WKU team finishes fifth overall in 2024 ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition

WKU’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter placed fifth at the 2024 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championship.

WKU was among nearly 25 colleges and universities that competed at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, on June 20-22.

This accomplishment was the third consecutive year WKU placed in the top five at the national competition.

“I’m most proud of how the team supported one another,” Team Captain Carelynn Hartmann explained. “We had a lot of highs and lows throughout the year and competitions, but we never gave up on the project or one another. There’s something special about the Hilltopper spirit.”

In canoe contests, WKU placed first in the category of Final Product, third in Men’s Slalom, and fourth in Women’s Sprint.

The canoe's theme, Horsepower, was selected to honor the 150th Kentucky Derby.

WKU CEBS awarded $2 million to support rural educator apprenticeship project

A four-year, $2 million U.S. Department of Education award, Project CARE (Collaborative Apprenticeships for Rural Educators), will support high school students in rural areas of Kentucky as they pursue careers as K-12 teachers. Members of WKU’s Project CARE team are (left to right) Dr. Susan Keesey, Dr. Marguerita DeSander, and Dr. Dennis George. Corinne Murphy (far right) is the Dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences. Project CARE enhances WKU’s partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide a pathway for future teachers to begin their college preparation in high school through a collaborative dual credit K-12 Teaching and Learning Early College Pathway. High School students enroll in coursework at KCTCS and WKU with flexible instructional delivery systems, clinical experiences in a residency model, and a network of support, advising, and mentoring.

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Psychological Sciences major accepted into REU program

Alejandro Ramirez, a sophomore Psychological Sciences major from Elizabethtown, was selected for a highly competitive National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program this summer at West Virginia University.

Philosophy major presents research at national meeting

On June 7-9, Philosophy major Ethan Huffaker presented a co-authored paper, Close Reconstruction of Proofs in the Quantificational Logic of Principia Mathematica, at the Bertrand Russell Society’s 51^st annual meeting in Amherst, N.Y.

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