WKU News

Oct 19th, 2025

The Talisman won its 23rd national Pacemaker Award, and the 51st for WKU Student Publications, and the College Heights Herald and the Talisman were named the best collegiate publications at the convention.

Sep 1st, 2025

WKU's flagship student publications are finalists for three national Pacemaker Awards, the premier honor for student-run media, and five staff members are finalists for national individual awards.

Mar 28th, 2025

College Heights Herald, Talisman and Friend of Student Publications Awards to be presented at Centennial Weekend celebration

Mar 10th, 2025

The business side of WKU Student Publications won the 2025 Student Media Business Pacemaker Award from Associated Collegiate Press on Saturday. WKU won the Pacemaker for the second consecutive year.

Nov 4th, 2024

The two Pacemakers are the 24th and 25th for the College Heights Herald and the 48th and 49th for WKU Student Publications.

Sep 25th, 2024

Multiplatform Pacemaker judges student media across all platforms

May 1st, 2024

The 10 Pacemakers from Associated Collegiate Press is more than any other student media program has won in the past four years.

Apr 23rd, 2024

Three student leaders in WKU Student Publications were honored by College Media Business & Advertising Managers during an awards ceremony April 19.

Mar 11th, 2024

WKU Student Publications wins its 47th national Pacemaker Award.

Feb 7th, 2024

The website for the College Heights Herald, WKUHerald.com, has been named a finalist for the 2024 Online Pacemaker from Associated Collegiate Press. WKU Student Publications is one of the nation's most honored college media groups.

Feb 5th, 2024

Since the program launched in 2012, 81 Student Publications staffers have been awarded fellowships.

Feb 2nd, 2024

Business Pacemaker Finalist a first for WKU Student Publications

Nov 6th, 2023

WKU Student Publications is among the most honored student media programs in the country.

Oct 20th, 2023

Cherry Creative and Student Publications Advertising received multiple awards in the 2023 College Media Business & Advertising Managers annual contest.

Sep 15th, 2023

WKU Student Publications has collected five finalist honors in the 2023 competition for the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards, the nation’s highest honor for student-run media outlets.

Mar 1st, 2023

WKU Student Publications today announces a class of 10 Student Publications fellows for Summer 2023.

Nov 1st, 2022

WKU's College Heights Herald was named No. 6 in the Top 10 most successful student media outlets in the history of the national Pacemaker Awards, and the Herald and Talisman brought home three new 2022 Pacemakers.

Oct 10th, 2022

WKU Student Publications posted six finalists for national Pacemaker Awards -- the most ever for WKU and more than any other university in 2022.

Oct 15th, 2021

Sam Oldenburg, adviser to Talisman and Cherry Creative at WKU Student Publications, was named an Honor Roll Adviser on Friday by the College Media Association.

Oct 15th, 2021

The College Heights Herald, WKU’s student-led source for news, won the 2021 Newspaper Pacemaker Award on Thursday from Associated Collegiate Press, the Herald’s 19th Pacemaker and the 41st won by students at WKU Student Publications.