The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic might be felt by the WKU community if the Board of Regents chooses to approve tiered salary reductions and a new operating budget for the upcoming year on June 26 at 9 a.m.

After WKU revealed a draft of its restart plan for the upcoming semester, students, faculty, staff, parents, and Bowling Green residents have showered the university’s administration with hundreds of questions and critiques.

WKU faculty and staff who are paid more than $50,000 a year got tough budget news in their inbox Monday morning -- emails detailing how much their pay would be cut in the coming year to help offset the university’s $27 million deficit from the global coronavirus pandemic.

Med Center Health reported on Friday the worsening condition of local physician Dr. Rebecca Shawdowen. Dr. Shadowen, a local infectious disease specialist, was diagnosed with COVID-19 in early May.

WKU rolled out a draft of its plan to reopen campus for the Fall 2020 semester, with President Timothy Caboni saying on Thursday that classes would begin as scheduled on Aug. 24, with in-person instruction ending the Friday before Thanksgiving.

WKU has issued more than $2 million in direct aid to about 3,100 students under the federal CARES Act, President Timothy Caboni said Wednesday.

WKU Provost Cheryl Stevens announced two revisions to the Pass, D, Fail grading policy on Wednesday. The revisions allow students who received a passing grade to revert to a traditional letter grade by May 31.

COVID-19 has impacted the modern world to a degree few have ever seen. 

Gov. Andy Behsear announced on Monday that Kentucky has 105 new reported cases of COVID-19. 

In a video emailed to WKU students on Friday, May 8, WKU President Timothy Caboni praised students for making it to the end of the spring semester, which was upended due to the coronavirus pandemic, and revealed the university's plan for course instruction during the Fall 2020 semester.

The university has released its recommendations for next year's budget, which include staff pay cuts.

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

This story was published in the May 8 final print issue. Read the full issue here. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 159 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky today, bringing the state total to 5,934 cases. Twenty-three of the news cases were in Warren County. 

WKU classes will likely be in person next fall, with some adjustments, WKU President Timothy Caboni said in a Staff Senate meeting on Tuesday. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 163 new cases of COVID-19 in the state Monday, which brings Kentucky’s total number of cases to 5,245. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily 5 p.m. update included numbers from both Saturday’s and Sunday’s report. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 177 new cases of COVID-19 in the state Friday, which brings Kentucky’s total number of cases to 4,879. Additionally, Beshear announced eight new deaths, bringing the state total of deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic to 248.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced 19 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County during his daily update.

Bowling Green received $385,212 in coronavirus relief funds coming from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, which was enacted on March 26.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 87 new cases of coronavirus and five new deaths in his daily update on Monday. A total of 4,161 cases and 213 deaths have been confirmed in Kentucky.

WKU will receive approximately $5.3 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act which has provided universities nationally with funds to help manage emergency situations.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 202 new cases of coronavirus and three new deaths in his daily update on Sunday. A total of 4,074 cases and 208 deaths have been confirmed in Kentucky.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 171 new cases of coronavirus and five new deaths in his daily update on Saturday. A total of 3,905 cases and 205 deaths have been confirmed in-state.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 322 new cases of COVID-19 in the state Friday, the highest single-day number of cases reported in Kentucky. Beshear also announced nine additional deaths, bringing the state total of COVID-19 cases to 3,779 and the total number of deaths to 200.

Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Friday which will allow registered voters in Kentucky to cast their votes in the state's primary election on June 23 using mail-in ballots.

WKU Athletics, Hilltopper Sports Properties and Mister B's Pizza and Wings are teaming up to provide the opportunity to help support local healthcare heroes who are on the front lines in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the university announced in a press release Friday afternoon.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced 161 new coronavirus cases, along with six deaths, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 3,481 and deaths to 191.

A petition on Change.org demanding WKU offer a cash refund option to students has received over 300 signatures.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced 196 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing Kentucky’s total to 3,373. Of those new cases, 19 were in Warren County. 

Gov. Beshear’s daily COVID-19 update included 177 new cases and 17 deaths. Beshear said he considers today's number of cases to be “good news” because they aren’t on the increase, but acknowledged they’re still not on the decrease.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 102 new coronavirus cases in his daily update on Monday. Kentucky now has 3,050 positive cases of COVID-19. 

WKU President Timothy Caboni sent out a message to faculty and staff on Monday announcing the formation of committees to help get WKU restarted in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and giving an update on the university’s delayed graduation ceremony.

Gov. Beshear announced 273 new cases in his daily update on Sunday. This is the highest amount of new cases reported in the state in one single day. Kentucky now has 2,960 positive cases of COVID-19.

Kentucky has seen 206 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to Gov. Andy Beshear in his daily update on Saturday. Nearly one-half of these cases are coming out of Jefferson County.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear outlined the commonwealth’s plan to reopen the economy in his update on the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, and he also gave an update on COVID-19 cases in the state.

WKU Health Services will temporarily shut down the Graves Gilbert Clinic on-campus location for the rest of the spring semester, citing a recent decline in patients.