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WKU will receive $150,000 for program to support 100 new teachers in region |
WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences has been granted funds to provide support for 100 first year Kentucky teachers that have been impacted by COVID-19 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Todd County, and Daviess County.
Newly licensed teachers are both managing the learning loss of students as a function of COVID-19 and dealing with an unusual end to their undergraduate career. Many of these teachers, then-students, completed their final practicum and student teaching experiences in hybrid and/or virtual teaching environments. While these different experiences served to enrich the pedagogical practices that are consistent with a changing educational landscape, it also prevented the then-students from receiving a rigorous, in-person student teaching experience.
The $150,000 of funds from the Kentucky Department of Education will provide professional development and mentoring to support new teachers whose preparation and induction has been impacted by COVID-19.
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WKU awarded $100,000 grant to expand programs for educator diversity |
WKU has been awarded a $100,000 grant to expand scholarship programs that help diverse students become teachers and address the shortage of teachers from underrepresented backgrounds in Kentucky.
The current Educator Diversity Program at WKU, The GameChangers, started in summer 2020 in partnership with Bowling Green Independent School District (BGISD) and Warren County Public Schools (WCPS). Students in the program complete field and student teaching experiences within the partner district, and receive mentoring, advising, as well as tutoring through WKU Intercultural Student Enrichment (ISEC) Center, the WKU Literacy Center, the Academic and Career Development Center (ACDC), the Office of Professional Education Services, and the WKU Office of Financial Aid. All program participants are supported through extensive tuition scholarships. All CEPD funds will be used to provide tuition scholarships to program participants.
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Congratulations to WKU Biology graduate student Chase LaDue and his mentor, Biology professor Dr. Bruce A. Schulte, who published two papers on elephant communication. Learn More
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Update from the Provost: ONE WKU Inclusive Teaching Academy |
Dear Colleagues,
I am happy to announce the launch of applications for the ONE WKU Inclusive Teaching Academy (ITA). The ITA is the creation of CITL’s Community of Practice Fellows: Fabián Alvarez, Monica Burke, Nicholas Fortune, Kimberly Green, Michelle Jones, and Gayle Mallinger. Together, the four-module academy is designed to help anyone interested in the fundamental principles of equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive pedagogy. To read more about the purpose, goals, and structure of the Inclusive Teaching Academy, please visit this webpage.
The inaugural cohort will be limited to 15 participants who will belong to a community of peers with shared interests in inclusive teaching. Regardless of your level of experience with culturally responsive pedagogy, the ITA provides a space where you can share experiences, experiment with evidence-based practices, build skills, and reflect on your role as an educator. The ITA will commence in January 2022 and conclude in May 2022.
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Dr. Mike May, a professor of geology in the Department of Earth, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences at WKU, is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award for the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. |
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14 selected for 2021-22 Staff Leadership Institute cohort |
Fourteen individuals have been selected for the upcoming WKU Staff Leadership Institute. The SLI Class of 2021-22 includes Devin Bell, Autumn Coleman, Elizabeth Gafford, Aarika Gunn, Rodney Hounshell, Lindsey Jones, Brett Middleton, Stephanie Prichard, Emilee Renfrow, Allison Salmon, Abbygail Schroader, Julie Scott, Kyler Shaw, Nicola Sparks and Bionca Washington. |
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WKU Art & Design hosting 'InterConnected' lecture Friday |
WKU Department of Art & Design and AIGA Cincinnati will host a virtual presentation by Jin Kim at noon Friday as part of the 2021-22 InterConnected design lecture series. This event is free and open to the public. Register online
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities begin at WKU |
October marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Today, students had the opportunity to connect with campus & community resources and experience the Silent Witness Exhibit.
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Ashen Egg call for submissions |
Submissions are open through Nov. 5 for The Ashen Egg, an annual journal publishing analytical essays on literature, rhetoric, linguistics, film, and popular culture. Any current WKU undergraduate student may submit scholarly work. More: English Club discusses plans
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Check out this week’s installment of WKU Week in Photos by Clinton Lewis and Cristina Betz of WKU's Division of Communications and Marketing.
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Gallery Exhibition
Augmented Reality Gallery Exhibition is open through Friday from 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m at The CUBE Gallery, Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, room 436.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month will continue with a WKU Hispanic/Latinx Alumni Panel at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Augenstein Alumni Center. Learn More
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WKU Jazz Band
WKU Jazz Band will perform at 11:30 a.m. Friday outdoors at the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center. (Rain location: Music Hall, room 103.).
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