Campus Alert Archive

Institution

Western Kentucky University

WKUKYPublic R2WKU Alert~16,000 students

Cases: 4
Alerts: 11
Verbatim: 55%
Span: 2021–2026

Official alert policy

How WKU says it will alert — when and how WKU Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

4 cases · 6 of 11 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

shooting: 2026-02-13WKU Alert: 'No threat at this time' as Pre-Dawn Shots Hit a Bowling Green Apartment Complexadvisory1 killedverbatim

2023

shooting: 2023-02-23An Early-Evening Shooting at the Edge of WKU's South Campus Pulled Bowling Green Police Onto University Boulevardemergency notification1 injured

2022

bomb threat: 2022-09-14Suspicious Device, Then Yik Yak Threat: 'Next Bomb Will Be in PS2' — WKU Student Pleads Guilty to Terroristic Threateningemergency notificationverbatim

2021

severe storm: 2021-12-11After Midnight, a Tornado Warning and 'TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY' for Bowling Greenemergency notificationverbatim

By incident type

What WKU has alerted about

Active Shooter · 2 Bomb Threat · 1 Weather · 1

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