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WKU Timeline

WKU Archives serves as the collective memory of not only Western Kentucky University, but also it's founding institutions:

    Bowling Green Business University, 1907-1963
    Glasgow Normal, 1875-1890
    Ogden College, 1877-1928
    Potter College for Young Ladies, 1889-1909
    Southern Normal School & Business College, 1875-1906

WKU has had five name changes through the years:

    Western Kentucky State Normal School, 1906-1922
    Western Kentucky State Normal School & Teachers College, 1922-1930
    Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1930-1948
    Western Kentucky State College, 1948-1966
    Western Kentucky University, 1966-present

This timeline presents some of the significant events and people in WKU history. For more detailed information see Lowell Harrison's Western Kentucky University.

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  • 2001 by WKU Archives

    2001

  • WKU Elizabethtown - Fort Knox by WKU Archives

    WKU Elizabethtown - Fort Knox

  • Softball by Sheryl Hagan-Booth

    Softball

  • 2000 by WKU Archives

    2000

  • Bell Observatory by WKU Archives

    Bell Observatory

  • WKU Glasgow by Bob Skipper

    WKU Glasgow

  • Karen Adams by Sheryl Hagan-Booth

    Karen Adams

  • WKU Mace by John Warren Oakes

    WKU Mace

  • 1998 by WKU Archives

    1998

  • Gary Ransdell by WKU Public Affairs

    Gary Ransdell

  • Barbara Burch by WKU Archives

    Barbara Burch

  • WKU Creed Monument by Clinton Lewis

    WKU Creed Monument

  • 1997 by WKU Archives

    1997

  • Commencement by WKU Registrar

    Commencement

  • Diddle Park by Clinton Lewis

    Diddle Park

  • Sarah Pearce Thompson by Park City Daily News

    Sarah Pearce Thompson

  • Barbara Burch by WKU Archives

    Barbara Burch

  • 1996 by WKU Archives

    1996

  • Western On Line by WKU Public Affairs

    Western On Line

  • Terry Wilcutt by NASA

    Terry Wilcutt

 

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