Campus Message: We Are One WKU
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Dear WKU Community,
The senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as other examples of racial injustice, are heartbreaking and disturbing. The WKU Community sends our heartfelt condolences to all those affected by these tragedies in any way. Please know that the WKU administration shares your pain, your sadness, your anger and your frustration surrounding racial injustices.
Too often we fail to engage in constructive dialogue after these incidents and miss the opportunity to effect change. We must come together to address the pressing issues occurring in our broader communities and confront the systemic struggles and challenges we face as a society. As an institution of higher education, WKU is dedicated to critical inquiry, community engagement and civic agency by offering diverse learning experiences where ideas are offered, examined and discussed. For that reason, we cannot remain silent because silence equals complicity. Embedded in our
mission
is a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; but, as
President Caboni said last Friday
, “We must continue to work together and stand up for fairness and justice for every person. We must do better.”
Our
WKU Creed
calls us all to share in the responsibility to participate actively in university life by seeking inclusion and respecting the rights of all people, celebrating and embracing diversity and encouraging freedom of expression. We also have an obligation to appreciate cultural differences, resolve conflicts fairly and promote truths and values essential to our communities.
It is imperative, now more than ever, that we join together in ensuring all members of the WKU Family — students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends — not only feel welcomed and safe, but experience our campuses as inclusive environments in which to live, learn and grow. To that end, it is essential for WKU to promote the kind of changes we seek in our global society.
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President's Message: Big Red Restart Update
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Dear WKU Community:
Thank you to all those who took the time to provide feedback on the Big Red Restart draft that we shared last week. We were pleased to receive more than 700 feedback forms.
During the next few days, the Restart WKU Committees will continue their work, specifically reviewing every form and compiling recurring themes. These committees will then evaluate and discuss those themes, providing any recommended plan changes to the WKU COVID-19 Task Force for consideration. A revised plan incorporating feedback will be shared the week of June 15. Additionally, please visit
wku.edu/restart
often to get WKU’s most up-to-date restart information.
Thank you for sharing your ideas to help strengthen our community’s return to campus and the Big Red Restart plan.
Best,
Timothy C. Caboni
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WKU 2nd overall in Hearst competition
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WKU, which has placed in the top eight nationally overall for 27 straight years, won the Hearst Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition for the eighth time in nine years and won the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition for the fourth straight year and 26th time in the past 31 years.
The top 10 finishers in the overall competition are University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
WKU
, Arizona State University, University of Florida, University of Missouri, Syracuse University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Oklahoma and University of Montana.
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Congratulations to the following WKU faculty and staff who have been recognized recently.
Kentucky Oral History Committee:
Dr. Anthony Harkins
, History professor, has been appointed as a member of the Kentucky Oral History Committee and will serve until February 15, 2023.
2020 Staff Excellence Award winners:
Professional, Non-Faculty:
Naomi Rowland
, Laboratory Coordinator, Biology; Administrative Support:
Jarrod Smith
, Office Associate, Psychological Sciences; Skilled/Technical/Service/Maintenance:
Casey Pede
n, Information Technology Consultant, Information Technology Services
Staff Senate:
The following individuals have been elected to the WKU Staff Senate -- Full Time Executive/Admin/Professional:
Emilee England, Monica Hines, Mike Loftis, Lauren Ossello, Jennifer Wilson
; Full Time Clerical/Secretarial:
Rachel Cato, Julia Johnson, Jarrod Smith
; Full Time Technical/Skilled/Maintenance:
Anthony Gilbert
; At-Large:
Jordan Basham, Brian Campbell, Steve Lancaster, Doug Tate
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Lesley Duke of Bowling Green is a Social Worker with the Medical Center at Bowling Green. Amid the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, she’s provided social work services for patients who are a part of the Medical Center’s COVID unit.
Learn More
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