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View from the Hill – Spring Engineering Expo

The campus may be quiet now, but engineering students wrapped up the semester on a loud note. In this week’s View from the Hill, you’ll see some of the high flying projects from the Engineering Expo.

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Spring 2013 Dean’s/President’s List

The Spring 2013 Dean’s and President’s List is available online. Students making the Dean’s List have a grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.79 on a 4.0 scale. Students on the President’s List have GPAs of 3.8 to 4.0. To be eligible for the either list, students must have at least 12 hours of coursework that […]

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WKU student awarded Boren Scholarship to study in China

J.P. Stovall, a rising senior at WKU from Nashville, Tenn., has been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship that will fund his participation in the Chinese Flagship Program’s Capstone Year in China. Beginning in August, Stovall, an international affairs, Asian religions & cultures, and Spanish major, will be enrolled in courses at Nanjing University. In […]

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Campus news: Advising program earns national honor; senior honored by Phi Eta Sigma; hemp topic on ‘Kentucky OUTLOOK’

Here’s a listing of recent news from WKU programs and departments: Advising: Best Expectation Program receives national honor A WKU program designed to help students be successful is being honored by the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Best Expectation Programs (BEP), an advising program administered by the Academic Advising & Retention Center, was selected as […]

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17 WKU students awarded Lifetime Experience Grants for 2012-13

The Office of Scholar Development (OSD) has awarded 17 WKU students a total of $38,450 in Lifetime Experience Grants in the 2012-13 academic year. The Lifetime Experience (LTE) Grant program was made possible with funding from the WKU Sisterhood, John and Jacque Hughes Jarve, the Office of Scholar Development, the Honors College at WKU and […]

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WKU wins Hearst multimedia title, finishes fifth in overall rankings

With a first-place finish in multimedia and a third-place finish in photojournalism, WKU’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting placed fifth overall in the 53rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. WKU has finished among the nation’s top eight in the Hearst overall competition for 20 consecutive years and won the national title in 2005, 2001 and […]

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Traffic advisory: May 22 project at Russellville Road, overpass

Here’s a traffic advisory from WKU Parking & Transportation: Traffic will be reduced to one lane on Russellville Road at the CSX overpass from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday (May 22) while work is being performed in preparation for an improvement project that will occur later in the summer. WKU Police Department will be […]

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The Symphony at WKU performed at Beijing Language and Culture University, one of four performances scheduled during the 2013 WKU China Trip. (WKU photo by Bryan Lemon)

Follow the 2013 WKU China Trip

What do the Symphony at WKU, WKU Alumni Association, Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters, North China Electric Power University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Hebei University, Western iMedia, Gordon Ford College of Business, Chinese Flagship, Potter College of Arts & Letters, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, WKU Public Affairs and the Confucius Institute at WKU have […]

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Roberts re-elected to World Council for Gifted and Talented Children

The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children announced Thursday (May 16) that Dr. Julia Link Roberts was re-elected as one of seven members of the Executive Committee. Dr. Roberts is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Education at WKU and Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies and the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of […]

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Lady Topper Softball – NCAA Tournament

The Lady Topper softball team will make history later today.  In this week’s View from the Hill,  Amy Bingham talks to the team about  appearing in its first-ever NCAA tournament.

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