WKU News

Apr 1st, 2024

Western Kentucky University invites high school sophomores and juniors to apply for the 2024 First-Gen High School Summer Camp from June 2-5 on WKU’s main campus in Bowling Green.

Mar 29th, 2024

“I have wanted to be a reporter since I was in third grade,” said Schanie, a Broadcasting major with minors in Marketing and Political Science.

Mar 29th, 2024

Western Kentucky University announced that Jana Michalik, a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky, has been named as the inaugural WKU Innovation Campus Scholar.

Mar 29th, 2024

Western Kentucky University’s 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase will be held Saturday, April 6, at Downing Student Union.

Mar 28th, 2024

Mar 28th, 2024

April is Sexual Assault Prevention Month, and the WKU campus community will kick off activities on Monday, April 1.

Mar 27th, 2024

The Kentucky Museum has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the highly-anticipated music exhibit, Sonic Landscape, with all gifts granting access to a VIP behind-the-scenes experience.

Mar 26th, 2024

Emma Hyman, a junior at The Gatton Academy and DuPont Manual High School, was selected to be a member of this year's cohort at the Research Science Institute, a six-week program sponsored by MIT and The Center for Excellence in Education.

Mar 26th, 2024

Mar 26th, 2024

Mar 26th, 2024

The main academic focus of SCAFS will be on societal, cultural, and justice studies, with a heavy emphasis on community engagement and service.

Mar 25th, 2024

Mar 25th, 2024

WKU Forensics took first in open and combined sweepstakes at the College LD Grand Prix March 16-17, hosted on campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The team also won sweepstakes at the Asynchronous Speech Championship hosted online March 19-24.

Mar 25th, 2024

Two WKU students have been offered 2024 Critical Language Scholarships, and two have been designated alternates. CLS is an intensive overseas language and cultural program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Mar 25th, 2024

Brittany Moster Bergonzi, PhD, shares her transformative journey from Kentucky to the United Kingdom, sparked by a fateful encounter with a brochure from Harlaxton College. Her story reflects the power of curiosity, resilience, and seizing opportunities.

Mar 25th, 2024

SunSketcher, a smartphone app developed by WKU faculty and students as part of a NASA-funded citizen science project to capture images of the total solar eclipse on April 8, is available in the App Store for iOS devices and on Google Play for Android.

Mar 18th, 2024

City donates historic Shake Rag artifacts to WKU Special Collections Library

Mar 18th, 2024

Mar 18th, 2024

The 2nd Annual WKU Teacher Apprenticeship Summit, themed "Grow Your Own: Apprenticeships and Innovation in Educator/Administrator Recruitment," is set to take place on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Central Time.

Mar 18th, 2024

The Mystic Arts Association has extended its deadline for artists to submit their works to "Tales of Old," an exhibition on mythology and folklore to be hosted at the Kentucky Museum. Entries are due April 5.