Monthly Archives: February 2011
MMTH closing at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28
Mass Media and Technology Hall (MMTH) will close at 4:30 p.m. today (Feb. 28) due to an inoperable fire alarm system. If you have a class in MMTH tonight, please check with your department or instructor. If you need to … Continue reading
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WKU to host educational leadership symposium March 31-April 1
WKU will host Making a Difference: Kentucky Educational Leadership Doctoral Symposium on March 31 and April 1 to explore key issues facing education in Kentucky and opportunities for making a difference. The symposium will provide a forum for doctoral students … Continue reading
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Forensic team members compete at tournaments in Ohio, Illinois
Members of the WKU Forensic Team traveled to Bowling Green, Ohio; Evanston, Ill.; and Dekalb, Ill., to compete in four tournaments the weekend of Feb. 25-27. These four tournaments presented WKU team members with one of their last opportunities of … Continue reading
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WKU journalism student awarded Overseas Press Club scholarship
WKU senior Colleen Stewart was recently awarded a prestigious Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship. Stewart, a news-editorial journalism major from Crestview Hills, received the $2,000 award at the Foundation’s 2011 Annual Scholarship Luncheon at the Yale Club in New York … Continue reading
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WKU geoscientist to help lead new United Nations water project
A WKU geoscientist will help lead a new project titled IGCP 598: Environmental Change and Sustainability in Karst Systems under the auspices of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Geoscience Program. Dr. Chris Groves, director of … Continue reading
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Habitat for Humanity campus chapter sending 3 groups on spring break trips
WKU’s Habitat for Humanity campus chapter will be sending three volunteer groups to Virginia, North Carolina and Mississippi during spring break March 7-11. The WKU groups will travel to Lynchburg, Va., Burlington, N.C., and Lucedale, Miss., to assist local Habitat … Continue reading
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Students advance in MATHCOUNTS
Students from five schools participated in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition Feb. 19 at WKU. Teams from Drakes Creek Middle School and Franklin-Simpson Middle School advanced to state competition March 25-26 at the Holiday Inn North in Lexington. Also moving onto … Continue reading
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View from the Hill – WKU NOVA Center
WKU’s newly acquired 18,000-pound electron microscope from Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be on full display at the NOVA Center Conference March 10-11. Find out more in this week’s View from the Hill.
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WKU hosting language festival
More than 490 students from 11 area high schools are competing today (Feb. 25) in the Regional Kentucky Language Festival, hosted by WKU’s Department of Modern Languages. Students from across the south central Kentucky area are competing in French, German … Continue reading
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Teacher Hall of Fame induction March 1
Three outstanding educators will be inducted Tuesday (March 1) as the fourth class of the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame. The three, chosen by a statewide selection committee, are the late Artie Johnson Hankins of Morgantown, … Continue reading
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