After closures, no inspections slated for residence halls serving WKU students

Source: https://bgdailynews.com/, July 20, 2025
By: David Horowitz

The foundation that owns Western Kentucky University’s residence halls as of June appeared to have no plans for additional inspections following the closure of three residence halls designed by the same firm.

In May, the nonprofit Student Life Foundation – which owns the residence halls serving Western students and has operational decisions made by its board, according to WKU – had announced that Hilltopper Hall, temporarily closed in early 2024, would be demolished after structural analysis revealed “widespread design and construction flaws.” Two residence halls built after Hilltopper Hall, Normal and Regents, were also closed temporarily due to not meeting the commonwealth’s commercial occupancy standards, SLF announced. Read more.

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