Friday, February 28, 2025
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WKU, KCTCS reaffirm alliance to break barriers for transfer students
Cameron Shaw | Assistant Content Editor
WKU and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) reaffirmed a transfer agreement Thursday morning to support and ease the process for students transferring to WKU.
Plans for the agreement began in 2021, WKU President Timothy Caboni said, and included strategy development and expansion of WKU’s transfer advising program and services
“We spent years working through that pathway to eliminate barriers, to make it less difficult, more easily done, remove all of that friction to transfer,” Caboni told the media after the signing.
WKU Africana studies program
hosts Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo, Transatlantic slave trade historian
Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo delivers her speech entitled, “The Enduring Significance of the History of Atlantic Slavery” in the auditorium in Jody Richards Hall on Feb. 27, 2025. Photo by Ava Davis.
Libby Simpson | News Reporter
The WKU Africana Studies program hosted Dr Ana Lucia Araujo, a historian, author and history professor at Howard University, to speak about her research and book “Humans in Shackles: The Atlantic History of Slavery.” Her book highlights the linear history of the Transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas, according to the book’s synopsis Araujo discussed the research process that went into learning the history behind slavery including the discovery of primary sources like photographs and the role of African women.
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‘Black Excellence Showcase’ highlights powerful voices in forensics
Forensics member Jaleon Brown gives statistics on black womens’ pregnancy and abortion rates, and their corresponding mortality rates and fears compared to other races in the United States for the Black Excellence event at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Photo by Jacob Sebastian.
Abigail Vickers | News Reporter
The WKU Forensics team celebrated Black History Month with performances during its annual “Black Excellence Showcase” Wednesday in the Fine Arts Center.
Four students on the forensics team shared their voices, stories and performances through persuasive speech, communication analysis, dramatic interpretation and prose The topics of the performances surrounded issues about modern Black history
Elizabeth Allen, freshman forensics member and event attendee, said she went to the showcase to support her fellow team members.
Read more by Abigail Vickers
Western Kentucky guard Destiny Salary (1) celebrates a play during the Lady Toppers game against the University of Texas at El Paso Miners in Bowling Green, Ky. on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Photo by Eli Randolph.
Lady Toppers roll UTEP in scoring showcase
WKU Women’s Basketball took down the UTEP Miners 81-58 on Thursday at Diddle Arena behind efficient scoring and four players with double-digit points
Junior guard Josie Gilvin led the way with her fourth straight double-double finishing with 21 points and 11 rebounds Gilvin had support in the scoring and rebounding category from senior guard Alexis Mead finishing with 15 points and 11 rebounds. According to WKU Women’s Basketball X post, Mead’s doubledouble was the first of her career
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Western Kentucky
Hilltoppers fight off comeback at UTEP
WKU Men’s Basketball endured a second-half comeback from the UTEP Miners Thursday
Hilltoppers guard Braxton Bayless (0) misses a layup against defense from Louisiana Tech Bulldogs guard Kaden Cooper (11) during WKU’s game against LA Tech on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. Photo by Von Smith.
night, claiming their second straight win in an 80-73 victory in El Paso.
The Hilltoppers led by as much as 25 in the first half, shooting over 50% while the Miners made just seven field goals in 32 attempts However, WKU found themselves hanging on to a tight lead as UTEP brought the game to as close as six in the closing moments.
The Miners scored 50 points in the second half with 25 of those coming from the free-throw line UTEP shot 33-43 from the charity stripe for the game, with the 10 misses proving to be the difference.
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