The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, housed at West Virginia University, will help fund some of the state's teachers with $4,000 mini-grants through the new West Virginia Teacher Innovation program, created to help the pursuit of innovation in the classroom where funding is lacking.
Two West Virginia University alumni with successful careers in information technology and health care were elected to the WVU Foundation Board of Directors at its annual meeting.
With funding support from the Pittsburgh-based Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Natural Resource Analysis Center at the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design is building upon its expertise with drones to develop tools that can detect, map, treat and monitor invasive species such as multiflora rose.
The West Virginia University Board of Governors, after two days of meetings, approved on Friday (June 23) a balanced budget for the coming fiscal year aimed at streamlining and strengthening the WVU System for the future.
The start-up funding gift from Cheat Lake Animal Hospital will allow West Virginia University to partner with West Virginia State University and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture to launch the program, addressing veterinary staffing and animal care needs statewide.
Jason G. Cooper, a West Virginia University alumnus, established the Julia Nell Cooper Memorial Nursing Scholarship in memory of his mother, who worked as a nurse for more than 30 years. The scholarship goes to West Virginia students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing who have demonstrated financial need.
Nearly 30 years after longtime West Virginia University supporter Patricia Bright was first introduced to the artwork of renowned American modernist Blanche Lazzell, she and husband William Bright are helping to bring the Mountain State native’s work home to Morgantown with a gift to the College of Creative Arts.
Amy and Donal Hall, of South Chesterfield, Virginia, met as trombone players for “The Pride of West Virginia” and married after graduating with their bachelor’s degrees in the 1980s. Daughter Keeley Hagans followed in their footsteps three decades later, demonstrating the family’s shared passion for the Mountaineer Marching Band.
Nearly 4,500 West Virginia University graduates walked across the stage to receive their diplomas as family and friends cheered during 14 commencement ceremonies this weekend (May 12-14) in Morgantown.
Five incoming freshmen eager to find solutions that will change their communities and the world for the better have been named 2023-24 West Virginia University Foundation Scholars, the highest academic scholarship the University awards.