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WKU Student Journalist Wins Highly Competitive National Award

Colleen Stewart (pictured on the left), a journalism major, recently competed against many Ivy League and graduate school journalists to win a highly competitive writing award. She is seen here with...

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Honors in the News: Feb. 4

Sophomore Tessa Duvall, who is studying abroad in England at Harlaxton, wrote a column about her experience thus far for the Herald. So far, experiencing Europe trumps learning, but it sounds like...

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Jennifer Kiefer Receives a Competitive Position in Teach For America

Jennifer Kiefer, a senior in the Honors College, will be teaching in Nashville, Tenn. as a a participant in the highly competitive Teach For America program. Throughout her studies at the Honors...

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Honors in the News: Feb. 11

Senior Charlie Harris, co-founder of WKU’s Americans for Informed Democracy organization, talked with the Herald about new recycling initiatives on campus. The HonorsToppers, the Honors College’s...

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Honors graduate representing U.S. State Department in Brazil

Honors graduate Dunja Zdero was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to spend a year in Brazil where she will teach at the Federal University of Minas Gerais beginning in February 2011...

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Honors College Students Celebrate Super Bowl Sunday

The Honors College at WKU recently celebrated its fourth annual Super Bowl party. Students gathered at Mass Media and Technology Hall in front of one of the largest screens in Bowling Green to watch...

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Honors in the News: Feb. 18

Honors students Lusie Cuskey and Stephen Tabor acted in “Facing East” put on by the WKU Department of Theatre and Dance. Read about the play in a Herald article. Honors senior Laura Leigh Zimmerman is...

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Honors in the News: Feb. 25

Honors senior Caitlin Pike, a public relations and political science double-major from LaGrange, Ky., was part of a group of public relations and advertising students that recently spent 24 hours...

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Honors Students Study History, Culture, and Language in China over Winter Term

Students in the Honors College at WKU spent WKU's Winter Term exploring the history, culture, and language of the Chinese people. Through their experiences, they are continuing to develop the College's...

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Honors in the News: March 4

Honors forensic students Richard Heyne, Sarah Brazier, Khristan Solliday, Gabriella Devia-Allen, Ethan Millspaugh, Robert Whittley, Lindsey White, Mitchell Grogg and Matt Whitman placed well in...

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Semester at Sea: Amy Bishop

Amy Bishop shares her experiences studying on a cruise ship and traveling the world for a semester. (Watch video...)

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Cyber Warfare Expert, Dr. Richrard J. Harknett, to Visit WKU

WKU is pleased to welcome Dr. Richard J. Harknett to campus as the 2011 Boyd-Lubker Visiting Scholar. Dr. Harknett is very special to the Honors College community as he served as Dr. Cobane's mentor.....

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Honors in the News: March 18

Senior Charlie Harris, co-founder of the WKU Americans for Informed Democracy chapter, told the Herald that WKU is close to being designated a fair trade university. The signing of the declaration...

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Honors scholars to travel to Ecuador for spring break

Over Spring Break Dr. David Coffey will be traveling to Ecuador with a group of scholars, including six Honors scholars. Coffey will be teaching a twelve-day course entitled Developmental Issues in...

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Chinese Flagship program offers numerous opportunities for scholars in any major

Dare Norman, a sophomore in the Chinese Flagship Program at WKU, recently addressed her peers and professors in Mandarin, while they ate Chinese food and discussed integrating the Chinese Flagship...

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WKU Honors College to Offer Exciting New Course

Beginning Fall 2013, the Honors College will be offering Honors 380: Trends Shaping Our Future. Unlike conventional courses, Honors 380 will offer students the unique opportunity to study our society...

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ALIVE Center offers internships for students in a variety of programs

WKU’s ALIVE Center for Community Partnerships is offering several opportunities for students to get involved in community and campus life this summer and fall. Students can apply for any of four...

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Honors Scholar receives Howard Scripps Internship

Katie Meek, a junior Photojournalism major and Entrepreneurship minor from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was recently selected as a recipient of the Scripps Howard Internship in San Francisco, California....

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Honors scholars utilize study abroad opportunity to gain Honors experience

Western Kentucky University describes itself as a “Leading American University with International Reach”, and the Honors College is no exception to this rule. While many students were relaxing at home...

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Honors Scholar receives a Goldwater Scholarship

After diligently completing a rigorous application process, Hillary Asberry, a junior ACS Chemistry major and Mathematics minor from Lancaster, Kentucky, has received the Barry M. Goldwater...

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