Alumni

Rita Colistra, professor of public relations in the Reed College of Media, has been named the recipient of the 2016 James and Karen Caveney Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award.

Former Mountaineer football players Don Barclay and Keith Tandy had All-American playing careers while at West Virginia, leading their alma mater to many victories on the field, conference championships and bowl wins before finishing their college careers.

West Virginia University announced today (Feb. 10) that Bob and Laura Reynolds are giving $10 million to the WVU College of Business and Economics. The gift will provide initial funding for a building in their names at a new business school complex on Morgantown’s waterfront, as well as propel other academic components of business education at B&E.

Norman D. Ferrari III, M.D., has been named as the 2017 West Virginia University School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus. Dr. Ferrari will be honored by his friends and colleagues at the School’s Alumni Weekend banquet on October 13.

President Gordon Gee invites you to commemorate WVU's 150th birthday in a series of events throughout the year.

The West Virginia University Extension Service has a new director of development. Abigail Esguerra began work Dec. 30, 2016.

On Feb. 7, 2017, WVU will kick off the celebration of its 150 years as the state's land-grant flagship university – and at the same time recognize the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design as the foundation from which the entire University grew.

While most engineers hope to make a world of difference in their careers, one recent graduate of West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is actually putting that idea into practice.

In a letter to WVU faculty, staff and students, President E. Gordon Gee discusses steps the University is taking in the wake of the Executive Order suspending entry into the United States "of both nonimmigrants and immigrants" from at least seven countries for 90 days from the date the Executive Order was signed.

West Virginia University’s men’s soccer team and Alumni Association are able to continue their work in promoting academic excellence and providing the best sources of engagement at WVU thanks to a recent gift from dedicated Mountaineer alumni.