BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 11 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * Board of Regents Approves Pre-Development Agreement with Gilbane for Student Housing * Dear Colleagues, Today, the WKU Board of Regents voted to approve a pre-development agreement with Gilbane to enhance student housing on the Hill. Gilbane is a nationally recognized partner with extensive experience supporting universities through Public-Private Partnership (P3) arrangements - an approach tha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * DGA Chair Andy Beshear Statement on Republicans in D.C. Voting to Hike Health Care Costs * In response to Congressional Republicans' failure to pass legislation that would reinstate Affordable Care Act subsidies, Democratic Governors Association Chair Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear released the following statement: "Today, Congressional Republicans had the opportunity to do the right thing and prot  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 10 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation * Dear Colleagues, As I shared with you during Faculty and Staff Convocation, we submitted our Response Report and Quality Enhancement Plan update to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) in August with the expectation that the SACSCOC Board of Trustees would review and provide follow-up this month. Today, I am d  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Dec. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * UK finds Antarctica's toughest insect is already eating microplastics By Jordan Strickler, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has found that Antarctica's only native insect is already ingesting microplastics, even in one of the planet's   more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 11 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * WKU Board of Regents approves pre-development agreement with Gilbane to launch multi-year housing transformation * The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents today approved a pre-development agreement with Gilbane, initiating the first phase of a bold, multi-year effort to modernize student housing on the Hill. The partnership marks a major milestone in WKU's commitment to providing afforda  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 10 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * WKU grad advances geology calling * "From a young age, I was fascinated by Earth's historycollecting various rocks and fossils from wherever I could find them," said Dayvon K. Woodard, a graduating senior from Nashville, Tenn. Woodard, a first-generation college student, said, "Growing up, I didn't see many people who looked like me represented in the field of Geology, and that only strengthene  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 11 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * WKU Remains Number One Kentucky College for Veterans * Western Kentucky University has once again been recognized as the best college in Kentucky for military-affiliated students, earning a top fifty ranking on the 2025 Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges rankings. WKU ranked 49th overall nationwide, first in Kentucky, third in the Appalachian region, tenth among traditional and online institu  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Dec. 11 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * WKU's CEC Launches International Autism Training Partnership * Western Kentucky University's Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex (CEC) recently launched a multi-phase international partnership with the NIA Neurodiversity Academy Association in Romania to support the development of Campus Lumya, the country's first integrated center dedicated to autistic teenagers and adults. NIA Neurodiver  more