Current Men’s Basketball Head Coach Hank Plona will serve as the first Mahurin Family Foundation Head Men’s Basketball Coach through an endowment gifted to the position by Dixie Mahurin, marking the ...

The Kentucky Museum will be celebrating the grand opening of the exhibit “Sonic Landscape: The Musical Legacy of Southcentral ...

This story was updated with new information on Friday, July 25, at 5:21 p.m.  The construction of the new Gordon Ford College ...

This story was updated on July 23, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. with information from Jordan Basham regarding vulnerable positions and ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced July 1, 2025  that it will no longer be accepting new proposals for the NSF ...

The construction of the new Gordon Ford College of Business is nearing completion as final touches are made to the building. Front of the building facing towards South Lawn.  Back of the building ...

The WKU Student Life Foundation sued the architecture and contracting firms responsible for the design and construction of Hilltopper Hall, court documents obtained by the Herald show. The Foundation ...

The WKU Young Alumni Council has launched the “Under 40 at the Top” initiative to honor WKU graduates that have made significant achievements before reaching the age of 40, the Alumni Association ...

The Western Kentucky University concrete canoe team placed third overall at the national American Society of Civil Engineers civil engineering championship on June 27-29. WKU’s ASCE chapter was one of ...

The Bike4Alz Team 12, a group of 12 WKU students that are also fraternity brothers in Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), is raising awareness and donations for the study of Alzheimer’s disease, a memory loss ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 3:15 p.m. with more complete information Most of WKU’s oldest dorms are set to be replaced in a sweeping new housing plan WKU President Timothy Caboni ...

WKU has partnered with ReUp Education, a third-party organization that provides personalized support for students, to help expand opportunities for adult learners.