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West Virginia University’s Board of Governors took action today (Aug. 14) to implement the new Title IX guidance by the deadline provided in the federal regulations.

Three students pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding through the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program. Jared Beard, Evan Cramer and Kinsey Reed are this year’s Ruby Fellows.

West Virginia University released updated Return to Campus information today (Aug. 11). A Return to Campus Conversation will also be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13 where senior administrators will continue to answer questions and address concerns.

Maryanne Reed, West Virginia University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, sent a letter today (Aug. 5) to the University’s students, faculty and staff announcing the revised course schedule for the Morgantown Campus.

West Virginia University released more information today (Aug. 4) concerning its phased Return to Campus plan.

As faculty and instructors begin to reimagine and restructure their course delivery in the wake of COVID-19, the West Virginia University Teaching and Learning Commons’ Fall Hybrid Teaching Institute stands ready to assist. Through course planning, contingency preparedness and one-on-one assistance, the TLC is sharing its most reliable tools and strategies for a successful Fall semester.

Historic and systemic obstacles, made more pressing by the COVID-19 pandemic, mean current and prospective students from underrepresented groups often need financial help to start or continue their education at West Virginia University. The WVU Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise scholarship support for students from these groups

As the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the ability of many college-bound high school students to take either the ACT or the SAT, West Virginia University has joined a long list of institutions relaxing test score requirements in its admission policies.

The federal government has rescinded guidance, opposed by West Virginia University and other higher education institutions, that would have required international students to enroll in in-person courses to remain lawfully present in the United States.

Faced with a global pandemic that has closed schools and declining literacy numbers, the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, housed in West Virginia University’s Office of the Provost, is taking on the challenge to improve West Virginia’s literacy levels by the end of third grade.