WKU News

Mar 20th, 2023

Mar 20th, 2023

Three faculty members from the WKU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) were selected to attend the Research Capacity Building Workshop of the University of Cincinnati, Education and Research Center (UC ERC).

Mar 20th, 2023

The Kentucky Museum will host Herstory@WKU Saturday, March 25 from 12PM-4PM. Free activities for girls in grades 1-8 will be provided by over 30 WKU departments.

Mar 18th, 2023

WKU Folk Studies will wrap up the 50 Years of Folklore Graduate Studies at WKU speaker series with a talk by alumnus Dr. Peggy Bulger on Thursday, March 23rd at 5:30 at the Kentucky Museum entitled “Public Folklore in the USA: Born of Activism."

Mar 16th, 2023

Lost River Sessions, currently in production of its fifth season, continues to expand in popularity. In this week’s View from the Hill, WKU’s Amy Bingham looks at how the live concert series has both artists and fans clamoring for more.

Mar 14th, 2023

WKU senior Molly Parker Robinson of Benton will use a $50,000 Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in the France and the United Kingdom after graduating.

Mar 14th, 2023

A Western Kentucky University photojournalism student has won the second multimedia competition of the 2022-2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Mar 10th, 2023

The Awards and Scholarship Committee of the American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) has selected WKU’s Special Education Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs for an Exemplary Program Award.

Mar 10th, 2023

WKU College of Health and Human Services faculty members Dr. Rachel Tinius, Dr. Maire Blankenship, and Dr. Heather Payne-Emerson are collaborating on a recently funded project through the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence.

Mar 10th, 2023

WKU has been named a Gold Military Friendly® School by Victory Media for the second year in a row.

Mar 10th, 2023

Dr. Sarah Hitchings, principal of Waggener High School (WHS), noticed that some students, including the best and brightest, weren’t seeing college as a possibility after high school. A solution was needed.

Mar 9th, 2023

The demands on student-athletes often means they have little time for jobs, internships and other development opportunities to prepare them for life after sports.

Mar 9th, 2023

The 2023 Multicultural Retreat, sponsored by the WKU Student Activities office, was held Saturday (March 4) at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center.

Mar 8th, 2023

Cierra Waller, Associate Director for Student Success in WKU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, was honored recently during the 26th Annual Trailblazers Black History Month program.

Mar 8th, 2023

The Learning Center at Western Kentucky University has been recertified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA).

Mar 7th, 2023

Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science and Bardstown High School Senior, Reagan Phelps, received the honor of being nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Brett Guthrie of the Commonwealth’s 2nd Congressional District.

Mar 7th, 2023

The Kentucky Museum will hold the awards ceremony for the Abound Credit Union Celebration of the Arts on this Friday, March 10, from 6 to 8 pm.

Mar 6th, 2023

Mar 6th, 2023

Doug Tate, Assistant Director of Housing Administration at Western Kentucky University, received the SEAHO Service Award at the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers annual conference in Richmond, Virginia, held March 1-3, 2023.

Mar 3rd, 2023

Meeting at Western Kentucky University’s Innovation Campus, the WKU Board of Regents voted today (March 3) to award University Distinguished Professor status to Biology Professor Dr. Thomas Keith Philips.