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For Kaden Stenger, a West Virginia University College of Law student, helping West Virginians has always been his mission, whether it’s in a classroom or the courtroom.

As 8,000 or so lights flashed on for the first time in over a decade on the bricks of Woodburn Hall, it felt like the heart of West Virginia University grew, thanks to WVU President Michael T. Benson, the work of many University employees and others, and the generosity of sponsors Huntington National Bank and Northeast Natural Energy.

West Virginia University is partnering with the Virginia Community College System to offer expanded higher education opportunities to prospective students from Virginia.

Skylar Braithwaite, the new director of the West Virginia University Office of Campus and Community Life, always knew she wanted to make a difference, but she wasn’t sure how. She found just that in her current role leading a group that helps students handle life’s unexpected challenges.

Due to weather conditions, West Virginia University is now scheduled to resume full on-campus operations at noon Tuesday (Dec. 2). This is a two-hour extension of a previously announced delay.

On-campus operations on the West Virginia University Morgantown Campus will start later Tuesday (Dec. 2) due to forecasted icy and snowy conditions. On Tuesday, full on-campus operations will resume at 10 a.m.

WVU alumnus Aidan Priest knows what it means to be a Mountaineer. Thanks to that mindset, he is connecting students, alumni and communities to a shared identity that unites generations under the WVU banner as outreach events program coordinator in the University’s offices of Corporate Relations and Government Relations.

Following a proclamation from Gov. Patrick Morrisey granting state employees a half-day off ahead of Thanksgiving, West Virginia University is announcing an early closure for Tuesday (Nov. 25).

Country music star Charles Wesley Godwin has partnered with West Virginia University on a licensing agreement for his song “Cue Country Roads,” the 17th track on his album “Family Ties.” The track is a central component of a University-led campaign honoring the postgame ritual and holds promise to become a Mountaineer soundtrack in its own right.

For trailblazing robots and West Virginia University students alike, the first step is the hardest. That was the case for Camndon Reed, a robotics engineering and mathematics major from Watertown, Massachusetts, who designs autonomous robots that navigate hiking trails.