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Thursday, October 10th
- Time: All Day
On September 12, the Kentucky Museum launches a new fundraising campaign called “Adopt an Artifact.” With a special invitation from “Nunu,” the Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus on display in the Decorative Arts Gallery, the South Central Kentucky community is invited to make a gift and “adopt” an artifact to support future conservation and care.
To donate to the SpiritFunder, visit our GiveCampus site.
- Time: 6:30pm
Our World Burning Photo Exhibition
September 24 - November 22
EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION AND REMARKS
School of Media Gallery Hours
M-W 9am – 9pm
Th–F 9am – 5pm
Sunday 3pm – 9pm
Free parking after 4:30 M-F in the Chestnut St. Lot South / Closed Oct. 10, 11 and 13 for fall break
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS
Freelance photographer Noah Berger has spent 24 years covering the San Francisco Bay Area for editorial, corporate and government clients. He works for national and international news outlets including the Associated Press, Reuters, San Francisco Chronicle and LA Times. On the corporate side, Noah covers transportation and infrastructure for government agencies and works often with health care organizations. A native of New York, Noah lives in Alameda – an island across the bay from San Francisco – with his wife and 9-year-old son.
Renée C. Byer is a catalyst for change. She is an award-winning documentary photojournalist and Emmy nominated multimedia field producer best known for her in-depth work focusing on the disadvantaged and those who otherwise would not be heard. Her ability to produce photographs with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity earned her the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2007 and dozens of national and international honors, including the World Understanding Award from Pictures of the Year International, and Pulitzer Finalist in 2013.
Known for her ability to translate stark statistics into images that connect us to our humanity, she has traveled throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, covering some of the most important issues of our time. Byer’s stories have deepened our understanding of the environment, climate change, extreme poverty, genetically modified food, healthcare, women at war, domestic violence, and the drought and economic crisis in California.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Held in conjunction with the National Basketry Organization 2019 Biennial Conference this exhibit is unique in it's focus on basketry and in it's inclusion of the full range of work being executed by well-known and emerging artists.
- Location: Richardson Quilt Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Kentuckians have practiced the art of weaving for more than 200 years.
Techniques represented in Even Coverlets Get the Blues range from overshot, double weave, and tied-biederwand to hooked rug making.
- Location: Kentucky Museum - Grand Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
This exhibit tells the stories of freshmen year from participants in a student success intiative, WKU Freshmen Guided Pathway (FGP). This cohort of first-time, full-time students who graduated from one of five high schools in Warren County represent the typical WKU freshman in terms of academic achievement prior to admission and their demographic makeup.
- Location: Kentucky Museum Courtyard
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Anel Lepić and Muhamed “Hamo” Bešlagic, two HAD Collective artists from Bosnia, carved murals in the Kentucky Museum courtyard.
- Location: Kentucky Museum Front Lawn
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
WKU’s Cultural Enhancement Series and the Kentucky Museum host award winning artist Patrick Dougherty in October 2018 on WKU’s campus in Bowling Green, Ky. Dougherty created Highbrow, a sculpture made from intertwined tree saplings, on the Museum's front lawn.
- Location: Richardson Quilt Gallery
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Jacqui Lubbers is a part-time weaving and art appreciation instructor in the WKU Art Department.
- Location: Kentucky Museum - Kentucky Room
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Location: Community Gallery
- Time: All Day
In 2019, the Kentucky Building celebrates 80 years of showcasing South Central Kentucky’s unique culture and heritage. In honor of this milestone, the Kentucky Museum presents Out of the Box, an exhibition focused on fostering multidisciplinary discussions about our collective heritage while shining new light on the relevance of our museum in the 21st century.
Using local historical artifacts, photos, and records, we invite you to discover how every object tells multiple stories. Themes and stories are curated in partnership with faculty from 9 WKU departments
- Location: Various Locations
- Time: All Day
Students can take advantage of shadowing local employers.
- Location: Great Smoky Mountain National Park
- Time: All Day
Cost: $75 Student | $85 Guest
Depart: Thursday, October 10 @ 8:00 am
Return: Sunday, October 13 @ 5:00 pm
Drive time: 5 hours
Pre-trip meeting: Tuesday, October 8 @ 8:00 PM
Included:
As the most biodiverse park of all the national parks in the US, Great Smoky Mountain National Park is home to an extremely wide variety of plants and animals. With over 800 square miles of land in the Appalachian Mountains, the Smokies are famously covered in trees whose colors change dramatically with the changing of the seasons. Come with us to see the wide variety of trees and colors that cover the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in the fall!
Included in your fee is the cost for covering all camping gear needed, with the exception of food. We will be camping at Cades Cove, an isolated valley located in the Tennessee section of the park. All you need to bring is your cozy fall clothes and your toothbrush! (Well, maybe a couple more things than that)
Day 1:
- Wake up and drive to Great Smoky Mountain National Park
- Visit our campsite in Cades Cove to set up our basecamp
- Hike Gregory Bald
- Take awesome photos for Instagram
- Head back to camp to relax
- Go to sleep by all the pretty trees!
