News from The Mahurin Honors College

Jun 9th, 2025

Zoe Avery, May ’25 grad, used yoga and research to explore maternal health. Now she’s heading to grad school and studying abroad in Tanzania to expand her impact.

May 27th, 2025

WKU’s Peyton Dover studies forensic psych and criminology, researches wrongful convictions, and earned a Gilman to study crime in Italy—paving the way for a career in criminal justice reform.

May 5th, 2025

Riley Hurm, a WKU senior in Communication Sciences & Disorders, found her calling in speech-language pathology, blending science, service, and global insight—from Kentucky to London and beyond.

Apr 28th, 2025

Charlotte Bariteau found her passion for dance at WKU, blending performance, research, and community, and now plans to pursue an MFA and a career in dance education.

Mar 10th, 2025

From farm life to cutting-edge research, Ava Lich studies carbon capture in Mammoth Cave, blending geology, math, and biology. A WKU scholar, she’s shaping the future of environmental science.

Apr 25th, 2022

The Mahurin Honors College (MHC) seeks to develop scholars into masters of their passions- whatever those may be. For scholars like Elaine Flynn (MHC ‘13), her passion could only be found in a geology research lab.

Apr 22nd, 2022

A key pillar of the Mahurin Honors College (MHC) is training scholars for success within their unique and diverse passions. In some cases, this allows scholars like Jayme Hardy (MHC ‘14) to trailblaze brand new opportunities and forge novel career path

Feb 25th, 2022

As the saying goes: ”home is where the heart is,” and many Mahurin Honors College (MHC) scholars such as Ameerah Palacios (MHC ‘05) have set their heart atop the great hill of WKU.

Feb 1st, 2022

To reach those said 28 honors credits, some scholars, such as Kylie Bray (MHC ‘22) augment their normal classes.

Jan 25th, 2022

The Mahurin Honors College (MHC) believes that research provides hands-on experience for scholars to immerse themselves in their academic passions.