WKU News

Jul 25th, 2017

Veterans Upward Bound at WKU is accepting new students.

Jul 25th, 2017

STUFF THE BUS provides an annual opportunity for community members to fill school buses with donated school supplies, which are distributed to Family Resources Centers at schools throughout Southcentral Kentucky.

Jul 24th, 2017

Get ready for the end of summer WKU PBS Pool Party being held at the Russell Sims Aquatic Park on Sunday, Aug. 6, from noon to 5 p.m.

Jul 21st, 2017

The WKU Alumni Association recently elected 11 new board members for 2017-2018.

Jul 21st, 2017

The WKU Board of Regents will hold its annual retreat and quarterly meeting July 27-28.

Jul 20th, 2017

WKU alumni and friends will celebrate "There’s No Place Like Home" for Homecoming 2017.

Jul 20th, 2017

The Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange (RUX) will gather in Bowling Green July 28-30 for the second 2017 Rural-Urban Exchange Community Intensive.

Jul 19th, 2017

Partnerships and matching resources with community needs were among the focuses Western Kentucky University's new president discussed during his visit at the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce's quarterly breakfast.

Jul 18th, 2017

Becky Ann Baker, a 1975 WKU graduate, is a first-time nominee for a Primetime Emmy Award for her work on the HBO series "Girls."

Jul 18th, 2017

WKU PBS, WKU’s Public Television Service, has been nominated for seven awards in six categories for the 53rd Annual Ohio Valley Emmy Awards. Cheryl Beckley also is being recognized with the Silver Circle Award.

Jul 14th, 2017

Caboni's trip marks first to city in more than 20 years

Jul 14th, 2017

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed George Nichols III of Potomac, Maryland, to the WKU Board of Regents.

Jul 14th, 2017

A special milestone was celebrated Friday morning as Dr. Raymond Cravens, retired WKU administrator and faculty member, was recognized for playing in the annual Faculty-Staff Golf Tournament for 60 consecutive years.

Jul 13th, 2017

Caboni, who started the job two weeks ago, is touring the university’s regional campuses this week and started with Elizabethtown. He met with community members at a reception Wednesday hosted by Hardin County Schools. Before the reception, he sat down w

Jul 11th, 2017

WKU will offer its Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at Fort Knox with the first cohort of students scheduled to begin the Ed.D. program in January 2018.

Jul 10th, 2017

The Regional Chancellor of Western Kentucky University Elizabethtown-Fort Knox (WKU-E), Dr. Evelyn A. Ellis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Royce Young to the position of academic advisor at Fort Knox.

Jul 7th, 2017

The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU hosted 152 campers for its 35th annual Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (SCATS) from June 11 to 23.

Jul 5th, 2017

Bradley Orr of Guston was awarded a scholarship of up to $7,000 to study abroad during the 2017-18 academic year. Rheanna Bostick of Cadiz was selected as an alternate.

Jul 5th, 2017

Two WKU students were recognized by the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia scholarship program.

Jul 5th, 2017