WKU biology graduate completes internship at national park

As a high school senior, Sara Wigginton knew she wanted to major in biology in college and pursue a career in ecology or conduct research in graduate school. “I just really enjoyed all the sustainability and ecology sections that we worked on,” she said of her biology course at Bethlehem High School in Nelson County. […]

Gatton Academy student presents research at scientific symposium

Gretchen Walch, a rising Gatton Academy senior from Alexandria, represented the 2012-13 WKU Genome Discovery and Exploration class at the 5th Annual SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance – Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Walch received an honorable mention for her presentation titled “Isolation, Characterization and […]

WKU Aging staff member advanced to Fellow of ACHCA

Melanie D. Eaton of Bowling Green, a new employee of WKU Aging, was recently advanced to Fellow of the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA), in recognition of professional achievement and continuous adherence to the ethical and professional standards of ACHCA. Advancement to Fellow represents the highest level of membership in ACHCA and requires […]

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WKU storm chasers document EF-4 tornado, other severe weather events

The May 2013 summer term was the fourth year that Dr. Josh Durkee’s Field Methods in Weather Analysis and Forecasting class set out across the Great Plains, forecasting and verifying a wide variety of severe weather. As with previous years, the WKU group accomplished much success in their mission. This year Dr. Durkee, along with […]

Director of Kentucky Folklife Program receives Archie Green Fellowship

Brent Björkman, director of the Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU, has been awarded an Archie Green Fellowship by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress awards the Green fellowships to stimulate research in occupational folklore across the country. Only four fellowships were awarded for […]

WKU faculty member awarded National Academy of Education fellowship grant

Dr. Jie Zhang, assistant professor of Educational Research in WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, has been selected as a 2013 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. The fellowship award is a $55,000 grant intended to provide release time from teaching in a two-year term 2013-2015. The grant will be used to conduct research […]

WKU biology student honored at microbiology conference

WKU biology graduate student Amanda Seaton of Hartford received an outstanding poster award recently at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver. Seaton works in Dr. Rodney King’s laboratory where she has been defining the requirements for early gene expression in a newly discovered virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia […]

SKyTeach students, faculty, staff attend annual UTeach conference

Students, faculty and staff in WKU’s SKyTeach program presented five research posters, one program promotional poster and conducted two panel discussions recently at the 2013 UTeach Institute’s National Conference in Austin, Texas. SKyTeach graduates Shelby Overstreet of Crestwood and Amanda Cook of Worthville were awarded first place in the student course exposition poster competition for […]

7 WKU students awarded Gilman International Scholarships

Seven WKU students have been awarded funding through the U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program to participate in study abroad programs around the globe in Summer and Fall 2013. Andrea Ayoroa, a junior in Exercise Science with a minor in Spanish from Lexington, will be participating in an intensive Spanish language […]