PCAL Calendar

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To celebrate 60 years, PCAL is taking over BG Hot Rods on Friday, September 5^th!

Join us for a night of baseball, fun, and all things PCAL! We're giving away 175 tickets, so be sure to fill out our Ticket Registration Form here: https://forms.gle/4hggKhmppHBj4a1a6.

Tickets are on a first come, first served basis. If you are one of the first 175 people to fill out the registration form, you will receive an email instructing you on how to pick up your ticket. If you have any questions about ticket pick up, please contact us at potter.college@wku.edu.

We will also be giving away 100 FREE limited edition PCAL 60^th Anniversary baseball hats at the game. Gates open at 5:30 PM and the game starts at 6:35 PM. We hope to see you there!

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WKU Preview Day  

Join us for a day-long music festival hosted at the Kentucky Museum! Meet regional musicians, listen to live performances, and celebrate the grand opening of Sonic Landscape: The Musical Legacy of Southcentral Kentucky. Food trucks, art-making activities, and more await. The fun culminates with an evening concert by Sam Bush at Van Meter Hall.

Where: Kentucky Museum at WKU at 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green, KY. 

When:

• 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Musical performances, activities, food trucks, and more at the Kentucky Museum! 
  • Musical performances will be held from 2 to 5 p.m.
• 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - Sam Bush in concert at Van Meter Hall

Admission: FREE

Directions and Parking: please click here. All WKU lots will be open for visitor parking!

For full schedule of events and details on performers, please visit the Sonic Fest website here.

Join us for a day-long music festival hosted at the Kentucky Museum! Meet regional musicians, listen to live performances, and celebrate the grand opening of Sonic Landscape: The Musical Legacy of Southcentral Kentucky. Food trucks, art-making activities, and more await. The fun culminates with an evening concert by Sam Bush at Van Meter Hall.

Where: Kentucky Museum at WKU at 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green, KY. 

When:

• 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Musical performances, activities, food trucks, and more at the Kentucky Museum! 
  • Musical performances will be held from 2 to 5 p.m.
• 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - Sam Bush in concert at Van Meter Hall

Admission: FREE

Directions and Parking: please click here. View the Sonic Fest Parking Map here. All WKU lots will be open for visitor parking!

For full schedule of events and details on performers, please visit the Sonic Fest website here.

A festival that celebrates and initiates ultimate creativity. Plays in a Day produces several 10-minute plays that are written, directed, and performed by students, all within a 24-hour time span. Free admission, donations are appreciated. Recommended for mature audiences. Produced by the WKU Student Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega Rising Artist Series.

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Lexington Area School Partner Luncheon 

Discover WKU Lexington 

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"Each fall, History Department faculty square off at the annual Great History Bakeoff. Join us to experience History as you never have before! History faculty members make and share dishes from their period and place of study. You will have the opportunity to try and learn about foods from the recent and distant place. Students serve as judges and award prizes for Best Overall and Most Likely to Cause Dysentery. In recognition of PCAL's 60th Anniversary, several faculty will be bringing dishes from the 1960s for a

This event is a part of the PCAL 60th Anniversary celebrations.

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Elizabethtown School Partner Luncheon 

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Chinese Flagship Annual Meeting

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Nashville Area School Partner Luncheon 

Discover WKU Nashville  

Pianist Michael Seregow leads a vibrant and diverse career that brings music to life in a variety of forms. As an acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, dedicated educator, and recording artist, his journey has taken him to cities and stages across the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Winner of the American Prize in chamber music performance, he collaborates with internationally acclaimed artists, presenting a diverse repertoire that ranges from the late Renaissance to contemporary works, including new commissions and world premieres. His activity as a performer is highlighted by participation in international festivals and conferences, spanning various countries and numerous organizations. Notably, he has served as an official festival pianist for the International Trombone Festival, and in the spring of 2023, he was honored with an invitation to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for a chamber music residency alongside saxophonist Nathan Bogert.

Dr. Seregow earned graduate degrees from University of Oregon (MM and DMA in piano performance), where he was additionally recognized with three awards for excellence. In the summer of 2011, he was invited as a collaborative piano fellow to the prestigious Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA, receiving a full scholarship. His principal teachers include Mark Westcott and Dean Kramer, and he has performed in masterclasses with eminent artists such as Emanuel Ax, John Perry, and Angela Hewitt. An active member of Music Teachers National Association, Dr. Seregow is regularly invited to lecture, adjudicate, and teach in the United States and abroad. He has presented on various piano-related topics for conferences and organizations such as the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), Asociación latinoamerica de profesores de piano among others. Currently a member of the piano faculty at Ball State University, Dr. Seregow has also served on the keyboard faculties at Washington State University, the University of Puget Sound, and the University of Oregon, and his students have been prizewinners in local and national competitions.

