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WKU student named Goldwater Scholar |
WKU student Vivian Rivera of Burlington has been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She is one of only three students studying at Kentucky institutions to be named a Goldwater Scholar in this application cycle, and she is WKU's first since 2019.
Rivera, the daughter of Michael and Dr. Jennifer Rivera, is a Mahurin Honors College scholar who will graduate in May 2024 with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. She will pursue a PhD in botany toward a career as an ethnobotanist, studying phytochemicals in medicinal plants of the Amazon Rainforest in pursuit of nature's next medicines.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1986 to recognize the former senator from Arizona, the Goldwater Scholarship program identifies and honors university sophomores and juniors who excel in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) research. To support future career researchers, winners receive $7,500 annually to apply toward undergraduate tuition, room and board, fees and books.
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WKU senior receives Fulbright award |
Jackson Hite, a graduating senior in Advertising and Public Relations from Scottsville, is WKU’s second Fulbright US Student Program grantee of the 2023-24 award year. Hite has been awarded an English Teaching Assistantship for North Macedonia. Albeit 5,000 miles away, the North Macedonia ETA is a natural next step for Hite. As an elementary school student, his interest in the country was kindled by a family friend who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer there. At WKU, Hite has developed strong communication skills through academic programs in advertising, public relations, and arts administration, and his years-long service in youth sports coaching, Best Buddies, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and Junior Achievement has cemented a desire to build a career around enriching communities. |
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The Gordon Ford College of Business has received an extension of its accreditation in business and accounting with AACSB International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Learn More
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The Vickie and Dan Renshaw Early Childhood Center, located in the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex, has earned reaccreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Learn More
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Spotlight: Side by Side Exhibit |
The Side by Side exhibit, a partnership between Arts for All and the Kentucky Museum, is open through June 30. Kentucky Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. |
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Social Work graduate student receives Minton Award |
Lindsey Powell, a Social Work graduate student from Versailles, is the 2022-23 recipient of WKU’s John D. Minton Graduate Student Award. "Receiving this award is such an honor. I am immensely grateful for the support I have received at WKU during both my graduate and undergraduate careers, especially from my graduate mentor Dr. Austin Griffiths and Dr. Sarah Bonis of the Department of Psychology, and the Mahurin Honors College,” Powell said. |
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Gatton Academy selects 99 students for Class of 2025 |
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky has selected 99 Kentucky sophomores for the Class of 2025, marking The Gatton Academy’s 18th incoming class. |
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Author & poet Erin Slaughter to visit WKU on Thursday |
On Thursday at 7 p.m., guest author and poet Erin Slaughter will be speaking in Cherry Hall 125. Slaughter was a member of the first Master of Fine Arts for creative writing cohort at WKU and is a PhD candidate at Florida State University. |
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Regents committees to meet |
The WKU Board of Regents will conduct committee meetings at 9 a.m. Friday in the Martin Regents Room of Jody Richards Hall. |
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Jonesville reception Friday, symposium Saturday |
The Jonesville Reconciliation Workgroup will host Honoring Jonesville: Our People, Our Community, Our Legacy, featuring a reception Friday evening and a daylong symposium Saturday.
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The Impact of Representation in Media Today, which looks at the push in media to self-examine how minority communities are covered, is the theme of the 2023 John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series, hosted by the School of Media at WKU, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Jody Richards Hall Auditorium.
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Communication Presentation |
The Department of Communication will host How to be an Influential Communicator, a presentation by 2022-23 Visiting Executive-in-Residence Deirdre Breakenridge, at 7 p.m. April 18 in the Jody Richards Hall Auditorium. Breakenridge is CEO of Pure Performance Communications.
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WKU to host 2023 engineering event Thursday-Saturday |
WKU’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will host the 2023 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium Thursday-Saturday. |
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Goldenrod Poetry Festival |
The Goldenrod Poetry Festival was held in Cherry Hall on April 3. The festival is an annual event sponsored by the English Club that serves as an award ceremony for a poetry contest. |
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Dr. Julia Roberts to present keynote at World Conference |
Dr. Julia Link Roberts of WKU will present a keynote at the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children’s Biennial World Conference. Dr. Roberts will discuss Reflections on Gifted Education and Talent Development: Then, Now, and Looking Forward. The World Conference will be held virtually August 5–6 and 12–13.
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Greek Rewind is the theme for Greek Week 2023 April 15-23 at WKU. The Greek Week Blood Drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 17-19 at Preston Health and Activities Center; use sponsor code WKU to schedule an appointment at www.redcrossblood.org
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Staff Senate
The WKU Staff Senate will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Downing Student Union, room 2081. Learn More
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Film Screening
WKU Gender & Women's Studies will present a screening of the documentary The Hunting Ground at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cherry Hall, room 125. Learn More
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Genderations Lecture
Dr. Donielle Lovell will present Learning to Exhale as a Public Sociologist at 12:15 p.m. Thursday at the Honors College-International Center Multipurpose Room. Learn More
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