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March 12, 2019
Updates from WKU Provost Terry Ballman
Here are some updates from Terry Ballman, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs:
 
Dean Searches
 
  • Candidates for the Gordon Ford College of Business Dean search will be on campus this week (March 11, 13, 14, 15).
  • Candidates for the College of Health and Human Services Dean search will be on campus March 18-25.
 
Office of the Registrar
 
  • Jennifer Hammonds will join WKU June 1 as our next University Registrar. Hammonds served as the Registrar for Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, since 2016 and as Associate Registrar from 2006-2016.  
 
Office of the Provost
 
  • Dr. Jim Berger, Professor, Educational Administration, Leadership and Research, is serving as WKU’s SACSCOC Liaison since March 1.
  • Dr. Rheanna Plemons begins her work as the next Special Assistant to the Provost on July 1. Dr. Plemons has been with WKU since 2005 and is serving as interim University Registrar.
  • Dr. Merrall Price will serve as the Associate Dean for the Potter College of Arts and Letters effective July 1.
  • Dr. Marko Dumančić will transfer from interim director to Director for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning effective April 1.
CLIMBING HIGHER
WKU graduate Vicki Phillips , executive vice president and chief education officer at the National Geographic Society and a member of WKU’s Delta Tau Chapter of Phi Mu Fraternity , has been named one of 19 “Phi Mu History Makers” in honor of the organization’s historic alliance with the National Women’s History Museum . Dr. Phillips was inducted into WKU’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2011. WKU presented her with an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree in 2010.
How one interdisciplinary research group helps students
Research can encompass a seemingly infinite number of topics or subject matter. Yet most research is typically driven by a common interest: to make something (like a product, a service or a process) better. Case in point? The collective research produced by WKU’s Behavioral Innovations for Child Success.
Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame induction ceremony Wednesday
Nancy Hall Duncan of Versailles will be inducted Wednesday into the Governor Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame . The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. ET in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort.
Spotlight: Finance conference
WKU finance majors Caleb Lee and Caitlyn Thornton were among 63 undergraduate financial planning students from 30 schools who attended the 2019 National LINC conference.
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
12
Tuesday
PEAK Perfect Your Interview

Employers from the Bowling Green community will provide practice interview sessions for students during the PEAK Perfect Your Interview event from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on the second floor of Grise Hall. More Info
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
Opening reception for 'Arte Cubano' exhibit

Opening reception for Arte Cubano exhibit, part of the International Year of Cuba , will begin at 5 p.m. at the Kentucky Museum; the exhibit is on display through May 28. More Info
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