Day 2:
- Wake up in the Smoky's
- Get ready to hike to Charlies Bunion!!
- Relax at the end of the trail to enjoy lunch with a view
- Head back to the van
- Explore one of the visitor centers
- Enjoy downtime at camp
- Catch the sunset at Clingmans Dome (6,643 ft.)
- Get a great night sleep
Day 3:
- Wake up in the Smoky's (again...)
- Hike to Chimney Tops
- Enjoy the views
- Hike to Middle Prong waterfall
- Enjoy lunch along the way
- Stop by the "sinks" before heading to camp
- Enjoy s'mores over a warm fire
Day 4:
- Last day in the Smoky's!
- Enjoy one last short hike
- Head to Gatlinburg to explore the town
- Stop for lunch
- Head back to campus
*All trips are subject to change due to weather, permitting and staffing
Sign up & attend this trip to receive a special discount to College Outside
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!
Follow the instructions below
1. Go to https://online.spectrumng.net/wku (it will open a new window!)
2. Click "Do not have login" (you will need to make an account!)
3. Enter your 800# (or 500# if a Preston Only Member) for the Member Number (even if you do not have a current membership!)
4. Choose a username and password for your online account with us.
5. Once you have an account set up, click the Home Icon in the top left (the picture, not the actual home letters)
6. Click on Program Registration in the middle of the page!
7. Select ‘ORAC’
8. Select the trip or skill clinic you want!
9. Add to Cart
10. Continue to Cart
11. This should take you to the Payment Summary Screen. Enter your payment info and hit Submit Payment.
12. BAMM You're registered for a trip
- Location: Mount Rodgers
- Time: All Day
Cost: $90 Student | $110 Guest
Depart: Thursday, October 10 @ 6:00 AM
Return: Sunday, October 13 @ 8:00 PM
Drive time: 6 hours 20 minutes
Pre-trip meeting: Tuesday, October 8 @ 8:00 PM
Included: Transportation, gear, permits & loads of fun!
Spend 5 days hiking along one of the most famous thru-hiking trails in the world. The Appalachian Trail runs over 2,000 miles across 14 states from Georgia to Maine, but don’t worry we’re not hiking the whole thing on this trip. Start your journey on a section of the A.T in either Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, or Virginia. On this trip we’ll plan on hiking anywhere from 25-40 miles total, so while previous experience isn’t required, it is encouraged.
Bring a friend or come alone and become close to a group of total strangers. We promise the memories made on this trail will last longer than four days as you hike through rhododendron groves and view panoramic landscapes of the Appalachian Trail. Each night we’ll camp in primitive sites so it’s only us and the wilderness surrounding us. Come experience one of the most stunning areas in the U.S. on fall break.
ORAC will provide all transportation, backpacking equipment, camping fees, route planning, guiding, and fireside games. All you need to worry about is planning out your meals and wearing the right kind of clothes, and we can help with that if you’re new to this!
Day 1:
- Leave the Preston Center after classes in the afternoon/evening
- Arrive at Camp, unload van, sleep
Day 2:
- Start hike
- Realize you want to be a thru-hiker
- Eat lunch
- Reconsider thoughts of being a thru-hiker
- Question whether or not you enjoy backpacking
- Arrive at camp, eat dinner
- Awkward fireside conversations more than likely
Day 3:
- Wake up, flawless
- Eat breakfast and realize that every part of your body is sore
- Start hiking
- Eat lunch
- Continue hiking, ask leaders how long till camp
- Arrive at camp
- Muster last remaining bit of energy to steal the best tent spot
- Eat dinner
- Find perfect location to start journaling … take a picture of it
- Less awkward conversations around fire
Day 4:
- Wake up, dirty
- Eat breakfast semi-conscious trance as you prepare yourself for the coming miles
- Start hiking
- Eat lunch
- This day actually hurts less
- Realize you kind of enjoy backpacking
- See a beautiful view and realize its all worth it
- Arrive at camp, eat dinner
- Bond with peers over common soreness and distrust of trip leaders who are always happy for whatever reason
Day 5:
- Wake up, realize it’s the last morning you’ll wake up in a tent
- Start hiking
- Eat Lunch
- Arrive at van, reminisce fondly over past four days of backpacking
- Depart for Preston Center, van smells weird
*All trips are subject to change due to weather, permitting and staffing
Sign up & attend this trip to receive a special discount to College Outside
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!
Follow the instructions below
1. Go to https://online.spectrumng.net/wku (it will open a new window!)
2. Click "Do not have login" (you will need to make an account!)
3. Enter your 800# (or 500# if a Preston Only Member) for the Member Number (even if you do not have a current membership!)
4. Choose a username and password for your online account with us.
5. Once you have an account set up, click the Home Icon in the top left (the picture, not the actual home letters)
6. Click on Program Registration in the middle of the page!
7. Select ‘ORAC’
8. Select the trip or skill clinic you want!
9. Add to Cart
10. Continue to Cart
11. This should take you to the Payment Summary Screen. Enter your payment info and hit Submit Payment.
12. BAMM You're registered for a trip
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