Friday, November 21, 2025
Faculty Senate discusses employee salary increases
The Budget and Executive Committee discussed questions about employee salary increases on Thursday at the Faculty Senate meeting in the Student Government Association Chambers.
Kurt Neelly, Faculty Representative for the BEC, said WKU President Timothy Caboni announced at the Board of Regents meeting on Friday, Nov. 14, that compensation salaries would change from 2% salary increases to a salary increase of $1,680 per faculty or staff member throughout the university.
Provost Bud Fischer said this bonus will benefit around 80% of employees.
(FILE PHOTO) Graduate Council Kurt Neely speaks with Assistant Provost Molly Kerby at the Faculty Senate on Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025.(Jacob Sebastian)
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on Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 (Gabriel Milby)
For Sarah Hunt, senior criminology and sociology major, the chance to decorate a graduation cap for free was too good to pass up.
She said while she isn’t graduating until May, she wanted to take the opportunity to start working on her idea for a design.
Cap decorating, nutrition advice, henna tattoos and uplifting messages were all a part of the WK & You destress event held in the WKU Bookstore on Thursday.
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WKU Forensics enacts, explains, debates in ‘Meet the Team’ showcase
(FILE PHOTO) Forensics team member Aquilla Dunn performs a play about the death of Martin
on Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025 (Jacob
WKU Forensics team members showcased award-winning speeches for the community Tuesday in Ogden Auditorium.
The team is nationally and internationally acclaimed, with accolades and record-setting achievements stretching back to the early 2000s.
“WKU is the only team to ever win the AFA NST (American Forensics Association National Speech Tournament) Team Sweepstakes Championship, the NFA IE (National Forensics Association Individual Events) Team Sweepstakes Championship, and the NFA LD Team Sweepstakes championship in the same season,” the forensics webpage stated. “In 2021 WKU accomplished this feat for the ninth time… since 2004.”
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Luther King Jr for the Black Excellence celebration at the Fine Arts Center
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WKU Volleyball heads to Conference USA tournament
Western Kentucky University middle hitter Izzy Van De Wiele (25) and opposite hitter Kaira Knox (5) attempt to block a pass from Vanderbilt outside hitter Reese Animashaun (9) on September 16, 2025 during the game against Vanderbilt in E A Diddle Arena (Summer Crawford)
WKU Volleyball travels to Miami to compete in the Conference USA tournament hosted by FIU on Friday, Nov. 21. The Hilltoppers earned a share of the regular season title with UTEP and enter the tournament as the second seed
The Hilltoppers will open the tournament, taking on the seventh seed, New Mexico State Aggies. WKU and NMSU did not meet in the regular season.
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Drop: ‘Son of Spergy’ by Daniel Caesar
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Graphic by Shelbi Bale
Daniel Caesar’s latest album feels like a sermon for the broken-hearted, a spiritual odyssey through love, guilt and grace, where gospel choirs meet modern soul and every lyric aches with repentance.
Caesar, a Canadian singer and songwriter, dropped his latest album, “Son of Spergy,” on Oct. 24. The 12 song album is a true journey, with each song feeling like a different step into this spiritual awakening Caesar has embarked on.
What makes this album so unique are the spiritual themes layered throughout the album. Caesar calls on the Bible numerous times, referencing verses throughout each song. Along with artists like Yebba, Sampha, and Bon Iver being featured in the album, his own dad, Norwill Simmonds, lends his voice in the song “Baby Blue.”
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