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.
Chris Gilmer, a first-generation college graduate who became a leader in higher education, published author and advocate for underserved students, will transition from interim to campus president of West Virginia University Potomac State College.
The 2023 WVU Day at the Legislature is an opportunity to celebrate University connections. Faculty, staff, students, volunteers, young people and families will be on hand from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Capitol in Charleston for the event.
West Virginia University has released its Fall 2022 Dean’s and President’s lists, as well as the full list of graduates for the fall semester.
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.
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors gathered Friday (Dec. 16) kicking off a Commencement weekend of events on the Morgantown campus.
As part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence 3 initiative, the University will receive $475,000 in grant funding to support local work and research to improve the introductory undergraduate science experience in collaboration with other institutions nationwide.
A West Virginia University graduate and accomplished university administrator, including as a president and provost, will return to the Mountain State as the next campus president at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. T. Ramon Stuart, originally from Welch, begins in this role on Jan. 1.
Greater Elkins joins three other areas in West Virginia offering incentives to remote workers who want to make the Mountain State home, part of the Ascend WV program involving the WVU Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative.
West Virginia University has named Wren Baker as its next vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Baker comes to Morgantown from the University of North Texas where he has been the vice president and athletics director since 2016.