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Photograph of the 2025 Unite Breakfast held at West Virginia University inside the Mountainlair Ballroom. Groups of people are seated together at circular tables.
U.S. Army ROTC cadets commission onto active service during a ceremony at WVU,

6 WVU Army ROTC cadets to commission as officers

The West Virginia University Army ROTC Mountaineer Battalion will commission six cadets as second lieutenants during the Fall Commissioning Ceremony Thursday (Dec. 19).

New WVU grads in caps and gowns stand to turn their tassels.
Photograph of a 2023 Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony on the WVU campus featuring several ROTC students in uniform and other dignitaries under a blue and yellow striped tent.
Black and white headshot of Holocaust survivor Maud Dahme. She is pictured in front of a gray marbled background wearing a light colored turtleneck under a dark jacket. She has short, gray hair.

WVU to host Holocaust survivor Maud Dahme

West Virginia University will welcome Holocaust survivor Maud Dahme to campus to share her story during a public event Nov. 19 that is being held in conjunction with this year’s Campus Read.

A gold banner with a blue Flying WV on it is shown behind autumn leaves.

WVU, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College to unveil WVU Degree Up program

West Virginia University and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College will join forces to unveil WVU Degree Up — a first-of-its-kind program in West Virginia designed to make it easier for community and technical college students to transition from an associate’s degree to a bachelor’s degree. Southern will be the inaugural partner to launch the program with WVU.

A horse outfitted in a gold and blue WVU hood, gets pets from a young girl during an event.

WVU to host Halloween with the Horses community event

The West Virginia University Collegiate Horsemen’s Association will host Halloween with the Horses, a free community event providing the opportunity to meet the University’s teaching horses and learn more about the Equine Studies program.

A student-made pumpkin protection box falls from a rooftop, a black parachute catches wind as it falls toward the campus below.

WVU Statler College to host Pumpkin Drop

The West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources will welcome students and teachers from across West Virginia Friday (Oct. 25) for the 35th annual Pumpkin Drop, a design competition that puts students’ engineering concepts to the test as they compete with gourds of glory.

WVU president Gordon Gee stands at a podium speaking into a microphone during an address.

Gee to deliver State of the University address Oct. 14

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee will deliver remarks at 3 p.m. Monday (Oct. 14) for the State of the University address which will be held in the WVU College of Law, Fitzsimmons Event Hall.

Photograph of Braden Adkins, the 70th WVU Mountaineer, dressed in his buckskins and looking off into the distance with a scenic mountain vista in the background.

Mountaineer mascot to receive flu shot

The 70th West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot, Braden Adkins, will get his flu shot to raise awareness about flu prevention.