WKU News

May 24th, 2017

WKU’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting has finished third overall in the 2016-2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Program – the school’s eighth consecutive top five national ranking.

May 23rd, 2017

A group of 48 students recently participated in the 11th WKU LeaderShape Institute.

May 22nd, 2017

Academically talented seventh graders from throughout Kentucky were honored by the Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) May 19 at Western Kentucky University.

May 22nd, 2017

The International Journal of Exercise Science (IJES), published in WKU’s TopSCHOLAR®, is being cited in PubMed, a database of more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.

May 18th, 2017

Follow the WKU Storm Chasers who are participating in an annual meteorology course in the Great Plains and the Bike4Alz riders who will be making a cross country trip this summer.

May 16th, 2017

Nine WKU students and recent alumni have been honored by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students received grant offers and four were selected as alternates.

May 16th, 2017

Nine WKU students and recent alumni have been honored by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

May 15th, 2017

The Office of Scholar Development at WKU has awarded 16 WKU students more than $23,000 in Lifetime Experience Grants during the 2016-17 academic year. The awards are designed to increase competitiveness for national scholarships.

May 15th, 2017

A new grant has enabled a partnership that will spread a powerful message of embracing diversity throughout Kentucky and beyond.

May 15th, 2017

The Office of Scholar Development at WKU has awarded 16 WKU students more than $23,000 in Lifetime Experience Grants during the 2016-17 academic year.

May 15th, 2017

Sometimes college is put on hold when other factors, such as family, come into play. Going to school while raising children can appear to be a challenging, if not impossible, task at times. One recent WKU graduate shares her experience and success.

May 15th, 2017

Eezy and Jeremy Reiss from Twitter’s design team have scheduled a Meetup event on May 25 at Eezy's office in WKU's Small Business Accelerator at the Center for Research and Development.

May 13th, 2017

WKU presented the Ogden Foundation Scholar award and recognized other top students Saturday during undergraduate ceremonies of its 181st Commencement.

May 13th, 2017

On Saturday, May 13, fifty-nine students representing forty counties from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky were recognized during The Gatton Academy’s tenth graduation ceremony in Van Meter Hall.

May 13th, 2017

In his final Commencement as WKU president, Dr. Gary A. Ransdell reflected on his tenure and thanked members of the Class of 2017 and the campus community “for the most amazing 20 years at the most amazing university in America.”

May 12th, 2017

Ellen Linder of Louisville and Brandon Pruitt of Bowling Green are members of the Chinese Flagship Program and will complete their Capstone Year in China. Hannah Chaney of Louisville will study in CET’s Intensive Language Summer Program in Jordan.

May 12th, 2017

WKU began its 181st Commencement on Friday night with the recognition of nearly 700 graduates of The Graduate School.

May 12th, 2017

Three WKU students have received David L. Boren Scholarships sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) to fund study abroad in China and Jordan.

May 12th, 2017

The WKU National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) presented awards and recognized its spring 2017 graduates at a banquet on May 9.

May 11th, 2017

WKU Provost David Lee has announced the appointment of Susann deVries as Dean of University Libraries.