Greek life members of the Fraternities Sigma Chi, Iota Phi Theta and Sorority Phi Mu all participate in chants before the parade begins at the WKU’s annual Homecoming Parade on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.
An amish child at the annual Amish and Mennonite Auction in Scottsville, Ky, on Saturday, April 6, 2024.
Jihad “Joe” Mansour prays with fellow believers during the sundown prayer in Ramadan on the WKU South Lawn Campus on March 30, 2023. “We usually pray five times a day, one before dawn, one at noon, one in the afternoon, one at sundown, and one after dark.” Joe said.
Carson Montgomery, 7, looks at the solar eclipse before totality in downtown Evansville on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Megan Wood, Evie Knapp, and Heather Mapes (left to right) mourn the death of Megan’s nephew, Zerek Burden, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Burden died earlier the same day. The three girls released notes attached to the balloons after attending Burden’s funeral. The notes are intended to reach wherever the balloons take them. “The notecards say that we lost my nephew today, and to reach out to see wherever the notes land.” Wood said.
WKU Junior Garrett Steed stretches as he rests in between sets of a track workout on Western Kentucky University’s track in Bowling Green, Ky, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
Wrinley Proctor, 1, plays on the ground while her mother, Sydney, watches over her at the Veterans Day ceremony held by WKU ROTC at Guthrie Tower on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.
Michelle Ashby has sealants placed in her teeth at Bluegrass Dental in Evansville, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
Evan Evans, 16, and Zayden Daniels, 13, sit in the shade of the Sunset Skatepark before the viewing of the total solar eclipse in downtown Evansville on Monday, April 8, 2024. The pair had been riding in the riverfront skatepark while waiting for the eclipse to begin.
A camper paints on a counselor during Red, White, and Blue special event on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The bi-weekly special event brought 4th of July themed festivities and fun.
Chaos erupts in the mosh pit as Rat Piss guitarist Brayden Conrad hits a heavy note in a chorus of their final show at Molotov Skateshop on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The collective urged everyone to join the mosh pit to celebrate the death of the band, which knocked people down but were instantly helped up by the people around them.
Graduate student Alicia Fields, head of the Sun Protection Outreach Teaching by Students program, shows off University of Kentucky themed sunglasses in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Bowling Green, Ky., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Fields and her team have always handed out the sunglasses to students in the classrooms of the schools they present at in the wider Bowling Green community.
