Fifty-two years after the Jonesville residents — a Bowling Green African-American community — relocated, students in John Conley’s English 100 classes have dug deep into WKU’s forgotten history, which, according to Conley, was assigned within the context of a national conversation about the …
The Warren County Drug Task Force estimated that of all marijuana-related charges in the past year, over 2000 such cases involved confiscation of THC vapes.Todd Young, deputy director of the Warren County Drug Task Force, said THC vapes have surged in popularity since the legalization of mar…
WKU’s student loan default rate was listed at an average of 9.2%, according to a new annual report released by LendedU, a marketplace of financial products.The student loan default rate is the percentage of borrowers who go past 270 days without making a payment on their federal student loan…
With the retirements and departures of several financial staff members this semester, WKU is losing almost 69 total years of experience.One soon-to-be retiree is Paula Jarboe, the current Chief Financial Officer of the WKU Foundation. In the more than two decades she worked at WKU, she witne…
A video which included members of WKU’s chapter of Alpha Tau Omega using a racial slur surfaced last week.
A child accidentally pulled a fire alarm at the Kentucky Museum on Nov. 23 at 2:50 p.m.
A child accidentally pulled a fire alarm at the Kentucky Museum on Nov. 23 at 2:50 p.m.
Immigrant students and refugees who are benefitting from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) could face deportation and/or cancellation of scholarships following President Donald Trump’s administration’s attempt to cancel the protections.The United States Supreme Court …
Readers who have overdue book fines at WKU Libraries are able to take advantage of a program allowing them to pay their debts with food instead of money.The Food for Fines program is a food drive sponsored by WKU Libraries. The program gives students and faculty the opportunity to pay back t…
With the retirements and departures of several financial staff members this semester, WKU is losing almost 69 total years of experience.One soon-to-be retiree is Paula Jarboe, the current Chief Financial Officer of the WKU Foundation. In the more than two decades she worked at WKU, she witne…
A revision to the student complaint process has been tabled by the WKU Faculty Senate.
Following WKU’s denial of an open records request regarding former WKU basketball players and former head coach Ray Harper, the Kentucky attorney general’s office has called for an in-camera review of the documents in question.During an in-camera review, the attorney general’s office reviews…
Larry Snyder, dean of Potter College of Arts and Letters, sat down to talk about how things are going for Potter College and what’s coming up for the college.Snyder has been the dean of Potter College since fall 2015, where he started as the interim and later became the official dean in spri…
WKU’s preliminary agreement with Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) willinclude opportunities for student and faculty exchanges, according to the agreement signed by WKU President Timothy Caboni and SNNU President You Xuqun.The memorandum of understanding, which was signed by both university p…
In last week’s gubernatorial election, most of the counties with public state colleges voted Democrat, a sharp turn from the 2015 election, in which most college counties voted Republican.
Update: Housing & Residence Life notified residents that the fire alarm in Southwest Hall is functional again. The WKU fire marshall tested the alarm and "approved it as fully operational," according to an email from HRL.
The WKU Restaurant Group’s new register system has gone into effect this semester, cutting down on the workload for some restaurant employees on campus.Since early in the Spring 2019 semester, the register replacement process has been in the works, according to the WKU Restaurant Group. At t…
Several buildings across WKU’s campus were left without heat over the weekend, and some aren’t likely to have it fully restored until the end of the day Tuesday.
The Student Government Association has seen a rise in scholarship application numbers along with progress on the new First Year Village project, according to executive members Garrett Edmonds and Abbey Norvell.
Tuesday’s SGA meeting saw an effort to organize an SGA labor committee from WKU student Jay Wells, who advocated for workers’ rights following recent budget cuts from the university.
Members of the Student Government Association's executive board defended their stance on rejecting Resolution 4-19-F as it was presented to them following last Tuesday’s meeting.
Spencer's Coffee is expanding beyond the square and opening its second location on the 31-W Bypass, the Herald confirmed Tuesday.
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The University of Kentucky School of Medicine held a celebration to commemorate one year of operation at its Bowling Green campus this Wednesday. Numerous UK School of Medicine administrators spoke at the event, including UK president Eli Capilouto.
A child accidentally pulled a fire alarm at the Kentucky Museum on Nov. 23 at 2:50 p.m.
A WKU student was shot in the leg with a handgun following a verbal altercation in the parking lot of the Hilltop Club Apartments Sunday before 5 p.m., according to the Bowling Green Police Department.
WKU’s rates of both crime and fire remain low and stable compared to 2017 and 2016, according to WKU’s 2018 Campus Security and Fire Report, which was released on Friday.Liquor and drug law violations and arrest/citations are down from 2017, and the weapons possessions arrest/citations have …
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