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A summer of opportunity: WVU students land internships with NPR, NASA, Michael Kors, others
May 9th, 2013There's no shortage of WVU students who've landed high-profile internships this summer; and here are some of those stories. -
The Flying WV now flies...around the racetrack: Freshman unveils gold and blue, WVU car
April 24th, 2013If you think you've seen the Flying WV logo just about everywhere, you probably haven't seen it on a car hood zooming around a major racetrack. Now you can. -
WVU student inventor named top college woman by Glamour
April 2nd, 2013Political science junior and young inventor Katherine Bomkamp has been named the L'Oreal Paris Beauty of Giving Award winner and one of Glamour magazine's 2013 Top 10 College Women. -
Engineering a dream: A freshman's drive toward a NASCAR career
February 19th, 2013If you ask Travis Braden if he has a Plan B in life, you won't get an answer. A freshman planning to study mechanical engineering at WVU, Braden is dead set on becoming a NASCAR legend. -
Changing lives through innovation: Follow WVU's young inventor on her new blog
February 16th, 2012Katherine Bomkamp, the 20-year-old West Virginia University student who?s made headlines for her groundbreaking medical device, now has a blog. -
London calling: WVU inventor youngest ever invited to present at Royal Society of Medicine event
February 15th, 2012Katherine Bomkamp, the West Virginia University student who developed a device to help amputees when she was only 16, has been asked to discuss her invention on a grand stage, becoming the youngest person ever invited to present to the Royal Society of Medicine's Medical Innovations Summit. -
As he scans the crowd in the West Virginia University Coliseum at commencement, John Landis will be looking for two faces. When he turns his tassel on May 14, Landis will have an engineering degree, a job in the petroleum and natural gas industry. And his 18-month-old son, Ethan, will have a dad who took risks to make his family's life better.
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Bettina Mason was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma after her first year of pharmacy school. She continued taking classes, and is graduating this year with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
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In 2009, Justin Heydon suffered a life-changing injury that could have turned him into an object of pity. Instead, he's become an inspiration. Heydon will graduate from West Virginia University in May with a degree in mechanical engineering after a neck injury left him partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair
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West Virginia University senior Steven Rhodes , a mechanical engineering major from Parkersburg, W.Va., has always been curious about the way the world works. But during his time at WVU he's had many chances to dismantle aspects of the world around him and put them back together. And he's taken every chance he got.
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For many employers, hiring WVU grads 'just makes sense'
July 9th, 2010Mike Fulton likes to hire West Virginia University graduates because they are well-grounded, technically prepared and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. Fulton is just one of many employers drawn again and again by the quality of WVU grads. -
Two WVU students awarded Gilman Scholarship for study abroad
July 8th, 2010Faith Pirlo is intrigued by the language and culture of Russia. Justin Moore wants to learn more about the history and culture of Japan to better serve his country. Both are recipients of a 2010 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a national program for undergraduate study abroad. -
WVU welcomes first-generation students
June 15th, 2010As the first in her family to attend college, Kirsti Paolini of Cherry Hill, N.J., is feeling a mix of emotions. She is excited for the new experience, but nervous about being away from home and on her own. Approximately 22 percent of WVU's incoming freshman class are first-generation students, many who feel the same way, so for the first time, WVU held a new student orientation especially for first-generation college students. -
Trip to Africa opens eyes of WVU students
May 14th, 2010Mac Festa is definitely going back to South Africa. A finance senior from Ohiopyle, Pa., he joined three other business students in an unconventional capstone honors course. In April, they spent a week in South Africa visiting agencies on the front lines in the battle against the disease -- agencies that help people who, already burdened with poverty, have often been dealt a death sentence. -
'Anything can happen:' WVU experience gives students confidence, opportunities to follow dreams
May 12th, 2010Jason Parsons has always believed that a little country road would take him anywhere he wanted to go. Loretta Ucelli knows that she has what it takes to do anything she wants in life. -
A pair of West Virginia University students who came up with a way to identify and file blueprints and another who wants to explore decorative and other forms of concrete won the top prizes at the WVU Entrepreneurship Center's Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition April 9-10 in Morgantown.
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WVU students give back during spring break
March 25th, 2010Whether they are helping people with AIDS in South Africa, building a house for Habitat for Humanity or helping to finish a classroom in Jamaica - many students at West Virginia University are spending their spring break giving back. The students and faculty at WVU have several trips planned, both abroad and at home, designed to enhance their global knowledge and help others in the process. The trips will all take place during WVU's spring break, scheduled for March 27- April 4. -
WVU students help with tax returns
February 18th, 2010Fifteen accounting seniors and graduate students at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics are helping prepare tax returns for people who can't afford to pay for the service. -
There's no place like home: WVU students find a way to belong in Morgantown
December 15th, 2009College is huge. For many newly-minted high school graduates, which one they choose is the first adult decision of their lives. School becomes the place they want to be, not the place they must be based on state laws and geography. So picking the right one has real consequences. For many, belonging is a process, a series of deliberate acts that lead them to a point where they can finally say: This is home.