Thousands of students and hundreds of faculty have passed through the West Virginia University School of Music during the 50-plus years Dr. James Miltenberger has been teaching piano there. While his final faculty performance with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will be April 20, his legacy will live on through a piano scholarship in his name.
West Virginia University students and faculty participate in service projects and learning events around the world, immersing themselves in a different culture and human experience. Recent examples include: a trip to Nicaragua where students provided care and distributed medical and dental supplies; others went to Timor-Leste to experience nation building in one of the world’s newest countries; and another group traveled to the Royal University for Women in Bahrain to debate the role of multiculturalism in social order.
See Einstein’s theory of relativity come to life through interpretive dance and a symphony performance, both titled “A Shout Across Time,” during West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences month-long “Celebrating Einstein.” Friday (March 31) kicks off the month-long celebration that includes a series of lectures, nightly rooftop telescope observing events, robotics and the Space Race Fun Run.
West Virginia University’s Experimental Rocketry team is preparing to take off for competition at the Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where it will compete against 110 teams from 11 countries. The team has built its own 12-foot fiber glass rocket designed to carry 8.8 pounds of payload 10,000 feet into the sky, which it will test next month at a Tripoli Rocketry Association event.
Eat scrumptious cuisine and learn what styles of craft beer to pair—or not to pair—during this fun and relaxing evening hosted by West Virginia University Continuing Professional Education. Learn from the experts during “Brewing Up a Meal,” at Table 9 in Morgantown on Thursday, March 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
As West Virginia University celebrates its 150th birthday, generations of alumni are reinvesting in their alma mater. For the Youngdahl family, that means giving back to the College of Creative Arts through the Richard Powell Trombone Scholarship, which will inspire future musicians
As attention on international students attending U.S. universities has increased in the wake of proposed travel bans, West Virginia University students can speak to their experiences on campus and in the surrounding communities. International students not only promote diversity at WVU, they bring a different world view to campus and take their Mountaineer experience home with them, becoming valuable ambassadors.
Floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters except for fire. As flood waters rise in many West Virginia towns, West Virginia University Extension Service agents and specialists can offer information to help families prepare for and recover from floods.
West Virginia University landscape architecture students and alumni will come together for an alumni charrette on March 1 and 2 to focus on creating a more vibrant landscape for the city of Elkins. Their efforts will be centered on Railroad Avenue, including the gateway corridor and open spaces along the corridor in the historic railyard.
The Feeding and Swallowing Clinic team at the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities saw its 1000th patient, a two-year-old with a rare neurological condition that only 215 people in the world have.