Donald J. Horvath, longtime professor of animal and veterinary sciences at West Virginia University, passed away in 2011, but left behind a legacy of inspired learning that his family will honor through the establishment of the Dr. Donald J. Horvath Memorial Scholarship.
In rural states, access to advanced, specialized music education for high school students can be sparse. A new initiative in the West Virginia University School of Music is changing that.
West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is back competing in the 2017 ESPN Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge. Huggins is competing against 47 other basketball coaches nationwide, all vying for the opportunity to raise money for their favorite charities.
Clay Marsh, WVU Health Sciences vice president and executive dean, recently announced the formation of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine, effective Jan. 1. Vinay Badhwar, M.D., Gordon F. Murray Professor and executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, will serve as the department's founding chair.
As a new semester begins at West Virginia University on Jan. 9— even with relatively mild weather conditions so far— it's time to remind the campus community about how the University responds when severe winter weather arrives.
A change in the federal timetable for gathering financial information has enabled West Virginia University to extend aid to 6,099 admitted students more than three months ahead of previous years.