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Saturday, April 11th, 2026
Saturday, April 11th
7:30pm
  • Location: Van Meter Auditorium
  • Time: 7:30pm

Grab your golden ticket because you don't want to miss this exciting and updated musical full of wonder and mystery! The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory...but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a life-changing journey through Wonka's world of pure imagination.

April 10 - 12, 2026
Van Meter Auditorium
Friday & Saturday at 7:30 P.M. CST
Sunday at 2:00 P.M. CST

Tickets: $16
All Students $5 

8:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Downing Student Union
  • Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm

The 56th annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase will take place in Downing Student Union. 

The conference will highlight a broad range of topics,  featuring a wide range of student projects across multiple presentation formats.

Since 1970, the Student Scholar Showcase has been a key research conference for students to highlight their academic achievements.

Learn more at wku.edu/showcase/ 


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