WKU News
WKU News
Displaying Articles for News: All, Category: All Categories
![View from the Hill: Ogden Foundation Scholar](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7704.jpg)
May 9th, 2019
It’s Commencement weekend at WKU with a record number of 2,677 spring graduates. Kyla Scanlon is receiving the top undergraduate academic award as the Ogden Foundation Scholar. WKU’s Amy Bingham talks to her in this week’s View from the Hill.
View Article![WKU Public Broadcasting announces student fellowship recipients](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7703.jpg)
May 9th, 2019
WKU Public Broadcasting has announced the selection of five students to receive the inaugural Brinkley Student Employment Fellowships.
View ArticleMay 8th, 2019
The CEBS International Education Committee has awarded the first Passport to the World Scholarship to Emily Blake Williams, an Elementary Education major from Henderson.
View Article![Ed.D. graduate will continue research as visiting scholar for American Board of Family Medicine](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7691.jpg)
May 7th, 2019
“I've always wanted to go higher academically. The Ed.D. program was a perfect fit,” said Zack Ward of Owensboro, who will graduate Friday with a Doctor of Education degree with an emphasis on Organizational Leadership.
View Article![WKU Board of Regents to meet May 10](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7689.jpg)
May 6th, 2019
The WKU Board of Regents will hold its second quarterly meeting on Friday (May 10) in the Martin Regents Room, Jody Richards Hall. The meeting begins at 9 a.m.
View Article![WKU Sisterhood sponsors event to kick off 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment celebration](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7686.jpg)
May 6th, 2019
Made possible by a 2018 grant from the WKU Sisterhood, Elaine Weiss, author of “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote,” visited WKU April 29-30 to kick off a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
View ArticleMay 6th, 2019
WKU Global Learning & International Affairs congratulates more than 500 graduating global citizens in the spring Class of 2019.
View Article![6 WKU students recognized in 2019-20 Fulbright competition](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7675.jpg)
May 6th, 2019
Five WKU students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Grants for the 2019-20 academic year and one has been designated as an alternate.
View Article![Ogden Foundation Scholar thankful for WKU experience](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7682.jpg)
May 3rd, 2019
Senior Kyla Scanlon of Louisville, a triple major in Financial Management, Economics and Business Data Analytics, will be recognized as the Ogden Foundation Scholar at WKU’s 185th Commencement on May 10.
View Article![View from the Hill: WKU Film Festival](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7676.jpg)
May 3rd, 2019
It’s been a busy semester of filmmaking for some WKU students who will premiere their finished products this weekend. WKU's Amy Bingham explains how one of these films is making history in this week’s View from the Hill.
View Article![Experiment Designed at WKU Traveled to Space Aboard Blue Origin New Shepard Rocket](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7673.jpg)
May 2nd, 2019
An experiment designed with the National STEM Scholars was carried in a NanoLab onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket during a launch past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space.
View Article![WKU Greek Week philanthropic events impact community & region](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7672.jpg)
May 2nd, 2019
Two WKU Greek Week philanthropic competitions, the Greek Week Blood Drive and CanStruction Food Competition, made major impacts in the Bowling Green community and southern Kentucky region.
View Article![Annual Chapter Achievement, Greek Week awards presented](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7671.jpg)
May 2nd, 2019
WKU’s Greek community hosted its annual awards convocation on April 28 at Diddle Arena.
View Article![Folk Studies Faculty Member Publishes Researched Translation](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7666.jpg)
May 2nd, 2019
Dr. Tim Frandy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, has completed a new researched translation project of Sámi oral tradition, "Inari Sámi Folklore: Stories from Aanaar" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019).
View Article![5 WKU students awarded Boren Scholarships](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7674.jpg)
May 1st, 2019
Five WKU students have earned Boren Scholarships of up to $20,000 to fund up to a year of critical language-focused study abroad.
View Article![Kentucky Museum to Host Bosnian-American Heritage Celebration](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7665.jpg)
May 1st, 2019
Join the Kentucky Folklife Program and Kentucky Museum for food, music, stories, and more in honor of "A Culture Carried" exhibition before it closes! This event (free and open to the public), is on Friday, May 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm, at 1444 Kentucky Street.
View ArticleSome of the links on this page may require additional software to view.