What does it mean to be a Hilltopper? Western Kentucky University prides itself in continuing to provide exceptional academic programs, student-centered research, and lifelong applied learning opportunities for its students, faculty, and other constituents.
Because of past and future support, WKU is able to prepare our students to be productive, engaged and socially responsible citizens of our global society, enriching the quality of life for those within its reach.
If you are looking for ways to expand your support of the University, there are a variety of ways to make a gift to WKU as part of your legacy. You will learn about these methods of support for us within the pages of this website and discover options that may also benefit you and your loved ones in the form of tax savings, income in your retirement years and more.
Effective gift planning means maximizing the potential of your resources to work best for you and the University. If we can help you in this process, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Planned Gift Recognition
The Society of 1906 recognizes individuals who make WKU a part of their estate plans by including a bequest to the University in their wills, by participating in any of the various lifetime income plans the University has available, by designating the University as beneficiary of a trust, by naming the University as beneficiary of retirement plan assets, or by making the University beneficiary of insurance policies of which ownership has been assigned to the University.
If WKU is part of your estate plan, please let us know. If you are considering including WKU in your estate plans or need further assistance, we want to hear from you.
DONOR TESTIMONIALS
DR. ANDY BURT
Dr. Andrew (Andy) Burt, Dentist and President of Bluegrass Oral Health Center in Bowling Green, considers the Burt family and WKU as going “hand in hand.”
“My grandmother, Mary F. Burt, attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College and served as the Dean of Women,” said Dr. Burt. “Both of my parents, my aunt and uncle, my nephew, my wife, and myself are all Hilltoppers. WKU gave us the resources and tools to be successful in life. Even to this day, going back to earn my MBA, the clear and only choice was WKU.” Read more...
JUDY JONES
For Judy Jones (’74, ’99), a love of school and learning grew to a love of communication thanks to her experience at WKU, and now she has found a way to give back through her estate plans.
Growing up in Leitchfield, Ky., Jones had always known about WKU, but a scholarship—and the convenient not-so-far distance from home and the fact several high school friends had also chosen WKU—ensured she became a Hilltopper. Read more...
EVA AND JIM MARTENS
In early 2022, Eva and Jim Martens (’72), ardent supporters of WKU alumni initiatives, athletics and Eva and Jim Martensscholarships, made a commitment of more than $5 million to benefit the WKU Alumni Center and WKU Athletics through both current support and a provision in their estate plans.
“Eva and I are blessed to be a blessing to others,” Jim Martens said. “The spirit of Western—being a Hilltopper and helping others—is alive and well here. Western is just dear to us. There’s no place we’d rather be.” Read more...
BETTY TALLEY
A desire to promote the training and preparation of counseling professionals led Betty and Dr. Page Talley (’53) to establish the Betty and Dr. Page Talley Family Counseling Center within the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex in 2006. Since then, the Talley Family Counseling Center has benefitted members of the Bowling Green/Warren County community who receive services, as well as the WKU students who are learning at the Center. Read more...
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