The West Virginia University College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences will induct five graduates into its 2017 Hall of Fame and name its Outstanding Alumnus on Friday, October 20, at the Erickson Alumni Center beginning with a reception from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and formal induction ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
West Virginia University has been designated as part of the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program, a combined curricular and extra-curricular program with five components that are designed to prepare students to address the grand challenges facing society in this century.
Students living in Mineral County will have more opportunities to hone their skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as reading thanks to the support of The Community Trust Foundation.
A three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling nearly $1 million will let West Virginia University develop its next-generation High Performance Computing, or HPC, cluster to advance computationally intensive research in a wide array of fields, from drug delivery to genomics and astrophysics.