Mackenzie Wenzel from North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, will cross the Commencement stage after completing her bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene. She chose West Virginia University School of Dentistry because she said it felt like a home away from home since the first time she visited campus.
Recipients of the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program at West Virginia University are conducting impactful research focused on enhancing public health, ensuring food safety, improving cancer treatment and more. Many of these students may have never found their purpose without opportunities to engage in undergraduate research and private support to help them pursue their passions.
West Virginia University Director of Bands Scott Tobias has been named the 2024 West Virginia Bandmaster of the Year by the Tau Chapter of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, an international honorary co-ed fraternity of band directors.
When Paige Zalman went to sleep on the night of Tuesday, April 2, she was still a doctoral candidate in the West Virginia University College of Applied Human Sciences. By the time she went to sleep on Wednesday, April 3, she had not only successfully defended her thesis, but she was also a winner of the University’s Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Col. Tom Boyd, a 1971 journalism graduate, has created the West Virginia University Reed College of Media’s first faculty fellowship fund with a $150,000 gift. The gift will allow for two annual awards of $3,000 each to support faculty members who excel in teaching, research or creative work.
Formerly a brand manager for corporate entities like Kroger and the Cincinnati Bengals, West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics MBA graduate Kristin Morvik made a career transition to become a business education teacher at a Kentucky high school and is winning awards for her efforts.
West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources chemical engineering graduate research assistant Raphael Oladokun is being recognized by the National Society of Black Engineers as this year’s Graduate Student of the Year.
West Virginia University researchers with differing expertise and approaches are joining forces to seek a drug for non-small cell lung cancer. The group, assembled by Lori Hazlehurst, associate director of basic research at the WVU Cancer Institute, has been awarded a one-year grant to support the team’s efforts.
A team of West Virginia University mining engineering students from the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources earned second place in the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration/National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association Student Design Competition for their mine design and reinvestment plan.
West Virginia University faculty member Eloise Elliott was recently inducted as a fellow into the North America Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals at the SHAPE America Convention in Cleveland. Elliott, Ware Distinguished Professor in the WVU College of Applied Human Sciences, was one of eight to be inducted into this year’s class.