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Feb 25th, 2022
Students, alumni, and staff from Western Kentucky University’s TRIO programs will celebrate the 2022 National TRIO Day on Saturday, February 26, to express appreciation to the community for its support of TRIO programs.
View Article![WKU Board of Regents to meet March 4](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10306.jpg)
Feb 25th, 2022
The WKU Board of Regents will conduct a quarterly meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Friday (March 4) in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall.
View Article![McCray-Adams finds community through campus involvement](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10305.jpg)
Feb 25th, 2022
"My freshman year, I wasn't really involved, but I pushed myself to be more involved each year - starting with being an ISEC Navigator my sophomore year."
View ArticleFeb 25th, 2022
Bingocize®, an evidence-based senior wellness program created by WKU faculty member Dr. Jason Crandall, continues to grow in popularity and will soon be offered in 60 nursing homes in South Carolina. Faculty at Winthrop University in Rock Hill have been
View Article![Ameerah Palacios Spotlight](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10298.jpg)
Feb 25th, 2022
As the saying goes: ”home is where the heart is,” and many Mahurin Honors College (MHC) scholars such as Ameerah Palacios (MHC ‘05) have set their heart atop the great hill of WKU.
View Article![View from the Hill: TRiO offers support for first generation students](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10299.jpg)
Feb 24th, 2022
First generation college students get a huge boost from TRiO, an organization that started in 1965 as part of the higher education act. A WKU student who grew up in a Thailand refugee camp explains how TRiO has been a big part of her success.
View Article![Biology graduate student Whitney Heard wins second WKU 3MT® Competition](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10294.jpg)
Feb 24th, 2022
Whitney Heard, a graduate student in the biology program, is the winner of the second WKU 3MT® Competition.
View Article![WKU exhibition features Jonesville Academy STEAM Day work](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10293.jpg)
Feb 24th, 2022
On February 26, WKU’s Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Gallery will open for the month featuring an exhibit inspired by youth. Earlier in the month WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters (PCAL) and Ogden College of Science and Engineering (OCSE) hosted a STE
View ArticleFeb 24th, 2022
The 41st Annual Mathematics Symposium at WKU will take place from 3 to 9:15 p.m. Friday (Feb. 25).
View Article![Ribbon Cutting Held for the First Year Village at WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10290.jpg)
Feb 23rd, 2022
Western Kentucky University dedicated its two newest residence halls and its First Year Village at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday.
View Article![Pate returns to WKU after military service to pursue Nursing degree](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10289.jpg)
Feb 23rd, 2022
“It seems surreal. I really felt like I had missed my chance when I took a break from school for the military and have worked extremely hard to get to where I am now."
View Article![WKU selected for program to increase diversity in geosciences](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10287.jpg)
Feb 23rd, 2022
WKU’s Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences is one of 15 new partners selected for a national program through the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to increase diversity in the geosciences.
View Article![Anthropology major reflects on campus involvement and research opportunities at WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10285.jpg)
Feb 23rd, 2022
Ryann Gillespie is a Senior from Memphis, Tennessee, earning a degree in Anthropology with double minors in History and Folk Studies.
View ArticleFeb 22nd, 2022
Congratulations to 12 Modern Languages students selected this spring as Semi-Finalists for 2022 Critical Language Scholarships! The CLS Program is a part of a U.S. government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign lang
View Article![4 WKU graduate students to present research in Three Minute Thesis Competition](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10283.jpg)
Feb 22nd, 2022
The WKU Graduate School will host the second annual Three Minute Thesis Competition on Wednesday (Feb. 23) from 3 to 4 p.m. at Downing Student Union, room 2123.
View Article![Briana Harness Spotlight](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10282.jpg)
Feb 22nd, 2022
Brianna Harness spoke with WKU about her college experience so far, and how her racial background has impacted this.
View Article![6 Gatton Academy seniors recognized as candidates for 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10281.jpg)
Feb 22nd, 2022
Six Gatton Academy seniors recently learned they are candidates for the 2022 United States Presidential Scholars Program.
View ArticleFeb 22nd, 2022
The Gender Images Film Series kicked off screenings this year with a premiere of Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a 2020 Sundance film directed by Eliza Hittman. The Department of English collaborated with Professor Kelsey Truxal and students of Women & Pol
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