Today@WKU: October 24, 2017

Welcome to Today@WKU, the daily newsletter from WKU Public Affairs, for October 24, 2017.

WKU News

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  Members of the WKU Forensics Team competed at the University of Southern Mississippi.

  WKU Forensics Team competes in Mississippi and Missouri: The WKU Forensics Team traveled to both the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri, and the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to take part in four tournaments the weekend of Oct. 21-22.

• WKU Board of Regents to meet Oct. 27: The WKU Board of Regents will conduct its fourth quarterly meeting on Friday, Oct. 27.
• Elevator Pitch Competition Awards $550 to Student-Run Businesses: Four student teams earned $550 in cash prizes from the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s annual Topper Tank Elevator Pitch Competition held in Grise Hall on Oct. 17.
• WKU professor returns from three-week Latin American expedition: Dr. David Keeling, Distinguished University Professor of Geography, returned recently from a Latin American expedition that visited seven destinations, completing a three-week journey representing WKU and the American Geographical Society as part of a geographic educational outreach program.
• WKU Week in Photos: Oct. 16-20, 2017: Check out the latest installment of WKU Week in Photos by Clinton Lewis and Bryan Lemon of WKU Public Affairs.
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  River Runs Deep by Jennifer Bradbury is the winner of the Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award.

  Bradbury wins the 2017 Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award: WKU Libraries has selected River Runs Deep, by Jennifer Bradbury, as the winner of the 11th Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award. The annual award was created to honor the memory of former WKU librarian Evelyn Thurman, who made significant contributions to children’s librarianship and literacy during her 25 years of service to the university and community.

• WKU Admissions hosting events for prospective students & their families: WKU is taking its DiscoverWKU events across the United States this fall. Coming up: Somerset, Oct. 26; Nashville, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. Register online at http://www.wku.edu/discoverwku/
• WKU Public Radio Weekday Newscast Schedule: Tune into WKU Public Radio for national and international news from NPR, and local newscasts every half hour during Morning Edition (4-9 a.m. Central), and All Things Considered (3-6 p.m. Central), as well as local news features and interviews produced by the WKU news staff. WKU’s Public Radio can be heard on WKYU-FM (88.9) in Bowling Green/Glasgow; WDCL-FM (89.7) in Somerset/Campbellsville; WKPB-FM (88.9) in Henderson/Owensboro; WKUE-FM (90.9) in Elizabethtown/Bardstown; and online at http://www.wkyufm.org/

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WKU Sports

• Volleyball: Cavanaugh Tabbed C-USA Offensive Player of the Week: For the third time this season, WKU’s Alyssa Cavanaugh has earned Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honors, the league office announced Monday. Cavanaugh racked up 39 weekend kills as the Lady Toppers swept UTEP and UTSA to extend their winning streak to 19 matches.
• Football: Mike White Earns Davey O’Brien Great 8 Honor: For the second time in his career, Mike White has been named a weekly Davey O’Brien Great 8 performer, it was announced Monday. White previously earned the recognition after Week 1 of 2016, in his WKU debut vs. Rice. Prior to the 2017 season, he was listed among 29 other Davey O’Brien Award Watch List candidates. By going 24-for-34 for 304 yards and five touchdowns through the air in a 35-31 victory at Old Dominion on Friday night, the senior became only the third quarterback in FBS this season with five passing scores in back-to-back games. Next: WKU vs. FAU at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. More: Coach Sanford’s weekly press conference; game notes; gameday information

• Men’s golf: Tops Tied for First Heading into Final Round at Pinetree Intercollegiate: A 1-under round of 287 has the WKU Hilltopper Golf team tied for first place with one round to go at Kennesaw State’s Pinetree Intercollegiate. The Hilltoppers caught fire down the stretch in Monday’s soggy opening round and used that strong finish to pull even with co-leader Southern Illinois at the par-72, 7,108-yard Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Ga. The tournament concludes today.
• Women’s golf: Blackman, Story Crack Top 11 at Pat Bradley Invitational: WKU senior Georgina Blackman notched her second top-10 finish of the season Monday with a tie for sixth place in the 40th Annual FIU Pat Bradley Invitational. As a team, WKU finished sixth with an 899 (299-297-303) total – just six strokes out of third place. Southern Miss won the team competition at 873.
• Women’s basketball: Ivy Brown Selected to 2017-18 Preseason All-C-USA Team: Senior forward Ivy Brown has been named to the 2017-18 Preseason All-C-USA Team in a vote by the league’s head coaches as announced by the conference office on Monday morning.

More: For updates on WKU Athletics, follow @WKUSports on Twitter or WKU Athletics on Facebook.

