The newsletter for the WKU community
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WKU engineering students participating in National Concrete Canoe Competition
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WKU’s StalacTOP (207 pounds and 20 feet long) is one of 24 entries in the American Society of Civil Engineers competition, hosted by the Florida Institute of Technology.
WKU qualified for its 16
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appearance in national competition by winning the ASCE Ohio Valley regional competition this spring. WKU’s best national finish has been fourth-place in 2002, 2007 and 2016.
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WKU Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter traveling to Guatemala
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Members, alumni and friends of the
WKU Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter
will be working in Tecpan, Guatemala, June 8-16 as part of the
Global Village program
through Habitat for Humanity International. Global Village trips are short-term service trips with Habitat for Humanity that give volunteers the chance to experience another culture and help communities that need safe, affordable housing.
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Dr. Stacy Bibelhauser's Master of Accountancy students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., where they toured the U.S. Tax Court and the Joint Committee on Taxation and visited with staff members who explained their roles in creating tax legislation.
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Gatton Academy again listed among public elite schools
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The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science has been named to Jay Mathews’ list of top-performing public schools with elite students for the 10th consecutive time.
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Dr. Jack & Janice Glasser continue to give back to WKU
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For Dr. Jack Glasser and his wife, Janice, supporting WKU Baseball celebrates their shared history at the field, the current team and the Hilltoppers of the future. “Jan and I want to help the Baseball team as much as they helped me out when I was at Western,” said Dr. Glasser. “Jan and I met my senior year, and she would come to my games. Supporting WKU Baseball has meaning to both of us, and we’re very excited to support the team.”
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WKU students recognized by Gilman Scholarship Program
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Anthropology graduate awarded fellowship for work in Mongolia
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Jennifer N. Molchan, a spring graduate of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, has been awarded a $2,000 Field Research Fellowship from the
American Center for Mongolian Studies
, a nonprofit educational organization that supports academic projects and exchanges in Mongolia and the Inner Asian region. Her research project involves analyzing ancient ceramics from the Khanuy Valley of north-central Mongolia.
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Bike4Alz Team 007 is making its way across the country to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's research. The WKU students are traveling from San Francisco, California, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, and are scheduled to complete their trip on July 20.
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WKU has released the Dean’s and President’s lists for the spring 2019 semester. Full-time undergraduate students with a semester grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.79 are named to the Dean’s List. Students with a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0 are named to the President’s List.
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Alumni Spotlight: Rita Turner
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Rita Turner of Nashville, Tenn., spends her days working as the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for WeGo Public Transit and the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee. But, that’s not necessarily what she went to WKU to study. “My career journey has really been about building a diverse portfolio of experiences by saying ‘yes’ to unique opportunities,” she said.
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KYhirED, Service One Credit Union unveil new partnership
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The South Central Workforce Development Board, on behalf of the KYhirED scholarship program, has announced a new pilot program with Service One Credit Union that allows college students to work this summer for hourly wages, gain invaluable job experience, receive critical training/coaching plus have the opportunity to be awarded an additional $1,500 scholarship toward their Fall 2019 semester.
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New members of Staff Council
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Congratulations to the new members of the Staff Council:
- Full Time Executive/Admin/ Professional: Rebekah Russell, Robert Unseld, Tanya Vincent, Fallon Willoughby
- Full Time Technical/Skilled/ Maintenance: Jordan Cole
- At-Large: Scott Broadbent, Emilee England, Shaden Melky, Lauren Ossello, Christopher Ware
- Regional Campus representative: Erin Bloss
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WKU Blackboard is scheduled for an upgrade/migration to the cloud June 29 through July 1. Blackboard will be unavailable those three days. All Blackboard operations are expected to be fully restored by 8 a.m. July 2. Faculty will be able to create Fall 2019 course sites beginning July 2.
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62nd Annual WKU Faculty & Staff Golf Tournament July 12
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Campus Recreation & Wellness (formerly Intramural-Recreational Sports) will host the 62nd Annual WKU Faculty & Staff Golf Tournament on July 12 at Cross Winds Golf Course. The tournament is open to all faculty, staff, retirees and their immediate family members. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the department’s student development fund.
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Here's a reminder from the
WKU Restaurant Group
about what on-campus restaurants are open to serve you this summer:
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A bike share program at WKU is picking up speed just six months after it was launched on campus.
It’s called VeoRide and students are taking advantage of it as WKU’s Amy Bingham explains in this week’s
View from the Hill
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Xposure Journalism Workshop
WKU's Xposure Journalism Workshop will be held through June 16 at the Adams-Whitaker Student Publications Center.
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SCATS
The Center for Gifted Studies will host SCATS (The Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students) through June 21.
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