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Wadsworths endow doctoral fellowships at WVU
February 25th, 2013Clarksburg, W.Va. natives Maurice and JoAnn Wadsworth, have continued their history of giving to the WVU's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a gift of stock valued at $209,243. The gift will be used to create the Wadsworth Graduate Fellowship, which will benefit doctoral candidates studying in the discipline. -
Facemire-Roll Scholarship to benefit accounting and finance students at WVU
February 21st, 2013Rob and Penni Roll, both of whom earned undergraduate accounting degrees from WVU, have established the Facemire-Roll Scholarship through a gift of $105,000 to the College of Business and Economics. The endowment will provide scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students in accounting and finance. -
Donor seeks to perpetuate spirit of support through gifts to WVU
February 20th, 2013Bart Aitken and his wife, Tamara, pledged $100,000 to WVU's Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering to create the Robert L. and Pauline Aitken Scholarship. In a separate gift, the coupled pledged $50,000 to create the Bart A. and Tamara Aitken Endowment. -
WVU alumnus to deliver lecture on leadership at engineering school
February 13th, 2013Gary Christopher, a WVU alumnus and an expert in executive leadership, will present a lecture at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 at WVU's Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. -
WVU alum creates scholarship to help recruit students
February 6th, 2013H. Stephen "Steve" Conrad and his wife, Jane, recently created the Conrad Farms Agriculture Scholarship to help recruit West Virginia's most promising students to the Davis College. -
Alumni couple establishes professorship in accounting at WVU business school
February 4th, 2013A couple who graduated from WVU in the 1960s has given a $100,000 gift to the College of Business and Economics to establish a professorship in accounting. -
NGE creates endowment in civil and environmental engineering at WVU
January 28th, 2013Amy Veltri and John Nottingham, owners of Novel Geo-Environmental, LLC, and graduates of WVU's Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, made a $25,000 gift to provide support to the technical education system at WVU. -
Gift from former WV teacher will help educate students at WVU
January 22nd, 2013The family and friends of Rita R. LeHere, formerly of Grafton, W.Va., have established a scholarship in her memory at WVU's College of Education and Human Services. -
WVU's College of Human Resources has changed its name to better reflect the educational work and focus of the faculty, staff and students there, dean Lynne Schrum said. Its new name is the College of Education and Human Services.
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B&E Distinguished Speaker Series welcomes president of regional drug store chain Jan. 31
January 15th, 2013Lynne Fruth, president of Fruth Pharmacy and a 1980 WVU graduate, will be the first speaker of 2013 in the College of Business and Economics Distinguished Speaker Series at WVU. -
Three decades later, Kansas artist reflects on creating the WVU logo
December 21st, 2012Watch John Martin describe his inspiration for the Flying WV logo, which he designed in 1980. -
Three inducted into WVU College of Human Resources and Education Hall of Fame
December 11th, 2012WWVU's College of Human Resources and Education recently honored its 2012 Hall of Fame recipients and student scholars at ceremonies held at the he Erickson Alumni Center. Chosen for Hall of Fame induction were: Dr. Franklin Parker of Crossville, Tenn.; Dr. Molly Brooke Vass-Lehman of Kalamazoo, Mich; and Dr. Diane T. Woodrum-Leuthold of Waynesburg, Pa. -
WVU sport management students, alumni will share success stories at career day
November 30th, 2012Middle and high school students from West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh will gather in Morgantown Saturday (Dec. 1) to learn about career options in sport management at WVU's Sport Management Academic Career Day. -
Spikers' gift boosts future of athletic training at WVU
November 29th, 2012John C. and Sabra L. Spiker have extended their support for the WVU College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences with a gift that will go toward the construction of a new CPASS building and scholarships for students majoring in athletic training. -
Gift from Kanawha County educators supports WVU HR&E professors
November 28th, 2012Dr. Sharon B. Hayes and Dr. Sung Hee Lee of the West Virginia University College of Human Resources and Education have been named the first recipients of the Chester E. and Helen B. Derrick Professorship Awards. -
WVU's Eberly College post-election talk in Charleston kicks off new discussion series
November 20th, 2012West Virginia University's Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will host "Beyond Red and Blue: A Closer Look at the 2012 Elections," at 7 p.m., Nov. 27 at the Woman?s Club of Charleston. This will be the first event in the new Eberly Ideas Discussion Series. -
Taziki's WVU partners with ag school on Food Allergens Project
October 30th, 2012Megan Govindan, director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics and teaching assistant professor of human nutrition and foods at.WVU's Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, is conducting research on food allergens at Taziki's Mediterranean Café. -
Entrepreneur/philanthropist Purdy in B&E Distinguished Speaker Series Nov. 8
October 25th, 2012Verl O. Purdy, a former chemical industry executive turned entrepreneur and philanthropist will appear in the WVU College of Business and Economics Distinguished Speaker Series Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center. . -
The West Virginia University Eberly College of Arts and Sciences' Departmental Alumni Recognition Award Program allows departments within the Eberly College to honor successful alumni for their civic leadership, social welfare activities, professional life, business life and intellectual and cultural pursuits.
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WVU's College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences names outstanding alumnus, inducts 5 into Hall of Fame
October 9th, 2012WVU's College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences will induct five graduates into its 2012 Hall of Fame and name its 2012 Outstanding Alumnus at a ceremony at the Erickson Alumni Center, Friday, Oct. 12.