In a country where higher education is being devalued, even as the cost of an education skyrockets, West Virginia University remains committed to its purpose of transforming lives in the state and the world, President Gordon Gee said today (Feb. 27).
The rifle team shot 2366 air rifle at the 2018 Great America Rifle Conference Championships, pushing its aggregate total to 4699 and giving the Mountaineers their ninth straight championship title. WVU's (13-0, 9-0) title is its conference-best 13th. The 2018 GARC regular-season champions as well, the Mountaineers have swept the GARC team titles nine times since 1998.
West Virginia University senior and member of the Honors College Trevor Kiess was announced as the next Mountaineer Mascot at tonight’s (Feb. 24) men’s basketball game vs Iowa State.
West Virginia University will hold its annual Gold-Blue Spring Game presented by U.S. Cellular on Saturday, April 7, at 1 p.m., at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
By the fall semester of 2019, West Virginia University expects to have almost 1,100 students residing in Living-Learning Communities, a re-envisioned approach to bridging the gap between academic and non-academic life on campus to help build retention.
For the fifth straight season and the 11th time in program history, the West Virginia University rifle team is the Great America Rifle Conference regular-season champion, as the top-ranked Mountaineers claimed the 2018 crown with a 4720-4693 victory over No. 3 Kentucky this afternoon at the Bill McKenzie Rifle Range.
Four finalists will don the buckskins and carry the musket Monday (Feb. 12) in competition to be the next West Virginia University Mountaineer Mascot. The cheer-off will be held during the men's basketball game vs. Texas Christian University at 9 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum.
Three football players have been invited to this year's NFL Scouting Combine, taking place Feb. 27 through March 5 in Indianapolis. They are running back Justin Crawford, wide receiver Ka'Raun White and safety Kyzir White.
Linebacker Najee Goode, defensive back Rasul Douglas, wide receiver Shelton Gibson and running back Wendell Smallwood were part of the Philadelphia Eagles' thrilling 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Five leaders in the fields of landscape architecture, engineering, business, athletics and healthcare will join an elite group of West Virginia University graduates as this year's inductees into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the Erickson Alumni Center May 18 at 6 p.m.