WKU News

Jun 16th, 2021

WKU’s School of Media recorded its 12th straight top five national ranking with a third-place finish in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s 2020-2021 Overall Intercollegiate Competition.

Jun 16th, 2021

The School of Nursing and Allied Health at WKU has received a $256,595.00 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Advanced Education Nursing Grant Program.

Jun 15th, 2021

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Jun 11th, 2021

The WKU Board of Regents will hold a special budget approval meeting on Friday (June 18) in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall.

Jun 10th, 2021

A longtime speech therapist at the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex is getting some much deserved recognition.

Jun 9th, 2021

WKYU-FM, Western Kentucky University’s public radio service, received the station’s first ever Overall Excellence Award in Radio from the Kentucky Broadcasters Association.

Jun 9th, 2021

“Spirit Masters has shaped my WKU experience in incredible ways,” said WKU senior and Spirit Master Chair Claire Linder as she reflects on the organization and her time at WKU. Linder, a mathematical economics major from Louisville became Spirit Mast

Jun 8th, 2021

A veteran Western Kentucky University employee and three-time WKU graduate has been named Director of Media Relations/Spokesperson at the university.

Jun 7th, 2021

Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky students are continuing summer learning in modified internships and reimagined programs. While some are happening virtually, many are in-person at WKU, around the Commonwealth, and even g

Jun 3rd, 2021

It’s a project that’s been several years in the making. Finding a new home for the College Heights Foundation. The newly dedicated Cliff Todd Center on Chestnut Street preserves the past while looking toward the future.

Jun 3rd, 2021

21 WKU students earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2021 application cycle, a 100% selection rate for WKU applicants who worked with the Office of Scholar Development to prepare applications.

Jun 3rd, 2021

The Kentucky Museum is thrilled to announce the opening of "Whitework: Women Stitching Identity," an exhibition of whitework quilts and coverlets curated by renowned quilt scholar Laurel Horton.

Jun 2nd, 2021

As the DEI Leadership Team continues to plan for fall 2021 and spring 2022, we’d like to take time to acknowledge that June is PRIDE month.

Jun 2nd, 2021

For a project in the spring 2021 Survey of British Literature I course, senior Aliza Norman wrote and performed a song rendition of 12th Century Marie de France’s “Lanval.”

Jun 2nd, 2021

WKU has released the Dean's/President's Lists for the spring 2021 semester.

Jun 1st, 2021

Eighteen students at The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU have been offered nationally-competitive National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Scholarships for immersive, critical language study this summer. This

Jun 1st, 2021

Alumna Adrianna Waters from Florence, Ky., will attend the Columbia Publishing Course in fall 2021. To help fund the opportunity, Waters received a $2,500 Continuing Education Scholarship from Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society.

Jun 1st, 2021

WKU has been selected to receive an IDEAS (Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students) grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Capacity Building Program for U.S. Study Abroad.

May 28th, 2021

WKU MFA alumna Erin Slaughter recently announced that her debut story collection A Manual for How to Love Us will be published by Harper Perennial in summer 2022.

May 27th, 2021

WKU has been awarded a competitive grant from the State Department to increase study abroad participation among rural students. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more in this week’s View from the Hill.