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![WKU announces winners of 2021 Distinguished Educator Awards](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9628.jpg)
Apr 26th, 2021
WKU has announced the winners of the second annual Distinguished Educator Awards.
View Article![Harris finds encouragement and preparation for dental hygiene career at WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9626.jpg)
Apr 25th, 2021
"I've always wanted to go into the health field - it's a service-oriented career where I can help people in a tangible way."
View Article![Woodward sees community important to sexual assault research and support](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9625.jpg)
Apr 23rd, 2021
“Everyone is impacted by sexual assault in one way or another,” she explained. “I got more vocal as I became more involved in the community.” She wanted to make a difference, and therefore uses her research and volunteer work to do so.
View Article![Bendson fills time on the Hill with mentoring, research, and dance](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9624.jpg)
Apr 23rd, 2021
“There was always so much energy in the crowd and I loved being able to cheer on my Hilltoppers along with my friends,” Bendson said. “I believe that The Spirit does make the Master, and I have shown that through the years of being a Hilltopper.”
View Article![Wininger leads in encouraging environmental sustainability](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9622.jpg)
Apr 22nd, 2021
What started as a high school passion – caring for cows on his family’s farm in Barren County - turned into a three-part passion for junior Matthew Wininger.
View ArticleApr 22nd, 2021
Joan Romano Shifflett, winner of 2020 Warren-Brooks Award for her book Warren, Jarrell, and Lowell: Collaboration in the Reshaping of American Poetry, will give a lecture at the annual meeting of the Robert Penn Warren Circle. The virtual lecture will tak
View Article![Terrance Brown named Dean of Potter College at WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9620.jpg)
Apr 22nd, 2021
Terrance D. Brown will be the new Dean of Potter College of Arts & Letters at WKU beginning July 1.
View Article![View from the Hill: Barren County quadruplets will attend WKU](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9619.jpg)
Apr 22nd, 2021
When school starts in the fall at WKU, a Cave City couple will have an empty nest times four. A set of quadruplets will all attend WKU and they recently got a Big Red welcome as WKU’s Amy Bingham shows us in this week’s View from the Hill.
View Article![WKU Forensics Team wins NFA titles, completes national championship sweep](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9618.jpg)
Apr 21st, 2021
The WKU Forensics Team won both the National Forensic Association Individual Events Team Championship and the National Forensic Association Lincoln-Douglas Debate Team Sweepstakes national championship, hosted virtually this year April 16-19.
View Article![7 WKU students awarded Fund for Education Abroad scholarships](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9617.jpg)
Apr 21st, 2021
Seven WKU students were awarded Fund for Education Abroad scholarships for study abroad, totaling $28,075. With seven recipients—the highest number in institutional history—WKU had more recipients than any other college or university in this cycle.
View Article![WKU grad learns the value of personal connections in the business world](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9616.jpg)
Apr 21st, 2021
Anthony U. Itzol, a senior from Bowling Green who studies International Business, learned early on that making personal connections is vital in the business world.
View Article![USDA Issues Pandemic Flexibilities](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9615.jpg)
Apr 21st, 2021
USDA Issues Pandemic Flexibilities for Schools and Day Care Facilities through June 2022 to Support Safe Reopening and Healthy, Nutritious Meals
View Article![Members of WKU Habitat chapter to spend week in Alabama](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9614.jpg)
Apr 21st, 2021
Members of the WKU Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter will be starting their summer break May 2-8 in Decatur, Alabama.
View ArticleApr 21st, 2021
The pandemic has presented many challenges to nursing education, particularly related to providing quality clinical experiences because many clinical facilities closed their doors to nursing students. However, it has presented many opportunities as well..
View ArticleApr 21st, 2021
A new TRIO program has been added at Western Kentucky University: Student Support Services, Disabilities (SSS-D).
View ArticleApr 20th, 2021
Lauren Haynes, from Madison, Va., graduated from WKU’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program in August 2020. She recently received the impressive results of her applications to law schools.
View ArticleApr 20th, 2021
WKU’s 2020-2021 Midnight on the Hill campaign raised $80,608 for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Professional Writing major Hanna Van Winkle served as the co-executive director for this year’s committee.
View Article![WKU students finish in top 10 of Hearst multimedia competition](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9607.jpg)
Apr 20th, 2021
Two WKU photojournalism students finished in the top 10 of the third multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
View ArticleApr 19th, 2021
Two WKU students, Jolie Finley and Andy Cheng, have been awarded the Connie Foster Student Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year.
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