WKU News

Feb 23rd, 2024

On Monday, February 26th, at 5:30 pm the Kentucky Folklife Program (KFP), in the WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, will host an online premiere of the Spring 2024 issue of its digital magazine, Kentucky Folklife. This eighth issue highligh

Feb 23rd, 2024

The MHC hosts the spring 2024 session of the Kentucky Honors Roundtable - a rotational conference for honors students of the Commonwealth to showcase their scholarly endeavors.

Feb 22nd, 2024

WKU Visual Journalism and Photography student Brett Phelps, a junior from Bardstown, has earned national recognition from the White House News Photographers Association®.

Feb 22nd, 2024

WKU’s sustainability efforts continue to earn international recognition in the University of Indonesia GreenMetric World University Rankings.

Feb 21st, 2024

Feb 21st, 2024

Julius Ayin, a senior studying anthropology and folklore, will present “To Leave the Dead in the House: Deathways, Community, and Change in Yap Island” as part of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology’s monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series.

Feb 21st, 2024

The Kentucky Museum is proud to present this year's Kentucky Art Education Association's Elementary and Middle School All State Art Show, a statewide competition for K-8 students.

Feb 20th, 2024

Future Educators for Inclusion (FEFI) is an online exchange program designed for college students in teacher training programs in the US and Morocco

Feb 19th, 2024

Feb 16th, 2024

The WKU Glasgow Campus will host a new museum exhibit about farming. The Farmer Cultural Awareness Project, will be in the main lobby from March 5 to March 18. Twenty-seven farmers from a 10-county BRADD region of south central Kentucky were interviewed.

Feb 16th, 2024

In what has become a familiar trend in recent years, Western Kentucky University students again returned to campus for the spring semester at record rates, President Timothy C. Caboni announced this week.

Feb 15th, 2024

WKU College of Health and Human Services IDFM 432 Fashion Merchandising class will host a fashion show on Monday, February 26th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the DSU Auditorium.

Feb 15th, 2024

Daniel Keller is a new Assistant Professor here at WKU and is originally from Sierra Vista, Arizona. Dr. Keller will mainly teach Grammar, English Language, Language Acquisition, and TESOL-related subjects. However, English is not his only passion.

Feb 15th, 2024

Dr. Kishonna Gray will present "Augmenting Reality: Black Praxis in Digital Gaming" on March 1 as part of the annual Gail Martin Lecture Series.

Feb 15th, 2024

Grant Oller of Owensboro was crowned Western Kentucky University’s 2024 Coming Home King on Thursday night.

Feb 14th, 2024

The WKU Panhellenic, National Pan-Hellenic, and IFC Councils were recognized at the Southeastern Greek Leadership Association (SGLA) Conference Feb. 8-11 in Atlanta.

Feb 13th, 2024

Associate professor Jean-Luc Houle was awarded a grant from the Rust Family Foundation to support his ongoing archaeology research in Mongolia.

Feb 13th, 2024

Dr. Matthew McCurry, Director of Athletic Bands and Associate Director of Bands in the Department of Music at WKU, won the 2024 College/University Teacher of the Year Award from the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA).

Feb 13th, 2024

Feb 12th, 2024

WKU’s Center for Financial Success and Abound Credit Union Fuel Financial Education