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Gatton & Honors students present their research at international conference
Paige Volpenhein (above) of Gatton Academy and Stephanie Gaiko (below) of the Honors College presenting their research findings at an international conference with attendees from 28 countries. Paige...
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WKU researchers using fruit fly to study growth of cancer cells
Dr. Ajay Srivastava in his laboratory in WKU’s Complex for Engineering and Biological Sciences (WKU photo by Bryan Lemon) A WKU biology professor and his students are using a small fruit fly to find...
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WKU Honors College Student, Amy Correll, While Researching Geriatric Health...
WKU student and Somerset native Amy Correll (right) met Sarah Obama, the President’s biological grandmother, during her research trip to Kenya. (Credit: Amy Correll) Kevin’s interview with Amy It’s...
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Student researcher in WKU Aging returns from Project in Kenya
Amy Correll of Somerset, a Gerontology minor in WKU Aging and a student in the Honors College at WKU, never dreamed that her three-week project to Kenya would be so exciting. During an August research...
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Western Kentucky Honors College: Regional Excellence, International Impact
Public University Honors (The site for public university honors colleges & programs), June 11, 2013 This is a recent positive profile of the Honors College highlighting scholarships and global...
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Catherine Watwood’s Junior Flute Recital
Catherine’s recital is a great example of what a Capstone Experience/Thesis (CE/T) can be!
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Great presentations at the Kentucky Honors Roundtable in Lexington (Sat, Feb...
Johnny Bergman, Wes Miller, Wolfgang Brauner, Monica Spees, Jon Hendrie, Molly White We had a wonderful time at the Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) in Lexington this past weekend and our students did...
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Presenting at the Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) at UK this Saturday, Feb...
We are very excited about the four students who will present their CE/Ts tomorrow at KHR in Lexington. KHR is one of several great opportunities each semester to share your work in progress, gain...
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Reach Week, Student Research Conference & great speakers Sarah Vowell and Dr....
This is a great opportunity to present your CE/T or other research/creative project! The deadline to submit a proposal is this Friday! March 23: Student Research Conference Deadline for proposals: Feb...
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Art in Motion
(Source: Email from Joon Sung, Associate Professor, Depart of Art, Dec 7, 2012)
View ArticleKentucky Honors Roundtable, UK, Lexington, Feb 15-16, 2013
Great opportunity for any Honors student to present his/her CE/T or other research/creative project! Free! (registration, transportation, hotel & main meals included) If you are interested or have...
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Study abroad is but one way to globalize students’ perspective
Mark Salisbury, director of institutional research and assessment at Augustana College Illinois, argues that too many in study abroad still put the cart before the horse, and that it is high time to...
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Unintentional Knowledge: What we find when we are not looking
Julio Alves (director of the Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning and of the Writing Program at Smith College), The Chronicle Review, June 23, 2013 Most of our knowledge is incidental and...
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More is Better: The Impact of Study Abroad Program Duration
Mary M. Dwyer, President & CEO, IES Abroad Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, vol. X, Fall 2004 (pdf) The title says it all: This study finds that the longer students study...
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“I like it when my students cry”– No Learning Without Feeling
Claire Needell Hollander, New York Times Sunday Review, June 8, 2013 The author is an English teacher at a public middle school in Manhattan and the author of the young adult novel “Something Right...
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What employers really want
What employers really want from students is not what too many in higher education still think that they want. As a result of this misperception, students are not as well prepared as they could be....
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Record number of students, recent graduates earn national scholarships
A record number of WKU students and recent graduates were recognized in prestigious national scholarship competitions in 2012-13. To date, 31 WKU students and recent graduates were successful in...
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“The highest result of education is tolerance” (Helen Keller)
More by Helen Keller on optimism.
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“The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se” (Charles Eames)
Here’s to the birthday of Charles Eames — legendary furniture designer, deft universe-explainer, celebrated champion of design as a force of culture, creative genius of uncommon sincerity, honesty,...
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Can We Move Beyond the MOOC to Reclaim Open Learning?
Interesting critique of MOOCs and reflection on the potential of open learning and how to optimize it by Anya Kamenetz, Journalist at Fast Company and author of DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the...
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