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![$100,000 awarded to WKU by Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education in support of Educator Diversity Programs](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9932.jpg)
Oct 4th, 2021
WKU has been awarded a $100,000 grant to expand scholarship programs that help diverse students become teachers and address the shortage of teachers from underrepresented backgrounds in Kentucky.
View ArticleOct 4th, 2021
Submissions are open for The Ashen Egg, an annual journal publishing analytical essays on literature, rhetoric, linguistics, film, and popular culture. Any current WKU undergraduate student may submit scholarly work to The Ashen Egg.
View ArticleOct 4th, 2021
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Activities at WKU will begin Tuesday with a kickoff event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Downing Student Union Courtyard.
View Article![Group honors WKU geology professor as outstanding educator](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9927.jpg)
Oct 4th, 2021
Dr. Mike May, a professor of geology in the Department of Earth, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS) at WKU, is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award for the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
View Article![WKU Awarded $150,000 from Kentucky Department of Education for Program to Support New Teachers](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9925.jpg)
Oct 4th, 2021
WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences has been granted funds to provide support for 100 first year Kentucky teachers that have been impacted by COVID-19 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Todd County, and Daviess County.
View Article![Census 2020 Data through SparkMap.org](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9910.jpg)
Oct 4th, 2021
SparkMap, a great tool for community assessment, has announced that they have updated their data to include Census 2022 data and it is now available in the their Map Room.
View Article![WKU Art & Design to host 'InterConnected' lecture series Oct. 8](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9918.jpg)
Oct 1st, 2021
WKU Department of Art & Design and AIGA Cincinnati will host a virtual presentation by Jin Kim as part of the 2021-22 InterConnected design lecture series at noon Oct. 8.
View ArticleOct 1st, 2021
The WKU English Club elected a social media manager and made plans for their annual book sale and their first open mic night of the semester.
View Article![Liv Laws Spotlight](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9929.jpg)
Sep 30th, 2021
Olivia “Liv” Laws (MHC ‘22) is a model of pursuing one’s passions in all aspects of their education.
View Article![View from the Hill: Jonesville Academy expands learning opportunities](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9916.jpg)
Sep 30th, 2021
Jonesville Academy is molding the next generation of scholars while also honoring a once thriving community. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on this extended learning opportunity in this week’s View from the Hill.
View Article![CEBS Professor Authors Chapter in New Book](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9915.jpg)
Sep 30th, 2021
Dr. Janet Applin, professor in the School of Leadership and Professional Studies, penned a chapter of a new book aimed at principal preparation.
View Article![2021 Annual Campus Security and Fire Report](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9913.jpg)
Sep 30th, 2021
The 2021 Annual Campus Security and Fire Report is now available on the WKU Police website.
View Article![WKU Forensics Team hosts virtual tournament to open season](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9912.jpg)
Sep 29th, 2021
The WKU Forensics team started the 2021-2022 season by hosting its annual virtual Fall Tournament the weekend of Sept. 24-26.
View Article![Biology student reflects on summer research in Alaska](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9911.jpg)
Sep 29th, 2021
“WKU has a great sense of community with endless support for the students and professors that are willing to take students under their wing and teach them more than can be learned in the classroom,” Ward said.
View Article![WKU geologist Chris Groves honored for water resource research](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9909.jpg)
Sep 29th, 2021
Dr. Chris Groves of WKU’s Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences received the William Barfield Award for Outstanding Contributions in Water Resource Research.
View Article![2022 Head Start Monitoring Protocols have been released](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9908.jpg)
Sep 29th, 2021
The 2022 Head Start Monitoring Protocols have been released. Here are two main takeaways.
View Article![WKU awarded $1.4 million grant for Educational Opportunity Centers project](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9907.jpg)
Sep 29th, 2021
WKU will receive a federal Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) grant of $1.4 million to help unemployed workers, low-wage workers, and returning high school and college students enter or continue a program of postsecondary education.
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