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![Lost River Sessions LIVE! returns April 21](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10431.jpg)
Apr 6th, 2022
WKU Public Media is excited to announce Lost River Sessions LIVE!, featuring The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, returns at 7 p.m. CT April 21 at The Capitol in downtown Bowling Green.
View Article![Firefighter research brings Adams to WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10430.jpg)
Apr 6th, 2022
“The classes I have taken during my time at WKU have directly related to my full-time job at a state environmental agency, my work at the fire department, and my research within the fire service."
View Article![Gatton Academy Student Qualifies for Regeneron ISEF](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10429.jpg)
Apr 5th, 2022
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Sahil Chhabra (’22, Bowling Green HS) qualified for the world-renowned Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) by receiving Best of Fair and first place in the Microbiology categ
View ArticleApr 5th, 2022
The 2022 SKy Science Festival Expo Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 23 at Bowling Green’s Circus Square Park.
View ArticleApr 5th, 2022
Gatton Academy Student Recognized As 2021 ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Hayden Flickinger (’22, Marshall County HS) was recently recognized as a 2021 American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR)
View ArticleApr 5th, 2022
Last Thursday evening, the WKU Creative Writing program hosted the second guest in the Creative Writing Reading Series, Nick Flynn. Flynn is a memoirist, poet, and professor in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at the University of Houston. His first me
View Article![Gatton Academy Student Recognized As 2021 ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10422.jpg)
Apr 4th, 2022
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science student Hayden Flickinger (’22, Marshall County HS) was recently recognized as a 2021 American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Russian Scholar Laureate. She is a member of a select group of 38 Russian
View ArticleApr 4th, 2022
This Wednesday, the WKU Gender & Women’s Studies program presented the film The Glorias alongside the WKU English and history departments. The event was a part of the GWS Gender Images Film Series, and was followed by a discussion led by history profes
View Article![8th annual Dance Big Red raises over $83,000 for Norton Children's Hospital](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10419.jpg)
Apr 4th, 2022
Dance Big Red raised over $83,000 to support Norton Children’s Hospital. Western Kentucky University students participated in the eighth annual student-led dancing fundraiser held in-person for the first time at Houchens Industries–L.T. Smith Stadium.
View ArticleApr 1st, 2022
The 2022 Scholarship Celebration was held at the Knicely Conference Center on Thursday, March 31.
View ArticleApr 1st, 2022
On March 19, Dr. Stickle, Dr. Youngblood, and two students conducted a presentation and workshop on linguistic diversity at the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English (KCTE) Conference, which was held at Berea College. “Dialect diversity is overlooked
View Article![View from the Hill: Student shares story of WKU's support after tornado](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10415.jpg)
Mar 31st, 2022
WKU’s Opportunity Fund allows individual student needs to be met quickly, as was the case with tornado relief efforts in December. WKU's Amy Bingham has one student’s story in this week’s View from the Hill.
View ArticleMar 30th, 2022
WKU Center for Environmental and Workplace Health in CHHS working with the Green River Firefighters Association (GRFA) in northwestern Kentucky to create a model for partnerships with rural firefighters to conduct community-based participatory research.
View ArticleMar 30th, 2022
The WKU English M.F.A. program hosted a Literary Open Mic Night on Thursday, March 24, in Cherry Hall 135. All majors, including both undergraduate and graduate students, were welcome to read their poems, flash fiction, and other creative pieces they want
View Article![Political Science major reflects on research, internships, and study abroad opportunities at WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10410.jpg)
Mar 30th, 2022
“[Research] has been really rewarding because I've gotten to actually think about questions that I'm interested in and what people haven't asked, so that has definitely been an amazing experience."
View ArticleMar 29th, 2022
Author, poet, speaker and activist Hannah L. Drake will be performing her spoken word poetry at 3 p.m. Tuesday (April 5) in the Jody Richards Hall Auditorium.
View Article![Schiess’ research connects to inclusion in dance](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10408.jpg)
Mar 29th, 2022
“At its simplest, I know how positive of an impact dance has made on my life, and I want to make that impact available to everyone regardless of physical or mental ability.”
View ArticleMar 29th, 2022
Gabe Feinn of Louisville is a senior Chinese major in the Chinese Flagship Program with minors in child studies and teaching English as a second language. For the second time, Feinn won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad, w
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