Thursday, October 17, 2024
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Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
Today's newsletter features stories on faculty and staff raises, the Presidential Speaker Series and a student art exhibit on display in the FAC Have a great day
Caboni announces 2% across-the-board salary increases for faculty, staff
Full-time faculty and staff will receive a 2% “across-the-board salary increase” as recommended by the Budget Executive Committee, according to an email sent to faculty and staff Wednesday afternoon by WKU President Timothy Caboni Caboni told the Faculty Senate during its September meeting that “2% a year is not enough,” and that across-the-board salary increases “ are not going to address our issues.” He instead emphasized implementing meritbased raises
Jace Lux, university spokesperson, told the Herald Wednesday via email that university leadership accepted the BEC’s recommendation because it believes it “best enables our faculty and staff to address inflationary pressures ” and demonstrates “the respect leadership has for the BEC’s work and the important role it plays in the budgeting process. ”
Bestselling author, neuroscientist Lisa Genova explores human memory in Presidential Speaker Series
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With cameras and lighting aimed at her, New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova shared her passion for storytelling and research on memory with local media before her keynote speech at Van Meter Auditorium Tuesday evening. In the second installment of the WKU Presidential Speaker Series, Genova was invited to speak on campus to the public Genova’s keynote speech, “How We Remember and Why We Forget”, expounded on her life’s research into human’s ability to remember, to forget and what can be done to protect memories, according to a WKU press release Genova said her goal was to show that forgetting things, like the location of phones or glasses that get placed down, is “actually a part
Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist, answers questions during a press conference ahead of her lecture at the Presidential Speaker Series on Oct. 15, 2024.
Photo by Ava Davis.
Dane Slayden’s “Mimesis” portrays the destruction of the self and reconstruction of the pieces and the internal conflicts that come with oneself. His artwork is displayed in the Fine Arts Center Cube Gallery. Photo by Jacob Sebastian.
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‘IN THE EYE OF’ student art exhibit on display in FAC this week
On the fourth floor of the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center is the Cube Gallery, a space for students to display original artwork One student who decided to display his creations is junior art education major Dane Slayden.
“As a freshman and sophomore, I remember going and seeing the shows and thinking of these people that were pretty much just my peers as sort of celebrities,” Slayden said “Then once I noticed that I had a decent body of work that I could show off and was proud of, I just kind of decided that I would love to do a show and sort of start getting my name out there more ”
SPORTS
WKU uses fourth quarter surge to take down Sam Houston. Read the story by Camden Bush, sports reporter.
Photos: HRL hosts Fall on the Hill
Kaitlyn Rather pets a calf during the WKU Housing and Residence life Fall on the Hill event on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Photo by Anna Bell Lee.
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OPINION: Kamala Harris’ clothes are not your concern
When Vice President Kamala Harris wears Tiffany and Co. pearl earrings,she’s criticized for being out of touch with America When former president Donald Trump wears suits that cost anywhere from $6,000 to $14,000, he’s seen as iconic Gender-based discrimination in political spaces has been an issue for years, dating back to the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and even further. However, sexism reared its ugly head the highest for the first time in the 2016 election
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