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Mikel Hager celebrates on the floor of the Coliseum after being named the Mountaineer mascot. He is wearing a blue shirt and is holding the rifle in his right hand, cheering for the crowd.
Photograph of an expert pointing up towards the illuminated ceiling of the WVU planetarium. There are people seated in chairs around her and a telescope standing near her.
Students smile with headshots
Graphic illustrating information about the 2023 WVU Day of Giving that will be held on March 22. The graphic is blue with white words and a gold flying WV.

Sixth WVU Day of Giving slated for March 22

During the event, West Virginia University will invite alumni, friends and students to collectively make a difference and support the University’s land-grant mission.

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.

This is a Community Notice graphic. The words 'Community Notice' are in blue on a gold background.

WVU issues Community Notice about fraud and harassment scams

Following six reports to West Virginia University Police in January involving alleged fraud and harassment schemes targeting students, members of the campus community are being urged to use caution when interacting with others online, via social media and when receiving unsolicited phone calls or text messages.

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.

Image of a commemorative bell on the WVU campus. The bell takes up most of the frame, is silver, and there are leaves turning red and yellow in the background.

WVU plans bell-ringing ceremony to remember students

West Virginia University will hold a bell-ringing ceremony, coordinated by the Office of Campus and Community Life and Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity, on Friday, Feb. 10, in remembrance of Denny Vincent Ayres and Carson Tanner Getz.

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.