The newsletter for the WKU community
February 6, 2024
23 candidates for Coming Home King
WKU’s 2024 Coming Home King will be crowned on February 15. The 2023 Coming Home King was Avery Wells (center); first runner-up was Harrison Snyder (right) and second runner-up was Adan Canizalez (left).
Twenty-three Western Kentucky University students are candidates for the 2024 Coming Home King.

Candidates will participate in numerous activities, including a volunteer project with the Barren River Area Safe Space on Saturday (February 10), an interview on Tuesday (February 13), and a dinner celebration on Thursday (February 15). The king will be crowned Thursday (February 15) during halftime of Hilltopper Basketball’s game versus UTEP Miners. Tipoff is 6 p.m. at Diddle Arena.

WKU students will cast their votes for the Coming Home King on Monday (February 12) via TopNet.
CLIMBING HIGHER
WKU Student Publications is a finalist for the Associated Collegiate Press Student Media Business Pacemaker for 2024. Learn More
IBMA Foundation awards grant for Kentucky Museum project
The IBMA Foundation recently awarded grants to 14 bluegrass programs in four countries, including a project at the Kentucky Museum that is part of the upcoming Sonic Landscape exhibition.
Spotlight: The Dance Project
The WKU Dance Program will present The Dance Project 2024, featuring the original choreography of WKU dance students, this weekend at the Gordon Wilson Hall Lab Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7.
Hearts On The Hill
Gordon Ford College of Business to host presentation
Seema Sheth, Senior Vice President and Regional Executive of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will present My Career Path in Finance and Economics at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Grise Hall, room 235. The presentation is sponsored by the Department of Finance, Women in Business and Alpha Kappa Psi.
Kentucky Museum program
Dr. Kathy Bullock, Berea College Professor Emerita of Music, will present I Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Women’s Suffrage and African American Women’s Voices from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Kentucky Museum.
Sociology & Criminology Panel
The WKU Department of Sociology and Criminology will host a Black Alumni Panel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Honors College-International Center, room 1011. Panelists include Sydney Jones, Kendra Woodard and Ron Butler.
Student Publications names 2024 Summer Fellowships
WKU Student Publications announced a class of 10 Student Publications fellows for Summer 2024.
Lowell Harrison Distinguished Lecture set for February 15
Dr. Ronit Stahl, Associate Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley, will present There's Nothing Religious About an Appendectomy: The Complex History of Religious Hospitals in the United States for the WKU History Department's annual Lowell Harrison Distinguished Lecture at 5 p.m. February 15 at the Gary Ransdell Hall auditorium. More: History Club event Wednesday
Application window open for Anthropology scholarship
The application window for the 2024-2025 Drs. Du-Powell Scholarship in Anthropology opened on February 1 and applications will be accepted until February 29, 2024.
Innovation Campus Newsletter
Check out the February newsletter from the Innovation Campus for information on Governor Beshear’s visit, upcoming events and more. More: MI2 newsletter
Basketball Event Parking
Here's a reminder from WKU Parking & Transportation about event parking for Lady Topper Basketball games Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon.
WKU Week in Photos
Check out the latest WKU Week in Photos from Clinton Lewis, WKU Division of Communications & Marketing.
Athletics
February
7
Wednesday
Staff Senate

The WKU Staff Senate will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Downing Student Union, room 2081, with a livestream on YouTube. An election forum for Staff Regent nominees will follow. Learn More
February
7
Wednesday
Job Fair

WKU Camp, Recreation, and Related Professions Job Fair will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Downing Student Union. Learn More
February
8
Thursday
Documentary Screening

The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series, co-sponsored by the PCAL Cultural Enhancement Series, will present Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Capitol in downtown Bowling Green. Learn More
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