studies welcomed 157 students to WKU Sunday evening for the Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY), a three-week program that runs from June 23 to July 13. Attendees come from 11 states as well as th
View Article![WKU Regents approve $387.7 million budget](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7801.jpg)
Jun 21st, 2019
The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents approved a $387.7 million budget for 2019-20.
View Article![View from the Hill: Storm Chasers tenth year](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7798.jpg)
Jun 20th, 2019
For the tenth year in a row WKU sent a storm chasing crew to the mid-West to put their forecasting skills to the test. But this trip had a couple of new additions as Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.
View Article![3 WKU Students Recognized by Freeman-ASIA Scholarship](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7757.jpg)
Jun 20th, 2019
Two WKU students have been awarded Freeman-ASIA Scholarships to study in east Asia in summer and fall 2019. A third has been designated an alternate.
View Article![Hardin Planetarium to celebrate 50th anniversary of first Moon landing on July 20](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7794.jpg)
Jun 18th, 2019
A free outdoor festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing will be hosted at WKU’s Hardin Planetarium from 1 to 10 p.m. July 20.
View Article![Regents to hold special budget, committee meetings June 21](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7790.jpg)
Jun 14th, 2019
The WKU Board of Regents will hold a special budget approval meeting and committee meetings on June 21 in the Martin Regents Room, Jody Richards Hall.
View Article![WKU Professor Selected as Expert Reviewer for International Climate Change Assessment Report](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7788.jpg)
Jun 13th, 2019
Dr. Jason Polk, Associate Professor of Geography and Geology and Director of the WKU Center for Human GeoEnvironmental Studies (CHNGES), will serve as an Expert Reviewer for the next global report on the current status of climate change science.
View Article![View from the Hill: Kentucky Archaeological Survey moves to WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7787.jpg)
Jun 13th, 2019
The Kentucky Archaeological Survey has a new home at WKU and will continue serving the whole state as WKU's Amy Bingham explains in this week’s View from the Hill.
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