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Three people are outside the Mountainlair. On the right, a person with a tan hat and black jacket holds two English setters on a leash. Two people pet the dogs. They are wearing gray and black puffer jackets and have on backpacks.
The four finalists to be the 69th Mountaineer mascot stand at the end zone on Mountaineer field. The four are all wearing tops with the Flying WV on their left shoulders and they are standing with their arms crossed.

Finalists to compete in Mountaineer mascot cheer-off event

Selected by a committee of West Virginia University faculty, staff and students, the finalists vying to be the 69th Mountaineer mascot will be judged on their performances and interactions with the crowd as they lead traditional game cheers on Monday (Feb. 20) at the WVU Coliseum.

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New program launches to recruit teachers to West Virginia

The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, in partnership with West Virginia University and the West Virginia Department of Education, is working to make the Mountain State a destination for new teachers.

A student with short, curly dark hair stands in the rotunda of the State Capitol wearing a dark suit. To his left side is a research poster. A person with long brown hair stands with a back to the camera and listens.

WVU student researchers and lawmakers come together at Capitol

Undergraduate researchers from West Virginia University connected with policymakers at the Capitol in Charleston Friday (Feb. 10), providing an overview of the important work being done in dental care, mental health and substance use, and children’s health care during Undergraduate Research Day.

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Working in service: WVU acts as community development catalyst

From building up outdoor recreation throughout the state, to crunching vital numbers for its small communities, to exploring ways small businesses can best market their goods and services, West Virginia University is serving as a community development catalyst in real time and making significant change at ground levels.

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A student wearing a green top and beige jacked with long, light brown hair stands in the middle of a room with light walls. The right shoulder of a person is in the foreground on the left side.
This is a Community Notice graphic. The words 'Community Notice' are in blue on a gold background.

WVU issues Community Notice about fraud and harassment scams

Following six reports to West Virginia University Police in January involving alleged fraud and harassment schemes targeting students, members of the campus community are being urged to use caution when interacting with others online, via social media and when receiving unsolicited phone calls or text messages.

This is a photo of a classroom. On the left, University President Gordon Gee sits with an open book. On the right, more than half a dozen students listen to him. A couple of billboards are along the far wall.

Working in service: WVU embedded in fabric of West Virginia communities

In West Virginia’s hills and hollows, its larger cities along interstates and smaller communities on country roads, at ground levels and from broader 365-degree views, West Virginia University students, faculty and staff are working each day in service to the Mountain State.

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WVU receives $1M grant to help students ‘cross the finish line’

West Virginia University students will benefit from a $1 million gift courtesy of the Maier Foundation, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization focused on furthering higher education in the Mountain State, that is aimed at reducing the number of students who leave campus before graduation.