Monday, February 3, 2025
Please read on for a newsletter describing a local AOII member being featured on a TV show, The Capitol honoring Alice Dunnigan, a famous journalist to kick off Black History Month and a WKU Basketball recap from this past weekend Happy Monday, and as always, GO TOPS!
Genevieve Robinett, a junior from Brentwood, TN, is a first year spirit master and the Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Chi chapter president. Robinett was featured in a series called “Global Child” where she was a tour guide on the show. Photo by Anna Bell Lee.
WKU Spirit Master, Alpha Omicron Pi Chapter President and junior psychology major Genevieve Robinett joined Augusto Valverde on an episode of his docuseries “Global Child” to showcase several Bowling Green establishments. The episode had a free screening hosted by Valverde at Crosslands Central Church in Bowling Green on Feb 2
According to the show’s IMDb page, “Augusto explores the world through the best experiences as he shares uplifting life lessons with global friends ”
The show’s name, Valverde said, comes from his growing up in many places around the world.
“People would ask me where I was from and I would say ‘I’m a Global Child,’” Valverde said in an interview with the Herald
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Penny Allison Lockhart speaks to a small gathering at the Capitol theater in downtown Bowling Green to remember the legacy of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first black woman journalist to gain press credentials to the White House, on Saturday, Feb. 01, 2025. Photo by Von Smith
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Western Kentucky Lady Toppers guard Salma Khedr (34) goes up for a layup during a game against Sam Houston State University in Diddle Arena on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Photo by Dominic Di Palermo.
The Warren County Public Library kicked off Black History Month Saturday at the Capitol with a presentation on Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first Black woman journalist credentialed to the White House and Capitol press corps Dunnigan was born in Russellville, Kentucky, roughly 30 minutes southwest of Bowling Green She overcame many obstacles in her career as a Black woman from Kentucky pursuing journalism
This event was intended to highlight the contributions Dunnigan made in journalism and shed light on the contributions of people lost to history
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