Euphoric. Surreal. Amazing. Those are a few of the words members of the West Virginia University “Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band, use to describe the feelings they’re associating with their appearance in the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which steps off at 8:30 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 28) in New York City.
Record-breaking donor support is empowering West Virginia University to advance education, health care and prosperity near and far. In a presentation to the WVU Board of Governors during its regular meeting Friday (Nov. 22), WVU Foundation President and CEO Cindi Roth detailed the impact of new gifts and pledges totaling more than $282 million in fiscal year 2024.
A senior executive with nearly 20 years of experience in both health care and higher education fundraising has been chosen as the new senior vice president of development and chief development officer for the West Virginia University Foundation. William J. “Will” Green will begin his new position Jan. 6.
Few people would consider giving a treat bag to the opposition, but that’s exactly what former West Virginia University Mountaineer Mascot Program Senior Advisor Sonja Wilson proposed when the University first joined the Big 12 Conference in 2012.
West Virginia University Police issued a Community Notice on Wednesday (Nov. 20) after a student was cited for illegal fireworks usage in the cooperative zone near the Downtown area of campus.
Construction is set to start in the new year on an extensive West Virginia University School of Dentistry expansion and renovation project being supported, in part, by a $12.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For Fayetteville native Caleb Bailes, being a Mountaineer has been a lifelong identity. After taking a break while working towards an electrical engineering degree to accept a position as general manager of Carte Electric, Bailes was determined to complete his degree at WVU and enrolled in the online business management program.
West Virginia University has named Haley Bockius, Laasya Chennuru, Mary G. Roush, Christopher J. Smith and Dakota Swiger the 2024 Mountaineers of Distinction, a Mountaineer Week tradition that recognizes exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular involvement.
Relief is coming for crime scene investigators and toxicologists who have struggled to accurately and swiftly identify drugs that have been seized by law enforcement and may be relied on as evidence at trial, thanks to a research partnership between West Virginia University and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
West Virginia University and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College are joining forces to launch WVU Degree Up — a first-of-its-kind program in West Virginia designed to make it easier for students to transition from community and technical college to the WVU System.