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A picture of the WVU Coliseum during Commencement ceremonies in May 2023. Seats are filled with family members and well wishers, and chairs situated on the court are filled with graduates filing in the building.
The gold Order of Vandalia medallion is shown on a white background in a dark case.

WVU to induct five into Order of Vandalia

Five Mountaineers — Dana Brooks, Robert DiClerico, Pam Maphis Larrick, Nora MacDonald and J. Wayne Richards — will be honored Saturday (June 10) for their loyalty and service to West Virginia University as they are inducted into the Order of Vandalia.

Four students sit around a square wooden table looking at a person standing in the left corner of the table as part of a povery simulation at WVU Health Sciences.
A picture of the WVU Marching Band performing during a football game. There is a blue and gold banner behind them that says

Showing their ‘Pride’: WVU alumni couple boosts Pride Practice Facility effort

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.

Photograph featuring graduate students looking down a deep hole for a research project. Five researchers are peering down into the hole with blue sky and greenery around them.
Photo of two WVU scholarship recipients pictured in front of the iconic Woodburn Hall on the Morgantown campus. One recipient is female wearing a white turtle neck shirt and khaki pants. The male recipient is wearing a black shirt and blue coat.

Two WVU students awarded Critical Language Scholarship

Ariana Burks and Matthew Kinzer, both West Virginia natives, will spend two months learning Arabic and Japanese, respectively, while traveling abroad this summer as West Virginia University recipients of the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship.

Three graduatees stand smiling at the conclusion of the College of Applied Human Sciences commencement ceremony. One in the middle is wearing a gold and blue cap and gown and clear-rimmed glasses. The two others are wearing blue caps and gowns.
An illustration created to support a story about a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to support work in neuroscience. The illustration is mainly blue with a silhouette of a woman's head. Digital elements and bars are overlayed on top.

WVU tapped to transform neuroscience research in the Mountain State

West Virginia University will help elevate neuroscience throughout the state by ramping up academic scientific research, making strategic faculty and staff hires, and adding state-of-the-art infrastructure to address the field’s most perplexing challenges, work made possible by a $9.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Composite image of the 2023 WVU Foundation Scholars. The two female recipients are shown in the top row, and the three male recipients are underneath.

WVU names 2023 Foundation Scholars

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.

This is a composite graphic of the eight recipients of the Order of Augusta, the most prestigious West Virginia University student award for graduating seniors..

Top WVU seniors named, eight honored with 2023 Order of Augusta

This year's recipients of the Order of Augusta, the most prestigious West Virginia University student award, are among the 52 students selected as WVU Foundation Outstanding Seniors. They will be recognized during an event on May 12 in Morgantown.