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Students sit and talk on the Mountainlair Green
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Former Congressman Nick Rahall stands in with a group of people. He has a big smile on his face and is wearing a gray suit with a white dress shirt. He has white hair.
Undergraduate WVU students present research conducted during the summer at the Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. Two males and one female stand in front of a poster in discussion.
Young children visit a drilling site during a WVU camp. The children are wearing blue safety suits and hard hats while they listen to a male guide.

WVU to host Energy, Environment and Excitement Camp for underrepresented students

Faculty members from the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, experts in the energy industry, and eighth, ninth and 10th grade student attendees are part of the camp that's designed to foster student interest and promote inclusivity in the energy industry.

A WVU STEAM TAC employee drives a blue branded van.
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WVU to host inaugural Governor’s Computer Science Institute

West Virginia University will host nearly 50 high school students for the first Governor’s Computer Science Institute, encouraging the exploration of computer science and the vast opportunities in the computing field among rising sophomores and juniors.

A little girl with brown hair and dressed in a yellow shirt works on a project at a previous WVU engineering summer camp.

WVU Statler College to host engineering challenge camps

School students in grades K-12 from across West Virginia will continue their education and explore STEM concepts at West Virginia University by attending one of several Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources 2023 Engineering Challenge Camps this summer.

WVU graduates singing with their arms around each other at the commencement ceremony in their blue caps and gowns.