F our incoming WKU freshmen -- Logan Barber, Sadie Edwards, Grace Moore and Grace Meiser -- were awarded a four-year renewable scholarship totaling $8,000, $2,000 per year, as part of the WKU Alumni Association ’s Alumni Leadership Scholars program.

The program was established in 1983 and the funds are provided through endowments in the College Heights Foundation—the Calvin M. and Rosella Spivey Isbell Scholars and the Bob and Norma Jean Kirby Scholars.

“We look for a well-rounded student,” said Allie Sharp, Coordinator of Student & Young Alumni Engagement. “Academics are important, but our goal for this scholarship program is to help identify those future campus leaders. We look at academics, organization involvement and leadership roles the student pursued during their high school years.”

Film majors in School of Media honored

Film majors in WKU’s School of Media won three College Student Production Awards, presented by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Dirty Laundry won for Best Long Form – Fiction; the production team included students Alina Verenich, Emily Green, Wil Pedigo, Jordan Crabbe (pictured above right) and Tyler Hardy. Come Up for Air picked up awards for Director Tori Mills and Cinematographer Haley Meyers. Other members of the Come Up for Air production team included Joel Priegnitz, Erin Taylor and Ashlea Taylor Moses (pictured above left). Advisors for both films were Sara Thomason, Luke Pennington and Travis Newton. This is the second year in a row that the WKU Film program has won Student Production Awards.



CLIMBING HIGHER

WKU English Department faculty member Dr. Trini Stickle was recently accepted to the WKU Center for Applied Science in Health and Aging . Dr. Stickle applied for a CASHA membership because the group’s research is related to her linguistic research. As an applied linguist, Dr. Stickle studies the interactional competency of those living with dementia and autism. Learn More

SAVE THE DATE

An event to celebrate the spirit of teaching and student success at WKU will be held 4-5:30 p.m. Sept.4 at the Mahurin Honors College-International Center multipurpose room.

Pre-semester activities are in full swing at WKU as thousands of students arrive on the Hill to begin their college journey. Faculty and staff are also gearing up for a new academic term as WKU’s Amy Bingham reports in this week’s View from the Hill .

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