WKU News

Sep 29th, 2023

The Kentucky Museum is thrilled to announce the return of Hammer-In, an outdoor festival celebrating metal working traditions of Kentucky. Sponsored by Logan Aluminum, this year’s event will be held on October 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sep 27th, 2023

The Governor Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame is set to welcome four new members into its ranks.

Sep 27th, 2023

The Kentucky Folklife Program in partnership with the WKU Folk Studies & Anthropology Department, will host the folk artist Willie Rascoe, Kentucky Woodcarver crafting artwork that weaves spirt and heart together into one.

Sep 25th, 2023

Sep 20th, 2023

Growing up with a unique connection to international affairs through his mother's stories as a child of a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Shane Stryker’s intrigue for all things global was sparked at an early age.

Sep 20th, 2023

With the 2023-24 academic year under way, Bruce Weisman and Katelyn Durham want to raise awareness of the Internal Audit office and change perceptions among the campus community.

Sep 19th, 2023

The WKU Institute for Rural Health (IRH) is excited to announce a collaboration with CASHA on a new Bingocize® workshop focusing on exercise, COVID-19, Influenza, Shingles, and Pneumonia education and wellness promotion.

Sep 18th, 2023

The WKU Big Red Marching Band has received an invitation to perform in the 2025 London New Year’s Day Parade (LNYDP).

Sep 18th, 2023

In the old Bowling Green mall, which once connected to a call center and a Big Lots, nearly 50 businesses engage with each other and the community. The renovated mall is the home of the WKU Innovation Campus, an economic and workforce development oper

Sep 18th, 2023

Beginning 9/18

Sep 18th, 2023

September 18, 2023 (Bowling Green, KY) – Academically talented students were honored at the inaugural Talent Identification Program of Kentucky (TIP-KYSM) Recognition Ceremony on September 15, 2023, at Van Meter Auditorium at Western Kentucky Universit

Sep 15th, 2023

The WKU English Department held its 7th annual English Convocation on Friday, September 8, in Cherry Hall. The event brought together English faculty, students, and alums for an opportunity to learn more about each other and the department.

Sep 15th, 2023

WKU Student Publications has collected five finalist honors in the 2023 competition for the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards, the nation’s highest honor for student-run media outlets.

Sep 14th, 2023

Close to 400 fourth-graders from Warren County will participate in the 27th annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Days® program on Sept. 28th at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.

Sep 14th, 2023

Sep 13th, 2023

Seventeen seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Since 2007, a total of 255 students have been named National Merit Semifinalists.

Sep 13th, 2023

The annual 100 Miles of Hope Blood Drive against MTSU returns Monday, Sept. 25, through Wednesday, Sept. 27, leading up to WKU Football's home game against Middle Tennessee.

Sep 12th, 2023

Sep 12th, 2023

Nominations for WKU full-time and part-time faculty members are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 college and university-wide Faculty Awards. Nomination deadline is October 4, 2023.

Sep 12th, 2023