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.
West Virginia University graduate student Adalheid “Heidi” Crum, who grew up in wardships — what many know as foster care‚ wants to help others like her go to college and earn their degrees.
With the move, West Virginia University becomes the first public higher education institution in the Mountain State to permanently adopt a policy implemented temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mikel Hager, a Boone County native, began his role as the 69th Mountaineer mascot as former Mountaineer mascot Mary Roush passed him the rifle during a symbolic ceremony Friday (April 21) at the Mountainlair.
West Virginia University administrators briefed Board of Governors members Friday (April 21) on a multitude of converging efforts being undertaken to strategically reposition the WVU System for the future.
Javier McCoy, who currently oversees campus-wide initiatives in the role of assistant director of Inclusive Leadership and Intercultural Engagement in the Division of Student Life’s Student Engagement unit, will become the Center's interim director as Marjorie Fuller retires this summer.
Azeem Khan, a West Virginia University student from Charleston committed to public service, has been awarded the Truman Scholarship, the nation’s top graduate fellowship award for aspiring public service leaders.
Empathy, hope and a drive to find solutions that will change their communities and the world for the better characterize the new cohort of Bucklew Scholars beginning their journeys at West Virginia University focused on building a more sustainable and inclusive future.
West Virginia University will offer additional financial assistance to incoming first-time freshmen with the launch of the WVU Pledge, a last-dollar-in aid program for qualifying Promise Scholarship recipients, set to begin with the fall 2023 semester.
“The state of West Virginia University is strong,” President Gordon Gee said during his spring State of the University address on Monday (March 27). “And we will be even stronger in the decades to come, thanks to a concerted focus on what matters most.”