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Join us for a discussion on the impact and future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as the landmark legislation turns 60 years old. Professor Ronald Keith Gaddie will share lessons from his research to highlight how the legislation has evolved over the past 60 years and how it will likely change in upcoming years and what it means for voting rights. The presentation will include time for Q&A and is scheduled for an hour and fifteen minutes. Contact polisci@wku.edu or scott.lasley@wku.edu with any questions or for additional information.

This event is a part of the PCAL 60th Anniversary celebrations.

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Owensboro School Partner Luncheon 

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If you are a rising junior or senior, or want to get ahead on learning how to format your recital program, join Emily in classroom 354 for a program making lesson! 

Junie B. is about to lose her first tooth! Which would be SO exciting if the stinking Tooth Fairy wasn't about to steal it! To make matters worse, she wasn't invited to her classmate's birthday party! How will she overcome such massive trials? Join us in Junie B.'s silly, sassy, and side-splitting world! Suitable for all ages. Ages 12 & under just $3! All other ages $5.

Come join us on FRIDAY, September 19, 2025, for "Fall Classics" by the WKU Symphony!

7:30 PM at Van Meter Hall!

Tickets are $12 per person and available at the door or purchase online at: https://wku.showare.com/ordertickets.asp?p=969...

This concert will feature:

• The funeral march from Mahler's Symphony No. 1
• Weber's Der Freischutz Overture
• Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D, op. 120.

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Junie B. is about to lose her first tooth! Which would be SO exciting if the stinking Tooth Fairy wasn't about to steal it! To make matters worse, she wasn't invited to her classmate's birthday party! How will she overcome such massive trials? Join us in Junie B.'s silly, sassy, and side-splitting world! Suitable for all ages. Ages 12 & under just $3! All other ages $5.

Don't miss the BRMB's pre-game and halftime performances!

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Junie B. is about to lose her first tooth! Which would be SO exciting if the stinking Tooth Fairy wasn't about to steal it! To make matters worse, she wasn't invited to her classmate's birthday party! How will she overcome such massive trials? Join us in Junie B.'s silly, sassy, and side-splitting world! Suitable for all ages. Ages 12 & under just $3! All other ages $5.

WKU Chorale Presents: The Stained Glass Concert Series

Repertoire to include pieces from:

• Burleigh
• Busto
• Karg-Elert
• Whitlock
• Schumann
• Langager
• Mathias

And folk music from:

• Spain
• Lithuania
• United States

Admission is free!

Contact Dr. Paul Hondorp with questions

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Louisville Area School Partner Luncheon 

Discover WKU Louisville  

Dr. Austin Motley, Assistant Professor of Music (Low Brass) at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas, will be joining us for a guest recital on September 22nd, 2025 at 7:30pm. 

Please direct questions about this recital to Mr. Jefferson Tunks at jefferson.tunks@wku.edu 

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Bowling Green Area School Partner Luncheon 

Poetry reading followed by book signing.

In her career of more than 30 years, renowned poet and professor NIKKY FINNEY has written six books and hundreds of poems and essays that explore the experiences that have shaped life in the South for herself and countless other African Americans. Her poetry collection Head Off & Split won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Her most recent collection, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry (2020,) is an enduring love song to her father and 400 years of African American fight and ingenuity. Finney is Carolina Distinguished Professor at USC in Columbia where she is also Director of the Ernest A. Finney Jr. Cultural Arts Center. Free and open to the public.

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Evansville School Partner Luncheon 

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Symphonic Band Concert #1

A Night at the Opera will feature wonderful classics written for the stage dating back to 19^th century at the Paris Opera House with the Overture to Zampa, the wonderful comic opera by Ferdinand Herold. Zampa was first performed in Paris 1831 where it became popular achieving 500 performances by 1877.  The Zampa Overture is Herold’s most famous work and has become a staple in the symphonic repertoire.

Drs. Liza Kelly, Mezzo Soprano, and WKU Professor of Voice, and Jeremy Kelly, Baritone and WKU Professor of Voice, will each sing an aria from the Bizet’s incredibly popular opera Carmen.   They will also be featured along with Adjunct Professor of Voice, Jennifer Hondorp (soprano), performing highlights from two 20^th century masterpieces for musical theatre, Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables.  The band will also perform Mambo from Bernstein’s West Side Story and selections from the hit TV Musical from 1978, The Wiz.

General Admission tickets are only $10 and will be available at the door the night of the concert.  

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Bowling Green Regional College Fair