WKU News

Jan 3rd, 2023

Dec 29th, 2022

For nearly two decades, faculty and students have grown vegetables at the university farm. Now the campus community is benefiting from the fruits of their labor. WKU's Amy Bingham explains in this View from the Hill.

Dec 22nd, 2022

Leave it to a visit from a furry four-legged friend to make a college students’ stress melt away. Since July, WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences has been home to Chip the therapy dog.

Dec 15th, 2022

WKU’s recently opened Disaster Science Operations Center gives the university a more robust location to operate in emergencies and crisis situations.

Dec 15th, 2022

WKU student Ralphy Gardner of Todd County was named a 2023 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. He is one of 45 fellows selected nationwide and only the third WKU student to earn this honor, the second in two years.

Dec 14th, 2022

Five Western Kentucky University students and two Gatton Academy students ranked in the top tier scorers for research presentations given at the Kentucky Academy of Science’s 2022 Annual Meeting in November.

Dec 14th, 2022

Dec 13th, 2022

Jacob Walterman, Mathematics, has received a $4,000 FUSE grant, “The Transmission Problem of Piezoelectric Layers”, under supervision of Dr. Özer

Dec 9th, 2022

Western Kentucky University recognized fall 2022 graduates in three ceremonies on Friday.

Dec 8th, 2022

Med Center Health, South Central Kentucky’s largest healthcare provider, will soon become the on-campus health services provider for Western Kentucky University.

Dec 8th, 2022

Congratulations to the English Department’s very own, Dr. David Bell, whose novel She’s Gone has been listed as a New York Times Bestseller!

Dec 8th, 2022

Dec 8th, 2022

WKU senior Maria Wells from nearby Lewisburg comes from a family full of WKU alums. Western was the last place she wanted to go because as she says, she thought to do something awesome, she had to do something different.

Dec 8th, 2022

When Alexandra Renee Mohamed lost her home in the December 11 tornadoes, the support she received from the WKU School of Nursing impacted her decision to return to college in January. Almost a year later, she will graduate from Western Kentucky University

Dec 7th, 2022

Dec 7th, 2022

Dec 6th, 2022

The WKU Center for Environmental and Workplace Health (CEWH) has received a $983,000 Training Project Grant (TPG) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Dec 6th, 2022

Dec 6th, 2022

“It is something I have always done, my entire life. It has always been a peace - a tranquil place to go to. It has always been consistent for me. It never ran away from me. It has always been one of my greatest gifts.”

Dec 5th, 2022