As they pursue careers focused on caring and compassion, the three inaugural West Virginia University School of Nursing student ambassadors are already demonstrating their dedication to helping others by sharing their personal experiences and expertise with incoming nursing students.
The West Virginia University Office of Graduate Education and Life announced four doctoral students selected to receive the WVU Foundation Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship and two master’s degree students chosen to receive the Carl del Signore Foundation Scholarship.
During the event, West Virginia University will invite alumni, friends and students to collectively make a difference and support the University’s land-grant mission.
The WVU Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic is improving the quality of life for West Virginians across the state by contributing much-needed local government legal services to communities, while also providing meaningful educational opportunities for law students.
Undergraduate researchers from West Virginia University connected with policymakers at the Capitol in Charleston Friday (Feb. 10), providing an overview of the important work being done in dental care, mental health and substance use, and children’s health care during Undergraduate Research Day.
Self-injury deaths cost the United States more than $1 trillion a year in medical expenses and work and quality of life losses, according to new West Virginia University research. A team of experts is researching these economic costs and how they can inform health planning and clinical and public health interventions.
From building up outdoor recreation throughout the state, to crunching vital numbers for its small communities, to exploring ways small businesses can best market their goods and services, West Virginia University is serving as a community development catalyst in real time and making significant change at ground levels.
Nearly one in eight infants born in West Virginia between 2020 and 2022 had in utero exposure to opioids, stimulants and/or cannabis, according to researchers at West Virginia University Health Sciences.
NBA great Charles Barkley’s special guest appearance at the 2023 Bob Huggins Fish Fry was a slam dunk, scoring a record crowd and more than $1.8 million to support the WVU Cancer Institute and Remember the Miners.
In West Virginia’s hills and hollows, its larger cities along interstates and smaller communities on country roads, at ground levels and from broader 365-degree views, West Virginia University students, faculty and staff are working each day in service to the Mountain State.