Apr 30th, 2019

Nine WKU students were awarded Critical Language Scholarships that fully fund summer study in intensive language programs abroad. Six others were named alternates and may be upgraded as additional funding becomes available.

Apr 29th, 2019

Andrea Day, a junior international affairs and Arabic major, has been awarded a Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarship to study in Jordan in summer 2019.

Nov 30th, 2018

Deven Richardson of Bowling Green has been selected as a 2019 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. He will receive $37,500 annually for a two-year graduate degree and paid internships in the U.S. Congress and embassies abroad

Oct 15th, 2018

The 2018-19 academic year marks the tenth year since the Office of Scholar Development at Western Kentucky University was created. Since 2008, OSD has helped WKU students and alumni earn recognition more than 450 times and more than $4.8 million.

Aug 1st, 2018

In the 2017-18 academic year, a record number of WKU students and alumni applied for national scholarships. They earned more than $926,261 in funding for graduate school, language study, public service, and study abroad.

Jun 26th, 2018

WKU students Katie Daniels of Glasgow, Kate Hart of Princeton and Tristan Shaw of Louisville were selected as Gilman Scholars and will receive up to $8,000 to fund their study abroad programs during fall 2018 and academic year 2018-19.

May 25th, 2018

Lily Nellans, a 2018 graduate in philosophy and self-designed international conflict studies, will use a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

May 23rd, 2018

Andrew Lambdin, Nathaniel Lambdin and Reuben Tang will study abroad in Taiwan and Robert Myers of Louisville will study abroad in China this summer through support from the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia scholarship program.

May 16th, 2018

WKU students Riana Berry, Sheila Butler, Elizabeth Chagnon, Lillian Golden, Elisabeth Hernandez-Torres, Michael King, Jeremy McFarland, Robert Myers, Antonio McManis, Aaliyah Neblett and Nyla Rogers were selected as Gilman Scholars.

May 14th, 2018

Rachel Hunter of Owensboro and Isaac Keller of Kansas City, Missouri are the seventh and eighth WKU students to be selected for the prestigious program since 2012. This is the second year in a row that two WKU students were selected.