WKU in the News

• Dartt’s fight gives WKU the biggest win of the season: On Oct. 12, after WKU’s Thursday practice inside Houchens-Smith Stadium, Mike Sanford asked Wayne Dickens, from the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes program, to help lead the Hilltoppers in prayer. It wasn’t a normal prayer, although the scene painted was one of normalcy for most college football teams in America. Rather, this invocation was for Geoff Dartt, and for everyone involved in the assistant coach’s upcoming surgery. More: WKU offensive line coach Dartt recovering from successful brain surgery

More: Check out WKU in the News page.

WKU Alumni

• Fall 2017 WKU Spirit magazine: Check out the online edition of the Fall 2017 WKU Spirit magazine.
• Upcoming WKU Alumni events: For a listing of events, visit the Alumni website and click on the Events Calendar. Or contact the WKU Alumni Association at 888-958-2586. For a list of Alumni news, visit the Alumni News page. More: WKU SpiritFunder
• Topper Travelers Program 2018: The WKU Alumni Association is planning a Baltic Cruise across Northern Europe June 21-July 2, 2018. The 10-night cruise across the Baltic Sea aboard Marina will begin in Copenhagen, Denmark, with stops in Berlin, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; and Stockholm, Sweden. For information, visit alumni.wku.edu/baltic2018 or contact the Alumni Association at 800-842-9023 or alumnievents@wku.edu.

More: Visit the WKU Alumni website.

What’s Happening At-WKU

Ongoing/continuing events

• Exhibits at Kentucky Museum: Instruments of American Excellence; A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green (through June 30); Kentucky in the Great War (through Dec. 8); New Kentuckians (through Feb. 2); plus other gallery and on-campus exhibits. (Museum hours/visitor information) Contact Kentucky Museum, (270) 745-2592.
• Exhibits at Downing Museum: The Story of Joe Downing: Select Works From the Collection; Art of the Macabre (through Oct 31). Downing Museum, 4801 Morgantown Road. Contact Jack LeSieur, (270) 842-7415.
• International Year of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various events and locations during 2017-18 academic year. Contact International Programs, (270) 745-5334.
• Arts at WKU 2017-2018. Various events and locations. Contact Potter College of Arts & Letters, (270) 745-2344.

Tuesday, Oct. 24

• 4 p.m.: Presentation: Gay Masculinities and Making Sex Matter: Cultural Responses to Homonormativity by Brian Adams-Thies, the 2017 Catherine Coogan Ward Visiting Professor. Downing Student Union, room 2123. Contact Gender & Women’s Studies, (270) 745-6477.
• 4 p.m.: Entrepreneur Speaker Series. Grise Hall, room 242. Contact Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, (270) 745-4142.
• 5 p.m.: WKU Glow Walk. Centennial Mall. Contact Josclynn Brandon, (270) 745-4434.
• 5:30 p.m.: Candlelight Vigil, part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. First Christian Church, 1106 State St. Contact Elizabeth Madariaga, (270) 745-3159.
• 7 p.m.: Hardin Planetarium show: Lives of the Stars. Hardin Planetarium. Contact Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.
• 7 p.m.: Concert: Crowder: The American Prodigal Tour. Van Meter Hall. Contact Campus and Community Events, (270) 745-2497.
• 7:30 p.m.: Lecture: Phenomenology of Love and Reading by Dr. Cassandra Falke. Cherry Hall, room 125. Contact English, (270) 745-3043.

Wednesday, Oct. 25

• 9 a.m.: CGA Golf Expo. South Lawn. Contact Terry Obee, (270) 745-6037.
• 11 a.m.: Community Supported Agriculture Share Fair. Downing Student Union, first floor. Contact Sustainability, (270) 745-2508.
• 6 p.m.: One Love Workshop, part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. WKU Glasgow, room 131. Contact Melanie Evans, (270) 745-3159.

Thursday, Oct. 26

• 4:30 p.m.: Bosnian Coffee Demonstration. Kentucky Museum. RSVP required. Contact Kentucky Folklife Program, (270) 745-4133.
• 5 p.m.: Panhellenic Trunk or Treat. South Lawn. Contact Drew Rash, (270) 745-2459.
• 6 p.m.: Lancaster-Puckett Lecture Series: Your Body’s on Fire by Dr. Dale Wilson, graduate of WKU and Vanderbilt Medical School. Downing Student Union, room 3024. Contact Ken Crawford, (270) 745-4449.
• 6:30 p.m. (ET): DiscoverWKU Somerset. The Center for Rural Development, 2292 US 27 #300, Somerset. Contact Admissions, (270) 745-2551.
• 7 p.m.: Far Away Places Series: Bosnia: More than Twenty Years since Dayton by Fedja Buric, assistant professor of History at Bellarmine University. Barnes & Noble, 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green. Contact Brian Coutts, (270) 745-6221.
• 7 p.m.: Hardin Planetarium show: Lives of the Stars. Hardin Planetarium. Contact Planetarium, (270) 745-4044.

For upcoming events: Visit the What’s Happening at WKU page, Events@WKU page or WKU’s online events calendar

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