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The four finalists to be the 69th Mountaineer mascot stand at the end zone on Mountaineer field. The four are all wearing tops with the Flying WV on their left shoulders and they are standing with their arms crossed.

Finalists to compete in Mountaineer mascot cheer-off event

Selected by a committee of West Virginia University faculty, staff and students, the finalists vying to be the 69th Mountaineer mascot will be judged on their performances and interactions with the crowd as they lead traditional game cheers on Monday (Feb. 20) at the WVU Coliseum.

A student with short, curly dark hair stands in the rotunda of the State Capitol wearing a dark suit. To his left side is a research poster. A person with long brown hair stands with a back to the camera and listens.

WVU student researchers and lawmakers come together at Capitol

Undergraduate researchers from West Virginia University connected with policymakers at the Capitol in Charleston Friday (Feb. 10), providing an overview of the important work being done in dental care, mental health and substance use, and children’s health care during Undergraduate Research Day.

Image showing an outdoor yellow bench on a sidewalk. There is green grass behind it. The toll free number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is printed on the bench in black letters.
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 group of WVU graduates dressed in their navy blue caps and gowns celebrates together during fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies. There numerous people in the photograph with three women and three men in sharp focus.
Composition of two headshots, one of Veronique Vernot and another of Rodney Williams. The pictures are situated side by side. Vernot is wearing a dark red dress and has her arms crossed. Williams has a long black bear and is wearing an olive jacket.
Two young women wearing white lab coats and black gloves work together in the WVU Biomedical Research Center. They are doing experiments with test tubes and other lab equipment.
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.

WVU alumna Choalu Chen is pictured here standing over the Cooper's Rock overlook. She is carrying a black purse and is wearing khaki pants with a navy blue coat. She has short, black hair.

Childhood challenges inspire WVU grad’s lifelong commitment to education

Chaolu Chen grew up in the rural rice fields of China but set her eyes on a brighter future that brought her all the way to WVU as a graduate student in the 1980s. Over the past year, she has contributed $115,000 to benefit the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the WVU Alumni Association, helping study abroad students and graduate students in the history program.

Ken Gosnell sits with a black jacket and blue button up while his daughter Devon Gosnell has on a black sweater of a floral designed shirt.

$1M planned gift builds upon Gosnell family legacy at WVU

Devon Gosnell, of Germantown, Tennessee, pledged $1 million of her estate to support scholarships and more at the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, College of Law and Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.