West Virginia University empowered budding innovator Don Brodie to succeed by nurturing his passion for science and sense of curiosity. More than 50 years later, Brodie and his wife, Linda, are enriching academics, research and more to help future generations excel with a $5 million gift to strengthen leadership at the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.
Due to the ongoing effects of a winter storm, West Virginia University is canceling in-person classes, limiting on-campus operations and keeping most employees on remote schedules for the Morgantown Campus on Tuesday (Jan. 27). Normal campus operations will resume at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Conducted by national consulting firm Tripp Umbach, what is the most comprehensive study to date quantifies the combined annual statewide impact of West Virginia University and the WVU Health System — under the WVU Medicine brand — at $14.3 billion, making up 17% of West Virginia’s total gross domestic product and contributing $890 million in state and local taxes.
As a winter storm continues to affect the region, West Virginia University is canceling all in-person classes, closing on-campus operations and shifting most employees to remote work for the Morgantown Campus on Monday (Jan. 26).
West Virginia University has released its Fall 2025 Dean’s and President’s lists, as well as the full list of graduates for the fall semester.
Following a national search focused on the academic future of West Virginia University, President Michael T. Benson is announcing the hiring of Beverly Wendland, an accomplished scholar and academic leader with wide-ranging higher education experience, to serve as the University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Following a Dec. 29 proclamation from Gov. Patrick Morrisey declaring an additional full-day holiday for state employees on Friday (Jan. 2), West Virginia University will add a day of future “floating” holiday time for employees. The floating holiday hours may be used at any time between Jan. 5 and June 30, 2026.
On Dec. 19, Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a proclamation granting a half-day off to state employees on Wednesday, Dec. 24, along with an additional full day off on Friday, Dec. 26, for the Christmas holiday. Since West Virginia University already observed Dec. 24 and 26 as holidays, the University has modified its calendar.
A new era began inside the Hope Coliseum Saturday (Dec. 20) as West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson spoke from the gold and blue Commencement stage for the first time, and hundreds of August and December graduates took their first steps as Mountaineer alumni.
A day ahead of pomp and circumstance for thousands of West Virginia University graduates at the Hope Coliseum, President Michael T. Benson told members of the Board of Governors Friday (Dec. 19) the University has hit a 10-year high in applications for the next class of Mountaineers.