WKU News

May 11th, 2017

Graduates of three doctoral programs will be recognized Friday night (May 12) during WKU’s 181st Commencement.

May 11th, 2017

WKU’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting has won the Hearst Journalism Award Program’s Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition for the sixth consecutive year; two students named finalists for national photojournalism championship.

May 11th, 2017

Jessica Canada Wellman was honored last May as WKU’s Ogden Foundation Scholar, the top undergraduate academic award. On Friday night, she will receive the John D. Minton Award, The Graduate School’s top award.

May 11th, 2017

The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partnership announced Chris Offutt as the winner of this year’s Kentucky Literary Award (KYLA) for his book "My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir."

May 11th, 2017

WKU junior Charlotte Briggs of Lexington has been selected as the recipient of the WKU Library Student Assistant Scholarship for fall 2017.

May 10th, 2017

Kendrick Bryan, a WKU alumnus from Elizabethtown, was selected as a 2017 James Madison Fellow. Shelley Spalding, a WKU alumna and graduate student from Lebanon, was selected as an alternate.

May 10th, 2017

Two WKU graduates were recognized by the James Madison Fellowship Foundation.

May 10th, 2017

WKU students Dylan Duckworth of Antioch, Illinois, and Madelynn Williams of Bowling Green were recognized for receiving the Undergraduate Library Research Award for University Experience (UE) classes.

May 9th, 2017

Teams earn distinctions for senior capstone projects from PRSA Nashville

May 9th, 2017

Members of WKU’s Society for Lifelong Learning shared their classroom with a younger generation this semester and enjoyed engaging discussions and new perspectives as a result.

May 8th, 2017

Sierra Bailey of Lexington, Austin Barnes of Hodgenville, Kate Hart of Princeton, Jade Haywood of Charlotte, North Carolina, Monica Wallace of Princeton, and Gracen Williams of Bowling Green were awarded for up to $5,000 for summer study abroad.

May 8th, 2017

Dr. Lynette Breedlove, Director of The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, has been elected President-Elect of The Association for the Gifted (TAG), a division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).

May 8th, 2017

Eight WKU students were recognized by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. Six students will receive scholarships of up to $5,000 for summer study abroad programs while two others were named alternates.

May 8th, 2017

The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU has been named to The Washington Post’s list of top-performing schools with elite students for the ninth consecutive year.

May 5th, 2017

The Confucius Institute at WKU held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Model Confucius Institute Building on May 5.

May 5th, 2017

WKU recognized five faculty members for outstanding contributions in the areas of Teaching, Research and Creativity, Public Service, Student Advisement and Teaching by Part-Time Faculty.

May 4th, 2017

Twenty-one KIIS students, including eight from WKU, received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad on Summer 2017 KIIS programs.

May 4th, 2017

WKU dedicated Jody Richards Hall on May 4.

May 3rd, 2017

Six students at The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU have received nationally-competitive scholarships for immersive, critical language study this summer. They will travel to China, Estonia and Morocco.

May 3rd, 2017

Hayden Grace of Hopkinsville and Madeline Marita of Florence are the fifth and sixth WKU students to be selected for the prestigious nationally-competitive program since 2012.