A native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Jim Bittner, the new emergency management coordinator for West Virginia University, always had a passion for emergency response, and after spending 26 years working in his hometown, he joined the WVU Police Department this fall.
Providing support to West Virginia University student parents working toward graduation is Student Family Resources, a unit within Student Life dedicated to helping students with families achieve their higher education goals.
West Virginia University fans will gather in gold and blue to cheer on the Mountaineers as they close the 2024 football season during the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Frisco, Texas.
More than a decade after graduating from West Virginia University, Pocahontas County native Valerie Pritt, a public relations professional and member of Lewisburg City Council, says she tries to live by a motto she learned while she was a student.
West Virginia University Board of Governors Chair Rick Pill submitted the following letter to the WVU community Thursday (Dec. 5).
The financial position and long-term outlook for West Virginia University remain strong, according to a recent report from S&P Global Ratings. The University maintained its A credit rating with S&P and a “stable” outlook, noting the University’s flagship land-grant status, diverse program offerings, good geographic diversity, and rising state operating appropriations the past two years along with additional state funds for capital support.
Alongside hundreds of graduates, West Virginia University will present two outstanding alumni and an educator with Presidential Honorary Degrees while also recognizing two leading faculty members during Commencement ceremonies, Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Coliseum.
The West Virginia University Foundation is celebrating 70 years of private philanthropy to benefit the University and its land-grant mission including a record-breaking 2024 fiscal year that saw more than $282 million in gifts and pledges, a more than $12 million increase over the previous record set in 2021.
A “winding road” led Molly Aderholt, who was born and raised in Billings, Montana, and moved to the Washington, D.C area as a teenager, to her husband’s native state of West Virginia in 2000 to attend the West Virginia University College of Law.
West Virginia University Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker announced Sunday (Dec. 1) he had made a change in the leadership for the Mountaineer Football program, with Neal Brown’s tenure concluding after six seasons and a 37-35 overall record.