Video: Community starts early
H4, the Honors Freshman Orientation Retreat, is held each August to welcome new Honors students into the Honors community. Registration information is available early in the summer.
View ArticleHonors Scholars Serve with the Governor’s Scholars Program
Many Honors scholars give back to programs from which they received opportunities when they were younger. Read the story of five students did so this summer as a part of the Kentucky Governor's...
View ArticleVideo: Hemingway & Faulkner course leaves the classroom
An Honors English class spent two days in Chicago visiting sites relevant to the early years of Ernest Hemingway's life. "Hemingway & Faulkner", a course offered each fall, also visits Oxford,...
View ArticleSenior’s selfless service rewarded
Alex Kimura, a senior from Louisville, Ky., studying Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Justice and Equity, received the President’s Award for Service. Kimura, a WKU SpiritMaster has helped to create...
View ArticleScholar practices abracadabra
Having practiced magic since the age of 10, Honors freshman Brice Harney has hundreds of tricks up his sleeve.
View ArticleClass forms partnership with Bowling Green High School through $100 Solution
“When a person receives a college education, they have a moral obligation to serve,” said Dr. Bernie Strenecky, a scholar in residence with the Honors College at WKU. This concept is the driving force...
View ArticleFlagship students learn Chinese dinner etiquette
What does WKU have that guarantees study abroad opportunities, promises the superior level in a foreign language, and is one of only nine in the nation? It’s called the Chinese Flagship Program, and...
View ArticleSenior explores community bonding by breaking bread
Rebecca Katz, a senior Religious Studies major in the Honors College at WKU, believes that breaking bread can build bonds. She is working on her Capstone Experience/ Thesis project (CE/T) with...
View ArticleSophomore makes a splash on the hill
Swim at 6:00 a.m. Weights at 7:30 a.m. If there is a meet coming up, weekends are booked. All of this, plus the regular homework load of an Honors College student.
View ArticleFamily of Honors student named WKU Family of the Year
Tim and Ellen Gott met on the third floor of Tate Page Hall when they were students at WKU and got married one year after they graduated. After 20 years, they returned to WKU, a place that has become a...
View ArticleInternational dialogues part of Honors political science course
Arete story by Shelley Spalding Every Thursday morning, Savannah Larson, a freshman in the Honors College at WKU, gets up at 6 a.m. to attend her weekly session known as Solyia as a part of Dr....
View ArticleHonors in the News: March 25
Senior geography major Olivia Payne went on a class trip to the Ozark Mountains with other geography and geology students to obtain fieldwork experience. Read more about the trip on the WKU News Blog....
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