WKU gets national attention from Military Times Magazine

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – This week, Western Kentucky University received national recognition for the 10th year in a row from Military Times magazine. 

This comes from surveys the magazine conducts ever year at institutions that review various things such as, the number of military students, retention rates, and programs to see how the schools benefits military students that are both currently enlisted, retired, or family members of service members. At Western’s Military Student Services, Director Kent Johnson told News 40 most of his work involves helping military students with tuition, but the office also connects students with programs and resources across campus and the community to help them along their journey through higher education.

In regards to veterans, Johnson, who is a veteran himself, said that some potential students worry about preparedness, being that they have been out of school for a few years depending on their enlistment, making them hesitant to get back into the swing of things. 

Johnson added toward the end of the interview that he believes a lot of credit goes to Bowling Green itself for being such a military friendly community, and encourages all service members or family members of to just seek out information regarding college and see what benefits are available to them such as GI bills and other assistance.