Political Science - News and Events

Apr 17th, 2015

Robbin Morrison Taylor, WKU’s vice president for Public Affairs, was named the 30th recipient of the ATHENA Award, given by the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce and Martin Dodge Jeep Chrysler RAM.

Apr 16th, 2015

Jeff Borland, recent graduate of the MPA program, has been accepted to the Political Science PhD program at the University of Mississippi.

Apr 2nd, 2015

This past March, Sophomore students Zach Jones, WIlliam Berry, Austin Hatfield and Jody Dahmer represented the WKU College Youth in Government chapter at the 2nd Annual Washington Legislative Advocacy Summit (WLAS).

Mar 24th, 2015

Mar 24th, 2015

ASPA is proud to announce its 2015 Class of Founders’ Fellows, including a member from the MPA program here at WKU.

Mar 17th, 2015

Susan Taylor, an MPA student here at WKU, recently competed and placed second in a competition hosted by the accrediting body for our MPA program.

Feb 24th, 2015

Voices of Discovery, a new program brought to WKU by Sasha Ross, was created for different groups to meet together and have real conversations about their differences.

Feb 24th, 2015

Americans for Prosperity Kentucky, in partnership with National Review and Western Kentucky University Department of Political Science, plan to host a debate between the Republican gubernatorial primary candidates in the Downing Student Union April 28th.

Feb 11th, 2015

Melissa Harris-Perry, a political scientist, visited WKU to give a lecture titled "We Can't Breathe"

Feb 9th, 2015

Join the WKU Student Coalition for Renters' Rights on February 18th as they travel to Frankfort to lobby for the rights of college students.