Azeem Khan, a West Virginia University student from Charleston committed to public service, has been awarded the Truman Scholarship, the nation’s top graduate fellowship award for aspiring public service leaders.
Empathy, hope and a drive to find solutions that will change their communities and the world for the better characterize the new cohort of Bucklew Scholars beginning their journeys at West Virginia University focused on building a more sustainable and inclusive future.
“The state of West Virginia University is strong,” President Gordon Gee said during his spring State of the University address on Monday (March 27). “And we will be even stronger in the decades to come, thanks to a concerted focus on what matters most.”
Supporters of West Virginia University donated a record $18.1 million Wednesday (March 22) during the University’s sixth Day of Giving. More than 8,200 gifts were made during the 24-hour online fundraising event held across the University system, also a new record.
West Virginia University supporters on Day of Giving, set for Wednesday (March 22), will have many opportunities to amplify the reach of their gifts through a variety of challenges scheduled for the day.
The campaign for West Virginia University student body president and vice president ended Wednesday evening (March 8) as the Student Government Association Judicial Court certified Madison Santmyer and Brogan Dozier as president and vice president, respectively, for the 2023-24 academic year.
As they pursue careers focused on caring and compassion, the three inaugural West Virginia University School of Nursing student ambassadors are already demonstrating their dedication to helping others by sharing their personal experiences and expertise with incoming nursing students.
During the event, West Virginia University will invite alumni, friends and students to collectively make a difference and support the University’s land-grant mission.
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.
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.