Monthly Archives: September 2011
Regents updated on Downing University Center renovation project
When completed in the fall of 2014, the $49 million renovation of the Downing University Center at WKU will have been a student-led initiative. Many of the changes to the building, which opened in 1970, will be at the request … Continue reading
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Football parking, traffic information
The WKU home football season continues Saturday (Oct. 1) when the Hilltoppers host Arkansas State. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. with tailgating festivities beginning at 9 a.m. WKU Parking & Transportation provides this reminder about the following parking and traffic … Continue reading
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Campus Security and Fire Report
The 2011 Annual Campus Security and Fire Report is available on the WKU Police website. In addition to crime and fire statistics for 2010, the report details policies about the police department, how to report fires and crimes to the … Continue reading
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Former educators make gift for student scholarships in education, agriculture
WKU has received a new commitment for student scholarships from Dr. Robert Schneider and his wife, Virginia Schneider, of Crossville, Tenn. According to Kathryn Costello, WKU’s Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, the Schneiders recently gave $160,000 to create … Continue reading
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Berta Seminar Oct. 24-25 to feature expert in gifted education
Thanks to generous support from The Berta Excellence in Education Fund, Dr. Tom Hébert, author of Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students and nationally recognized expert in gifted education from the University of Georgia, will share his … Continue reading
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1LT Eric Yates Scholarship
Kathy Yates, mother of 1LT Eric Yates who was killed in Afghanistan last year, says the events of 9/11 inspired her son to go into the military. She spoke at the WKU Scholarship Celebration on Sept. 27, along with Fort … Continue reading
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‘Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War’ opens Nov. 3 at Kentucky Museum
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, a traveling exhibition opening at the Kentucky Museum on Nov. 3, examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War — the secession of Southern states, … Continue reading
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Company at WKU’s research center nominated for World Technology Award
HyGreen, Inc., a Florida-based technology company with a production and engineering facility at WKU’s Center for Research and Development, has been nominated for a 2011 World Technology Award for Health and Medicine. HyGreen is an innovative technology company whose mission … Continue reading
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Super Saturdays classes begin Oct. 29
Beginning Oct. 29, The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU will be offering Fall Super Saturdays. Over the course of four consecutive Saturdays, students in grades 1-8 with high ability or high interest in a subject will have the opportunity … Continue reading
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NASA’s Year of the Solar System featured in Hardin Planetarium show
NASA’s Year of the Solar System will be presented Oct. 4-Nov. 6 at WKU’s Hardin Planetarium. Dr. Rachel Campbell, observatory education scientist, will present the show about the status of NASA spacecraft’s current missions to key locations in our solar … Continue reading
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