Makayla Riley’s passion for sports, and willingness to pursue internships and seek out opportunities that delivered practical experience while studying sport management in the West Virginia University College of Applied Human Sciences, helped her get her foot in the door with the Washington Commanders.
Annabella Cerasoli is a second-year student at West Virginia University who you can find at the Student Recreation Center on the Evansdale Campus six days a week. A psychology major on the pre-nursing track, Cerasoli is currently training to compete in bodybuilding and said she believes the facilities can play a big part in the physical and mental well-being of WVU students.
Jayla Boyd and Lillian Floyd were in uncharted territory when they arrived at West Virginia University for Brain Camp the summer before their senior year of high school. Now, both students are enrolled as freshmen in the University's neuroscience program and are conducting research in the WVU School of Medicine.
Calijah Burton, a senior entrepreneurship and innovation major in the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics, is able to make his childhood dream of owning a bakery come true because of knowledge gained and unwavering support from friends and teachers on campus.
West Virginia University graduate student Cassandra Stewart is the perfect example of how planting a seed can lead to more growth than expected. Seeds from WVU Extension’s Grow This program inspired Stewart, a student in the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, to make textiles using natural dyes from flowers she grew.
After working summer camps with kids, Tyler Derkotch knew it was what he wanted to do for a living. At West Virginia University, he found the physical education and kinesiology program offered in the College of Applied Human Sciences exposed him to the hands-on learning he enjoyed in a field he was passionate about, further strengthening his conviction about his future.
A distinguished West Virginia University educator and administrator, Dr. John F. Brick, recently retired, marking the end of a 50-year career dedicated to service to the state as chair of neurology and associate dean of rural outreach in the WVU School of Medicine.
Krystal Capers, a native of Jackson, New Jersey, earned two degrees from West Virginia University, played the clarinet for the "Pride of West Virginia," was involved with multiple student organizations and had access to transformational internships in Morgantown.
Talk to West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics sophomore Naimat Khani and you’ll quickly learn that she makes things happen. A native of Nigeria and Syria, she chose WVU because of its human resources concentration, a hard program to find and one that Khani knew she wanted to pursue.
Many life circumstances were working against Gage Smith, a 2023 University graduate in psychology from the Martinsburg area who is now working on a master's degree in counseling in the College of Applied Human Sciences. Smith's goal is to be the kind of example for others he never had.