WKU News

Sep 26th, 2017

While watching archived videos of bats at Coronado National Memorial, Arizona BatWatch participants made an exciting and unexpected discovery of a long-tailed weasel.

Sep 26th, 2017

With a parade, reunions, pep rallies, award presentations, hall of fame inductions, a football game and more, WKU alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends will find "There’s No Place Like Home" during Homecoming 2017.

Sep 25th, 2017

The WKU Forensics Team kicked off its competitive season by hosting the Fall Forensic Tournament on WKU’s campus the weekend of Sept. 22-24.

Sep 23rd, 2017

Western Kentucky University President Timothy C. Caboni was honored during a welcome reception at WKU-Glasgow Wednesday afternoon.

Sep 22nd, 2017

For the first time, WKU Student Publications has four finalists for national Pacemaker awards -- one in each category in which the Associated Collegiate Press honors the nation's best student-run publications.

Sep 22nd, 2017

WKU has received an estate gift of more than $2.5 million from the late Beulah R. Winchel.

Sep 21st, 2017

The Hands-Only CPR Mobile Tour will make a stop at WKU on Sept. 25 for interactive training sessions.

Sep 21st, 2017

The WKU Police Department will be sporting a new look on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 23).

Sep 21st, 2017

The School of Journalism & Broadcasting at Western Kentucky University will welcome Afghan journalist Lotfullah Najafizada to campus in late September as the recipient of the second annual Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting.

Sep 20th, 2017

Sep 20th, 2017

The WKU chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority will have plenty to celebrate Sept. 23 as it formally receives Kappa Delta’s highest honor for a collegiate chapter. The award presentation will begin at 11 a.m. at the chapter house, 1600 Chestnut St.

Sep 19th, 2017

From the time he left his hometown of Arequipa, Peru, WKU Management and Economics senior Flavio Chavarri set out to make the most of receiving an education abroad.

Sep 19th, 2017

Five Key Changes in the FY 18 Aligned Monitoring System (AMS) 2.0

Sep 19th, 2017

The Kentucky Museum will host its second Hammer-In on Oct. 7. The free community event celebrates the metalworkers' trade.

Sep 19th, 2017

WKU students visited the Tetouan City Council in July to learn about local government on a study abroad trip to Morocco lead by Dr. Soleiman Kiasatpour, associate professor of political science, and Rachid Abouabdellah, a former Arabic Fulbrighter at WKU.

Sep 18th, 2017

The WKU Board of Regents will hold committee meetings on Friday (Sept. 22), beginning at 8 a.m. CDT.

Sep 15th, 2017

The WKU chapter of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars recently earned the Gold Star Status Award and the Integrity Award. Dr. Leslie North was honored as Regional Faculty Advisor of the Year.

Sep 15th, 2017

More than 600 fourth-graders from Warren, Allen and Edmonson counties will participate in the 22nd annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Days® program on Sept. 28 at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.

Sep 15th, 2017

Kentucky’s Secretary of State, Allison Lundergan Grimes, visited WKU on September 13th, 2017.

Sep 14th, 2017

The PEA POD is the centerpiece of a new research collaboration between WKU and The Medical Center to improve the long-term health of moms and babies in southcentral Kentucky.