WKU News

Sep 21st, 2018

Welcome to Today@WKU for September 21, 2018 -- Appointments open for annual WKU vs. MTSU Blood Drive; WKU Forensics Team opens season; Volleyball opens conference play tonight; Football at Ball State Saturday; plus news from Alumni, Admissions and more.

Sep 20th, 2018

WKU and Middle Tennessee State University will continue their annual blood drive competition this year to collect donations for the American Red Cross. Donors can schedule appointments now for the Oct. 29-31 blood drive at WKU's Preston Center.

Sep 20th, 2018

Sep 20th, 2018

Welcome to Today@WKU for September 20, 2018 -- Gatton Academy senior honored by Confucius Institute; Dr. Marla Zubel named Robert Penn Warren Fellow; WKU graduate wins 'MasterChef' title; plus news from Photojournalism, Folk Studies, Athletics and more.

Sep 19th, 2018

Samantha Vaughn, a senior at The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science and South Oldham High School, has been named a 2018 People to People Award honoree by the Confucius Institute.

Sep 19th, 2018

Sep 19th, 2018

Dr. Tim Frandy helped to coordinate a Wild Ricing camp on the Lac du Flambeau reservation in northern Wisconsin for NACHP students, staff, and their families to learn about indigenous food ways and the Anishinaabe tradition of wild rice harvesting.

Sep 19th, 2018

Dr. Marla Zubel, assistant professor of English, has been named Fellow of the Robert Penn Warren Center at WKU for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Sep 19th, 2018

Welcome to Today@WKU for September 19, 2018 -- Parent & Family Weekend Sept. 28-29; Majors and Minors & Study Abroad Fair today; Eric D. Yates Memorial Run tonight; plus news from Political Science, Folk Studies, Education, Libraries, Athletics and more.

Sep 18th, 2018

The WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology's latest newsletter is available for download.

Sep 18th, 2018

WKU’s annual Parent & Family Weekend begins on Friday, Sept. 28, and continues with a full day of activities on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Sep 18th, 2018

On Saturday, September 15th, graduate students, faculty, and staff in the WKU Folk Studies Program and Kentucky Folklife Program partnered to produce the Chattin’ on the Porch stage at the Horse Cave Heritage Festival in Horse Cave, Kentucky.

Sep 18th, 2018

Welcome to Today@WKU for September 18, 2018 -- Young Adult Southern Book Con Oct. 19; Panhellenic Council selects scholarship recipients; Kentucky Museum to celebrate Museum Day; WKU Week in Photos; Lady Topper Mary Joiner wins 5th golf title.

Sep 17th, 2018

The Panhellenic Council of WKU has selected the recipients of the 2018-2019 Panhellenic Scholarships.

Sep 17th, 2018

Check out the latest installment of WKU Week in Photos by Clinton Lewis and Bryan Lemon of WKU Public Affairs on WKU's Facebook page.

Sep 17th, 2018

Welcome to Today@WKU for September 17, 2018 -- WKU's Green River Preserve an important research site; WKU to celebrate Homecoming Oct. 25-28; View from the Hill on White Squirrel Weather; plus news from WKU Athletics, Alumni, Admissions and more.

Sep 14th, 2018

Attention U.S. Military Veterans, Guardsmen and Reservists: Veterans Upward Bound at WKU is accepting new students.

Sep 14th, 2018

WKU’s meteorology program is taking its forecasting skills on location and helping with emergency management in the process. WKU's Amy Bingham has more on the White Squirrel Weather mobile classroom in the View from the Hill.

Sep 14th, 2018

Welcome to Today@WKU for September 14, 2018 -- Record number of Gatton Academy students named National Merit Semifinalists; plus news from Communication, Political Science, South Central Kentucky AHEC, Student Financial Assistance, Athletics and more.

Sep 13th, 2018

Twenty-one seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Competition, marking the most students recognized in one school year in the school’s history.