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March 13, 2019
Updates for campus community
Here’s an update for WKU faculty and staff from Ann Mead, Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration:
 
I am pleased to share with you the official launch of two very important campus-wide initiatives referenced within The WKU Strategic Plan. We are initiating a comprehensive study of faculty and staff compensation and redesigning our performance management systems. Projects of this nature have not been conducted at WKU in more than 10 years. These strategic initiatives are targeted for completion during spring 2020. They will be led by our Office of Human Resources and the Provost’s Office in partnership with Sibson Consulting—a nationally ranked consulting firm recognized for its work with hundreds of higher education institutions across the country.
 
Essential to the success of these initiatives is employee involvement—direct and indirect. Working groups will be formulated through the University Senate and through the Staff Council. General campus input will be solicited from “town hall” type sessions, small groups and supervisory focus groups. We will create a website and post relevant materials and updates.
OUTDOOR WARNING TEST
Attention campus community: WKU Police will test the campus outdoor warning system at 9:07 a.m. today. If you have any questions, contact WKU Police , (270) 745-2548.
CLIMBING HIGHER
WKU’s Master’s in History program has been named one of the top online programs in the nation by TheBestSchools.org
Open forum today for candidate for Gordon Ford College of Business dean
Four candidates for Dean of Gordon Ford College of Business are participating in on-campus interviews this week. The second is Dr. Stephen Ferris, Dean of the College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs . An open forum begins at 3 p.m. today in Grise Hall, room 526.
Department of Modern Languages hosts Hatcher Lecture Series March 19
Dr. Jennifer Rudolph, professor of Asian History and International and Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is the 2018-2019 Paul G. and Ernestine G. Hatcher Lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages. She will present Claiming a Pirate, Claiming Taiwan at 4 p.m. March 19 at Mahurin Honors College-International Center multipurpose room.
Kentucky Mesonet at WKU adds third Shelby County station
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Monday for Shelby County's third station in the Kentucky Mesonet at WKU network, which has 71 stations in 69 counties.
In today’s society, how you present yourself is just as important as the skills you acquire in the classroom. That’s where the Hilltopper Etiquette Dinner comes in, as WKU's Amy Bingham explains in the View from the Hill .

March
14
Thursday
International Year of Cuba presentation

Julia Cooke, author of The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba , will discuss her book at 7 p.m. at Gary Ransdell Hall Auditorium. More Info
March
15
Friday
Art 4 Ways at Kentucky Museum

Four new exhibits at the Kentucky Museum will be on display as part of Art 4 Ways during the Bowling Green Gallery Hop from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. More Info
March
15
Friday
Midnight on the Hill

Carnival for a Cure is the theme of this year's Midnight on the Hill. The fundraising event for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight at Downing Student Union.
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