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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.

West Virginia University Police issued a Campus Warning on Tuesday (Nov. 26) following multiple burglary and larceny reports on and near the Downtown area of campus.

Record-breaking donor support is empowering West Virginia University to advance education, health care and prosperity near and far. In a presentation to the WVU Board of Governors during its regular meeting Friday (Nov. 22), WVU Foundation President and CEO Cindi Roth detailed the impact of new gifts and pledges totaling more than $282 million in fiscal year 2024.

A senior executive with nearly 20 years of experience in both health care and higher education fundraising has been chosen as the new senior vice president of development and chief development officer for the West Virginia University Foundation. William J. “Will” Green will begin his new position Jan. 6.

Construction is set to start in the new year on an extensive West Virginia University School of Dentistry expansion and renovation project being supported, in part, by a $12.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

West Virginia University has named Haley Bockius, Laasya Chennuru, Mary G. Roush, Christopher J. Smith and Dakota Swiger the 2024 Mountaineers of Distinction, a Mountaineer Week tradition that recognizes exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular involvement.

Relief is coming for crime scene investigators and toxicologists who have struggled to accurately and swiftly identify drugs that have been seized by law enforcement and may be relied on as evidence at trial, thanks to a research partnership between West Virginia University and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.