WKU Events
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center
- Time: All Day
For more information: KJCA Fall Classic
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Time: All Day
All WKU offices closed October 6 and October 7 for Fall Break; no classes.
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Location: L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center Main Arena
- Time: 6:30pm
For more information or to purchase tickets: Spectacular Circus
- Time: All Day
All WKU offices closed October 6 and October 7 for Fall Break; no classes.
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Location: FAC Main Gallery (2nd floor)
- Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
This competitive juried exhibition showcases a selection of work in a variety of media created by students in the WKU Department of Art & Design.
- Location: HCIC 1014 - WKU Global
- Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Meet with Global Learning Ambassadors to learn about global learning opportunities, ask questions, receive help on the process, and more!
- Location: Fine Arts Center Room 189 - Recital Hall
- Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Guest artist and faculty chamber recital performed by
- Dr. Jessica Welsh, piano
- Sarah Berry, cello
- Sara Sasaki, violin
Pieces to include:
- Price - Three Spirituals
- Adams - Road Movies
- Schoenfield - Café Music
- Copland - Hoe-Down
Please contact Dr. Jessie Welsh if you have questions!
Admission is free!
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Location: FAC Main Gallery (2nd floor)
- Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
This competitive juried exhibition showcases a selection of work in a variety of media created by students in the WKU Department of Art & Design.
- Location: HCIC 1014 - WKU Global
- Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Meet with Global Learning Ambassadors to learn about global learning opportunities, ask questions, receive help on the process, and more!
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Location: FAC Main Gallery (2nd floor)
- Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
This competitive juried exhibition showcases a selection of work in a variety of media created by students in the WKU Department of Art & Design.
- Location: HCIC 3004
- Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Our First Steps session will cover all of your global learning options as a WKU student, where to find resources, how to get started finding the best program for you, and what the application process looks like.
- Location: Fine Arts Center Room 189 - Recital Hall
- Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
"Baritone Zachary Coates is a lecturer in music in voice, teaching applied voice and graduate courses in Song Literature. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College and both Master and Doctor of Music degrees from Indiana University, where he was a student of Andreas Poulimenos.
A fervent interpreter of song, Dr. Coates has given recitals across the United States and internationally. His academic interests include the Kunstballaden of Carl Loewe, the intersection of poetry, music, and the visual arts in France at the turn of the 20th century, and the wide range of diverse and powerful voices crafting art song in America in the last few decades and today. His culminating doctoral project, A Practical Handbook for Teaching Undergraduate Song Literature, is a guide to assist Song Literature teachers in adapting core undergraduate curriculum into a format that will fit their unique perspectives and institutional requirements.
Although he specializes in song, Coates’s vocal studies have included Stanislavski Technique, and he has performed with opera companies across the country including Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Philadelphia, Spoleto Festival USA, and Opera North. He has also been involved with the groundbreaking and inclusive work of Opera MODO, both on stage and behind the scenes. Roles have included Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Guglielmo and Don Alphonso (Così fan tutte), Sid (Albert Herring), Balstrode (Peter Grimes), Sergeant Sulpice (La fille du régiment), and Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore). His concert performances include oratorios with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
During his graduate studies at Indiana University, Dr. Coates was a recipient of the Georgina Joshi International Fellowship, which allowed him to spend three months in England and Germany on a self-constructed intensive program of lessons and coachings, including an extended period of lessons with Sir Thomas Allen. Coates was also honored to work with legendary song coach and pianist Dalton Baldwin on several occasions before his passing."
- Location: DSU - DSU 1071
- Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location: WKU Housing Portal (my.wku.edu)
- Time: All Day
The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.
- Location: FAC Main Gallery (2nd floor)
- Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
This competitive juried exhibition showcases a selection of work in a variety of media created by students in the WKU Department of Art & Design.
- Location: E. A. Diddle Arena
- Time: 8:30am
WKU Preview Day is a free open house event that offers a comprehensive look at WKU’s outstanding academic offerings, student activities, and beautiful campus. Sessions are offered to provide valuable information about life on The Hill, and an information expo allows students and their families the opportunity to personally connect with representatives from different academic departments, student services, housing, financial aid and more!
Learn more and register online at https://www.wku.edu/preview/.
- Location: Kentucky Museum
- Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!
Free and Family-Friendly
Saturday, October 11, 2025
10 AM to 3 PM
Free parking available off of Kentucky Street in WKU parking lots. Follow the Hammer In Parking Signs. For GPS directions, use our street address: 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Special events this year include:
- "Sounds of the Forge," a musical performance by Dr. Liza Kelly and the WKU Treblemakers and Redshirts featuring historical songs about blacksmithing or inspired by sounds heard in blacksmithing shops.
- Equal Temperament, a national juried metalworking exhibition featuring 50 works by artists across the nation. An awards ceremony will take place at noon on October 11.
Join us at the Kentucky Museum for a free community event celebrating the metal workers' trade, including:
- Forge demonstrations.
- Tinsmithing demonstrations.
- Aluminum Pour demonstration and make-your-own pour.
- Basic Forge Skills Demonstrations.
- Opportunity to meet metalworkers and artisans, shop/commission, and discover Southcentral Kentucky's rich artisan community.
- Opportunity to learn about joining metal working associations and getting started in the trade.
- Learn about the Kentucky Forge Council and become a member.
- Kentucky Folklife Program Narrative Stage, including an interview with our Featured Blacksmiths.
- Big T's Bar-B-Cue food truck on site.
For more information, please visit the Hammer-In website here.
- Location: Lab Theatre, Gordon Wilson Hall
- Time: 6:00pm - 6:00pm
Kick the Clock Dance Festival is a weekend of collaboration where choreographers and movers of all backgrounds and abilities will race against time to create short works of movement to be performed at the festival's conclusion.
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