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Image of volunteers working together to build a trail in Morgantown, West Virginia. There are five volunteers in the picture four men and one woman. There is a dazzling sunrise in the sky above them.

Working in service: WVU acts as community development catalyst

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.

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Picture taken at annual Bob Huggins Fishy Fry. In the picture. Huggins, wearing jeans, a gray sweater and a green baseball hat, sits to the left of famous basketball player Charles Barkley who is holding a microphone and talking. He is wearing a gray suit
This is a photo of a classroom. On the left, University President Gordon Gee sits with an open book. On the right, more than half a dozen students listen to him. A couple of billboards are along the far wall.

Working in service: WVU embedded in fabric of West Virginia communities

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.

A female nurse practitioner of Asian descent with long dark hair exams a female patient in an exam room. There are medical tools hanging on the wall behind her and she is using a stethoscope during the exam.

WVU study shows marginalized communities benefit when states permit nurse practitioners to provide primary care

Nurse practitioners from communities of color are generally underrepresented in the workforce. However, a recent study from West Virginia University occupational licensing experts revealed more appropriate racial representation in states permitting full practice authority, or FPA, which entitles NPs to perform all the responsibilities for which they are trained.

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Four graduates are lined up with their armed links. One is wearing a gold gown. The others are in navy blue gowns. They are looking up and to the left and smiling.

Gee tells newest WVU graduates success comes from knowing themselves

More than 2,600 West Virginia University graduates participating in two Commencement ceremonies today (Dec. 17) were encouraged to hold fast to values forged as Mountaineers and tap into their unique strengths to live successful lives fueled by purpose.

This is the exterior of a lactation pod available to parents at the WVU Coliseum. The pod is round on the sides and flat on the top and bottom with gold and blue flowers on the front where an access door is located.
A male student in a red shirt and shorts and a female student in a green shirt and jeans use a tablet to work while in an auditorium.

WVU-led initiative engages West Virginia youth in their communities

The West Virginia University School of Public Health and Health Sciences & Technology Academy are collaborating on a project that will engage trusted individuals in rural communities throughout the state and provide experiential learning opportunities for the next generation of health care professionals to improve health outcomes.

The image shows a doctor and a nurse in an exam room with a small female child for a routine visit. The doctor is wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck. The nurse is wearing colorful, blue scrubs. The young girl has red hair.