West Virginia University Dean of Students Corey Farris sent a letter Monday (Aug. 10) asking students to make good choices and adhere to safety protocols. Farris warned house parties, going to bars and gathering in large groups will very likely increase community spread of COVID-19 and negative behaviors that could harm our community will not be tolerated.
The most unusual season in 129 years of West Virginia University football begins Monday morning (Aug. 10) when Neal Brown's Mountaineers officially begin practice. Since March when the COVID-19 virus shut down NCAA sports, nothing has been usual, nor will it be anytime soon.
Shane Lyons is working three full-time jobs these days and the hours he's putting in are really beginning to add up.
Tony Caridi sat down with WVU director of athletics Shane Lyons for an all-encompassing interview with Lyons on the state of the Mountaineer program and collegiate athletics in general as the country continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
West Virginia University released more information today (Aug. 4) concerning its phased Return to Campus plan.
When the novel coronavirus prompted universities to switch from in-person to online classes last spring, both students and professors had to adopt a new workspace: the home. Tina Antill Keener—a researcher with the WVU School of Nursing—explored how that switch affected nursing students and faculty. She found that having a dedicated workspace in the home was tied to better quality of life and more resilience.
The start of conference play will be solidified in the coming weeks, with an anticipated start sometime between mid-to-late September, with the expectation that nonconference games are contested prior to the beginning of league games.
The Big 12 Board of Directors today announced that Conference football programs will play a "9+1" schedule for the 2020 season consisting of nine conference games and one non-conference home opponent.
West Virginia University launched a new public dashboard today (Aug. 3) to track and compile COVID-19 information collected during testing across the WVU System.
Each year, the Chambers College awards about $462,000 to students via 100-plus scholarships made possible thanks to the generous support of alumni and friends. Those scholarship dollars have become particularly important – and meaningful to students – amid the challenges of COVID-19.