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The Downtown Campus in Morgantown is shown in a wide shot under blue skies.
A graphic showing a blue graduation tassel with a Flying WVU coin attached. The words: Go Above, Go Beyond are in gold above a logo for the annual WVU Day of Giving. The URL for the Day of Giving website is below that.
Kittie Blakemore is shown from the shoulders up while standing behind a microphone.

Blakemore to be honored with street dedication

Legendary West Virginia University women's basketball coach Kittie Blakemore will have a street on the Evansdale Campus named in her honor when the University dedicates Kittie Blakemore Drive Feb. 24 before the women's basketball game against Baylor. Previously known as Rec Center Drive, the street begins at Morrill Way and ends at the Student Rec Center.

A recent female WVU graduate with long blond hair wearing a navy blue cap and gown holds one fist in the air and her leather bound diploma in the other celebrating her achievement after walking across the Commencement stage.
Two people in blue suits are shown in side-by-side portraits. The one on the left is shown in an office. The one on the right stands outside the Canady Creative Arts Center.
A WVU graduate holds a blue diploma folder above their head while wearing a navy blue graduation gown.
Three people are shown working on a robotics body with four black wheels on it in a lab. One person is in a gray sweatshirt with WVU on it.

WVU to launch robotics engineering major

Students interested in the rapidly evolving world of robotics will now be able to enroll in a new robotics engineering major at West Virginia University following approval by the Board of Governors during a meeting Friday (Dec. 15).

Photograph of Stewart Hall on the WVU Morgantown Campus in the fall. There are fallen leaves of orange and gold on the ground and still a few hanging in the trees in front of the gray brick building.
The Downtown Campus, including Woodburn Hall and Hodges Hall, are shown surrounded by fall colors.

New majors, medical breakthrough signal success for WVU

More than ever, the University is keenly focused on the modern land-grant priorities outlined in President Gordon Gee's recent State of the University address such as advancing the WVU R1 mission to deliver solutions to real-world problems and growing the academic medical center to improve people’s health.

A blue and black hammock stretched out in front of a brick building holds two students. One is working on a laptop.

With investments in student success, WVU retention, graduation rates climb

A dual focus on purpose and student success programming is helping fuel improved retention and graduation rates at West Virginia University. This year, the University is seeing its second highest freshman retention in history — 81.4% — along with its highest four-year graduation rate on record, reflecting a jump of 14% during the past eight years.