WKU News

Dec 10th, 2021

“JT’s work is the embodiment of applied learning and research. He took basic knowledge learned through his undergraduate experience and expanded upon it through his graduate work to address real problems facing Bowling Green and other communities..."

Dec 10th, 2021

During its final quarterly meeting of the year on Friday (Dec. 10), the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents approved emeritus status for a number of WKU faculty members in each of the university’s academic colleges.

Dec 9th, 2021

Zena Pare has certainly made the most of a WKU experience that helped her dreams come true.

Dec 9th, 2021

Arivumani Srivastava, a senior at The Gatton Academy, has secured a $1,500 grant for the Hardin Planetarium to update museum displays.

Dec 9th, 2021

Dec 9th, 2021

Zena Pare, a senior from Alvaton, will be recognized Saturday as the Ogden Foundation Scholar. She has certainly made the most of a WKU experience that helped her dreams come true.

Dec 8th, 2021

Members of the WKU Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter will travel to Americus, Georgia, for their Winter Break Trip Dec. 12-18.

Dec 8th, 2021

“The faculty and staff will do everything they can to see students succeed. From the day I transferred to WKU, they helped me every step of the way, and I greatly appreciate their dedication.”

Dec 7th, 2021

"Challenging myself has helped me realize the importance of putting yourself out there because you will develop strengths you never knew you had.”

Dec 6th, 2021

"Growing up in the age of the internet and mobile video, I constantly watched YouTube and movies on my iPod. I loved watching videos of a couple of guys creating short films that had visual effects that were just as good as big-budget films."

Dec 6th, 2021

I chose WKU because I knew this university would offer several opportunities to grow as a professional, and I knew it would challenge me to learn and grow as a person.

Dec 6th, 2021

Western Kentucky University’s five academic colleges will recognize more than 1,100 fall graduates in ceremonies on Saturday (Dec. 11).

Dec 3rd, 2021

“I have participated in adapted sports since I was about a junior in high school. It began with me joining my high school's track and field team where I did adapted shot put and set the current Kentucky state record."

Dec 3rd, 2021

The WKU Board of Regents will conduct its fourth quarterly meeting on December 10 at 9 a.m. (CST) in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall.

Dec 2nd, 2021

A WKU scholarship program called “Gamechangers” will help more black and underrepresented individuals earn their teaching credentials. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more in this week’s View from the Hill.

Dec 2nd, 2021

Students in Dr. Melissa Stewart’s Advanced Oral Spanish class (SPAN 470/G) ended the semester with debates on contemporary issues in Spanish. This activity allows students to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the semester.

Dec 2nd, 2021

WKU Modern Languages recently hosted an event for high school students in Kentucky in which they, too, can observe and recognize Hispanic heritage and culture in their own lives, by writing about a person of Hispanic roots who has positively impacted thei

Dec 2nd, 2021

Dec 1st, 2021

Western Kentucky University senior Austin Bonebrake of Portland, Tennessee, has been awarded an internationally-competitive scholarship for geoscience students with disabilities.

Dec 1st, 2021

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education recently convened experts from colleges and universities across the state who will work to ensure public higher education curricula includes essential skills.