West Virginia University will offer free adapted mountain and trail bike access to people at two locations, including Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County, with new grant funding from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center.
Scholarship opportunities and educational resources for students at West Virginia University are growing thanks to legacy gifts from the late Rich Harrison, a Clarksburg native. A recent $400,000 contribution from Harrison’s trust boosts his total giving to nearly $4.5 million over the past year.
Schoolchildren throughout West Virginia will experience dance, music, theater, puppetry, arts education and more as the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts adds to outreach efforts thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Bainum Family Foundation’s Family Philanthropy program.
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.
Judith Stitzel, the Center's founding director, and West Virginia University alumna Suzanne Temple have established the “Stitzel/Temple Endowment: Finding Peaceful Paths” to promote learning outside the classroom by offering students opportunities to explore, develop and apply feminist perspectives and non-violent solutions to pressing challenges and conflicts.
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 West Virginia University Office of Graduate Education and Life administers the scholarship which provides $20,000 annually to outstanding West Virginia residents pursuing a graduate degree at any accredited higher education institution in the United States.
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.
West Virginia University students will benefit from a $1 million gift courtesy of the Maier Foundation, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization focused on furthering higher education in the Mountain State, that is aimed at reducing the number of students who leave campus before graduation.