Alumni

The West Virginia University College of Law and Marshall University have each received $1 million to launch a Joint Consumer Assistance Project for West Virginians.

Six West Virginia University faculty members have been selected for the 2018 Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching, which honors exceptional professors who go above and beyond to inspire their students. g

Commemorating deep West Virginia roots and extraordinary leadership in the world of business, three trailblazing individuals will be inducted into the West Virginia Business Hall of Fame in 2018.

Professor of Resource Economics and Management Peter Schaeffer has been named a 2018 Southern Regional Science Association Fellow, making him the fifth named Fellow from West Virginia University. The SRSA Fellows program recognizes individuals with particularly outstanding records of scholarship and/or service to the Association in the advancement of regional analysis and related fields of study.

As the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics embarks on a new chapter with plans of a new building complex and other innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives, B&E alumni like Bryan Katchur are helping to the lead the way.

In a unique effort to burst long-standing “media bubbles,” students and faculty from the West Virginia University Reed College of Media and the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs are teaming up for an in-depth reporting project to assess the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s impact in West Virginia.

All fans, friends and alumni of West Virginia University are welcome to join the WVU Alumni Association for its Mountaineer Meet-Up prior to the Sweet 16 match-up against Villanova, this Friday (March 23) in Boston at The Greatest Bar (262 Friend Street, Boston, MA 02114) from 4: p.m.to 7 p.m.

The Mountaineer Ticket Office will have a limited number of tickets available for West Virginia's appearance in the East Regional of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. West Virginia will face Villanova on Friday, March 23. The game against Villanova will be the first game of the session with a 7:27 p.m. start time on TBS.

West Virginia and Marshall will tip at 9:40 p.m. ET on TBS on Sunday (March 18).

West Virginia University students and alumni from the School of Design and Community Development will combine talents to design a visionary plan for the WVU Core Arboretum, a 91-acre natural area located between Monongahela Boulevard and the Monongahela River.