Facilities

A cross-campus collaboration at West Virginia University is helping a local business train and retain employees, strengthening the expertise of the company’s workforce.

The annual Clery Report for West Virginia University, reviewing crime on the Morgantown campus, is now available from the Police and Office of Emergency Management.

West Virginia University’s array of programs to create, encourage and support entrepreneurship and the innovation economy in the state got a boost Friday as the Board of Governors approved $1.8 million to lease and renovate space for the College of Business and Economics Startup Engine, the University’s first startup accelerator program.

Azalea Hulbert joined the Office of the Provost as director of academic integrity this month, stepping into a new role at West Virginia University consistent with the University’s commitment to student success.

A $1.1 billion budget unanimously approved Friday (June 22) by the West Virginia University Board of Governors includes $15 million for additional pay raises for faculty and staff during FY2019.

The West Virginia University Board of Governors took steps Friday to ensure a strong, vibrant education for its students, and continued its search for revenue that can help mitigate needed increases in tuition and fees.

The West Virginia University Board of Governors continued its work Friday (May 18) on the process of enacting new policies and procedures in the wake of the state Legislature’s adoption of laws permitting more independence from the state Higher Education Policy Commission. In a special meeting, the Board approved final academic rules and one faculty rule.

The job fair will be open to the general public and will take place on May 1, from 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center. The event originally was to focus on filling positions within WVU’s facilities operations; however, it now also will include faculty, staff and temporary positions in several functional areas across WVU and WVU Hospitals.

In the wake of two more pedestrians being struck by automobiles on or near the West Virginia University campus, University Police today (March 29) added portable signs at intersections where the incidents have occurred.

Continuing its work implementing changes allowed by the “freedom agenda” adopted by the 2017 Legislature, the West Virginia University Board of Governors issued a notice of proposed rulemaking Tuesday (March 6) for an amended set of academic rules and one additional faculty rule.