Dear Colleagues,
In March of 2020, the Western Kentucky University class of 2023 were first-year students in residence on the Hilltop campus, following a relatively “normal” senior year of high school. Their first year of college quickly shifted to remote learning after 6.5 months. They arrive this year still relatively new to the campus.
The class of 2024 experienced their first year at WKU (Academic 2020-21) mostly away from the campus, commonly after a disrupted high school senior year of missed proms and traditional graduation ceremonies. They have arrived largely new to the WKU campus.
The class of 2025 arrived two weeks ago completely new to the campus, many after a senior year of high school with remote instruction, few high school proms, and few traditional high school graduations.
Universities are accustomed to annual renewal of the community with new members. Quite routinely one-quarter of the undergraduates will be new to campus. However, this fall the big difference is many more undergraduates are new to the WKU campus.
