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Thursday, April 15th, 2021 Four WKU students were awarded Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) that fully fund summer study in intensive language programs abroad. Recipients were selected from a diverse nationwide pool of over 4,600 applicants. Jayden Thomas, an international affairs and political science major, earned the scholarship to study Japanese in the virtual institute administered by Okayama University in Okayama, Japan. He is a Mahurin Honors College scholar and a participant in the...

Shashaank Narayanan have been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. With an annual $34,000 stipend and a $12,000 cost of education allowance per year for three years, Copeland will continue her work investigating the intersection of aging and reading comprehension as a Ph.D. candidate in the Cognition and Neural Science Program at the University of Utah.   “This award will likely completely alter the trajectory of my career as a scientist,” said Copeland,...

Manager of Student Success - Finish What You Started (FWYS) Adams County, CO Posted by THE CHALLENGE Completing a college credential or degree has never been more critical to economic success. However, nationwide, more than 29 million students have enrolled in college and left without receiving a degree or certificate. A disproportionate number of these “some college no degree” students are students of color. With a completed degree or industry credential in hand, more Colorado residents...