Dear Colleagues,
One week from today, we will gather to confer degrees on our spring and summer 2022 graduates as well as to recognize our fall 2021 graduates whose college recognition ceremonies were disrupted by the December tornadoes. Commencement represents one of the largest annual gatherings of visitors to our campus. I hope you plan to join us as we celebrate the successes of our students. Please find the full schedule of Commencement activities and additional details about the week here.
Before we look beyond Commencement and ahead to summer, let’s reflect on another remarkable academic year at WKU – a year of accomplishments of which we should all be proud.
In August, we began the semester by gathering in person for our annual Faculty and Staff Convocation. There, I announced we surpassed our initial $50 million goal for the WKU Opportunity Fund in less than four years. I also set an even more ambitious goal of $100 million. Today, I am pleased to share that since then, we have raised an additional $9.4 million, eclipsing $62 million raised in total and supporting Hilltoppers through 182 endowed scholarships.
