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A graphic showing a blue graduation tassel with a Flying WVU coin attached. The words: Go Above, Go Beyond are in gold above a logo for the annual WVU Day of Giving. The URL for the Day of Giving website is below that.
Four Mountaineer mascot candidates pose together at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center. The four males stand centered between white columns and all are wearing WVU-branded attire.

Finalists to compete in WVU Mountaineer mascot cheer-off event

Four West Virginia natives vying to be the 70th West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot will wear buckskins and carry rifles as they compete in a cheer-off during the men’s basketball game versus the University of Central Florida at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 20) in the WVU Coliseum.

Kittie Blakemore is shown from the shoulders up while standing behind a microphone.

Blakemore to be honored with street dedication

Legendary West Virginia University women's basketball coach Kittie Blakemore will have a street on the Evansdale Campus named in her honor when the University dedicates Kittie Blakemore Drive Feb. 24 before the women's basketball game against Baylor. Previously known as Rec Center Drive, the street begins at Morrill Way and ends at the Student Rec Center.

A recent female WVU graduate with long blond hair wearing a navy blue cap and gown holds one fist in the air and her leather bound diploma in the other celebrating her achievement after walking across the Commencement stage.
A graphic showing the new WVU volleyball coach Jen Greeny on a gray background with the word

Baker names Jen Greeny to lead WVU Volleyball

West Virginia University Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker has named Jen Greeny as the fifth volleyball head coach in the program's history. Greeny arrives to Morgantown from Washington State, where she spent 13 seasons at the helm of the Cougar volleyball program and led WSU to three consecutive seasons with 20 wins or more.

A WVU graduate holds a blue diploma folder above their head while wearing a navy blue graduation gown.
A photograph showing the football field at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. All the seating is University of North Carolina Tarheel blue and the end zone is painted with the words West Virginia.
This is a blue graphic with Duke's Mayo Bowl on the right and a gold Flying WV on the left.
A white life preserver from the USS West Virginia is mounted in a clear frame on a wall.

Kendrick family donates Pearl Harbor artifact to WVU Libraries

West Virginia University will house a lasting reminder of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in the form of a life preserver from the USS West Virginia, a gift to the West Virginia and Regional History Center at WVU Libraries from the Kendrick family.

The Downtown Campus, including Woodburn Hall and Hodges Hall, are shown surrounded by fall colors.

New majors, medical breakthrough signal success for WVU

More than ever, the University is keenly focused on the modern land-grant priorities outlined in President Gordon Gee's recent State of the University address such as advancing the WVU R1 mission to deliver solutions to real-world problems and growing the academic medical center to improve people’s health.