One of our main goals at the University Bookstore is to assist the students of WKU in the pursuit of higher education. One way in which we achieve this is by improving the relations between the University Bookstore and the academia of WKU. With the assistance of faculty members who turn in their textbook requests on-time, we are able to maintain low costs on textbooks and insure that we obtain as many used copies as possible. To further this effort, the University Bookstore has established a new scholarship program to recognize those Academic Departments on campus that have worked well with the Bookstore, and have a high percentage of on-time requests. The scholarship has aptly been named the OTTR (On Time Textbook Request) Scholarship. The earlier textbook requests are submitted to the bookstore, the more able we are to handle any complications that may arise, such as new edition information or out of print titles. Early requests also allow us to order textbooks at a lower cost from publishers and raise the buyback value for students at the end of each semester. With the university working as one, we can meet the goal of increasing student learning by having textbooks on-hand before classes begin, at prices students can afford.

For the past two semesters the University Bookstore has chosen one academic department to receive a $250 scholarship in order to reward outstanding students in their program. The first recipient was the EDAD department where associate professor Dr. Jeanne Fiene and faculty divided the scholarship. Our second recipient was the CNS department, headed by Dr. Aaron Hughey.

The University Bookstore decided to change the name of the scholarship to the Dr. Bill Greenwalt OTTR Scholarship.
Dr. Greenwalt passed away a few years ago and the name change is to honor his on-time textbook requests. He was always a strong supporter of the bookstore and will be remembered fondly.