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 […]

WKU-PBS features noted authors on ‘OUTSIDE the BOOK’ series

Each year, WKU Public Television is invited to talk with authors at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest in Bowling Green. The seventh annual installment of OUTSIDE the BOOK premieres on WKU-PBS tonight (June 6) at 9:30 with encore presentations Sunday (June 9) at 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Author and illustrator Jim Madison kicks off […]

Restaurant honors WKU veteran

O’Charley’s restaurant of Bowling Green celebrated its grand reopening June 3 by honoring WKU’s David Angle as its “Hometown Hero.” O’Charley’s treated Angle and his guests to dinner and gave him a large “Hometown Hero” poster signed by all of the restaurant’s staff members and many of its patrons. Angle’s dinner guests included fellow Veterans […]

Mitchell joins Louisville PR firm

Guthrie/Mayes Public Relations has expanded its staff with the hiring of Drew T. Mitchell as assistant account manager. Mitchell, a Bowling Green native, graduated magna cum laude from WKU in May 2013 with Bachelors of Arts degrees in public relations and political science, and a minor in vocal music performance. Mitchell has served in a […]

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 […]

WKU graduate student, retired nursing professor facilitate age-friendly conversation

A small but serious gathering of seniors who reside at Village Manor, a Christian Care Communities retirement community in Bowling Green, is proof that the citizens of Bowling Green are taking ownership of the efforts to make our city more age-friendly. The residents were talking – not tweeting or texting – and having good, old-fashioned, […]

Gatton Academy students begin summer 2013 experiences

Students from the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky are prepared for a busy summer. From research internships to shadowing professionals in their home communities, recent graduates and rising high school seniors from the school are following their passions in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) this summer. […]

Curley named director of WKU’s Academic Advising & Retention Center

Russell L. Curley, former Assistant Vice President for Records and Institutional Effectiveness at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM), will be the new Director for the Academic Advising & Retention Center at WKU.  He officially begins in this role on Monday (June 3). At Minnesota State University Moorhead, Dr. Curley was responsible for a number of […]

2013 Lighten Your Load a success

WKU Housing and Residence Life‘s sixth-annual Lighten Your Load move-out collection drive was another success. The collection results from Lighten Your Load 2013 are: 5,778 items of clothing, household goods and appliances/electronics 1,042 pounds of non-perishable food All Lighten Your Load items are donated to the Housing Authority of Bowling Green. The donated items are […]