The newsletter for the WKU community
April 27, 2023
Accounting major overcomes challenges
Divine Lokuku, a senior from Louisville, who graduates next week with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a certificate in Personal Financial Planning, is no stranger to working hard and overcoming obstacles. Her family moved to the United States from the Democratic Republic of the Congo when she was a teenager, which came with its own set of unique challenges. "We left the Congo for the U.S. on my fifteenth birthday,” Lokuku said. “My parents wanted better opportunities for us kids. They also wanted us to get a world-class education.” (More: Commencement parking)
WKU celebrates newest Topper Teachers
With about 200 graduates earning initial or advanced certification this year, WKU’s School of Teacher Education continues its work to address the state and national teacher shortage. “Our programs, our freshman recruitment efforts, and our partnerships with our schools have really increased the number of students we have in the pipeline,” Dr. Corinne Murphy, Dean of WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, said during a visit to the WKU in Glasgow Campus for the first of four Big Red Teacher Bag Ceremonies to celebrate the newest Topper Teachers. (More: View from the Hill)
CLIMBING HIGHER
Bingocize® recently received an additional $259,900 to further expand an existing project with the Kentucky Department of Public Health (KDPH). Total funding equal to $630,1888 will be used to promote health equity and COVID-19 immunizations in underserved populations across Kentucky through the popular health program. Learn More
WKU's Imagewest, Doe-Anderson announce partnership
An event was held Tuesday to announce a three-year partnership between WKU’s Imagewest and Doe-Anderson, a Louisville-based independent creative advertising agency. The partnership connects Imagewest and WKU students to Doe-Anderson’s decades of industry experience, current industry best practices and a set of committed Doe-Anderson colleagues who will share their creative input with students.
Spotlight: WKU Week in Photos
As the spring semester winds down, check out the latest edition of the WKU Week in Photos for highlights from Greek Week events, WKU's Earth Day celebration, hands-on learning opportunities and more. Photos by Clinton Lewis, Carol Coronado and Cristina Betz of WKU Communications & Marketing
Students elect SGA President
Sam Kurtz, a sophomore from Bowling Green, has been elected Student Government Association President. In addition to being Student Body President, Kurtz will serve as Student Regent.
College Heights Herald takes look at refugee community
A very special issue of the College Heights Herald news magazine is now out on the WKU campus – one that looks at a unique quality of Bowling Green that many who live here take for granted, and maybe don’t even notice. Driven by refugee resettlement and substantial immigration, more than 1 in 6 Bowling Green residents were not born in America. More than that, the refugee and immigrant populations, and their first-generation American children, have rewoven the fabric of the community.
WKU Dance Program presents Last Chance to Dance 2023
The students of the WKU Department of Theatre & Dance's Choreography courses will present their works in Last Chance to Dance 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Russell H. Miller Theatre in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center. The informal showcase will feature other projects and emerging choreographers in the program, presenting a variety of different dance genres and inspirations. Tickets are $5.
View from the Hill
WKU’s newest teacher graduates are getting some items to help launch their career in a big red way. WKU’s Amy Bingham has more on the Big Red Teacher Bag ceremony in this week’s View from the Hill.
Athletics
April
28
Friday
Take Back the Night

Sexual Assault Prevention Month activities will conclude with Take Back the Night from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the SOKY Marketplace in downtown Bowling Green. Learn More
April
28
Friday
Concert

The WKU Symphony, WKU Choirs and Southern Kentucky Choral Society will present Cherubini Requiem in C at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Van Meter Hall; tickets are $12. Learn More
May
1
Monday
Finals Week

Final exams for the spring 2023 semester will begin Monday. The Finals Week Complimentary Breakfast for faculty, staff and students will be held from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Fresh Food Company in Downing Student Union.
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