Potter College News

Apr 18th, 2022

The 2022 Goldenrod Poetry Festival will be held on April 28 at 7 PM in Cherry Hall 125. The annual event is sponsored by the WKU English Club. The Festival will feature a reading by Whitnee Thorp, who has published many works of poetry including Pasque P

Apr 15th, 2022

On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, students gathered from WKU Spanish and other programs to host an exhibition of Afrolatino culture. The program included poetry recitation, dance, art, cultural presentations, and a culinary display. Modern Languages students

Apr 13th, 2022

The Potter College of Arts and Letters (PCAL) extended its spirit beyond WKU’s campus to Fountain Square Park in downtown Bowling Green for the first annual Spring Forward Festival on Saturday, April 9. The English Department was one of the many indivi

Apr 13th, 2022

Zoe Ward, a WKU senior from Frankfort, Ky., was recently awarded acceptance into the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. The JET program is a competitive employment opportunity that allows young professionals to work as Assistant Language Teachers

Apr 11th, 2022

WKU junior Joseph Shoulders was awarded the Stemmler/Dennis LGBT Award at the 2022 Sigma Tau Delta Convention in Atlanta. OTher WKU English majors who presented at the convention were Valerie Feldker, Eli Edens, Lizzy Roth, Kayla Spears, and Faith Yonts.

Apr 11th, 2022

Apr 11th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum is thrilled to welcome WKU alum Alisha Martin, founder of The Bad Button Bespoke Corstery, for a talk and showcase of modern corsetry.

Apr 8th, 2022

On Monday, April 4, WKU Modern Languages Alumna Morgan Giles came to Western Kentucky University to speak current Modern Languages Hilltoppers about translation and second language learning. In her talk, she explained that translation is truly an art: rat

Apr 7th, 2022

The WKU Department of English held an award ceremony announcing the finalists and winners of the fifth annual High School Writing Contest on Saturday, March 26. Around 80 guests gathered in Cherry Hall to honor the high school students for their outstandi

Apr 6th, 2022

On Thursday, March 31, 2022, the WKU Spanish program organized an event on the power of Spanish after graduation and how it relates to students’ professional future and goals. During the meeting, Dr. Melissa Stewart directed the alumni panel, sparking