Love stories come in many forms. Miriam Leary’s started in Exercise Physiology at West Virginia University with a shared love of the field that eventually led to two faculty offices so close together that her now husband’s Bluetooth headphones sync to her computer.
Meet Grafton native Ethan Weaver, a first-year West Virginia University student juggling dual degrees in finance and applied artificial intelligence and data analytics, plans for his second business and involvement in more student organizations than you can count on one hand.
Logan Cuvo is many things — a Mountaineer, an entrepreneur, a visionary and a CEO. But if you ask him, he’ll tell you, simply, that he’s blessed. The senior from Columbus, Ohio, is an entrepreneurship and innovation major at the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics. He’s also the founder and leader of Best Dam Tape, a company born of his love of hockey and his desire to improve the performance of athletic tape.
In Mike Strager’s classroom at West Virginia University, maps aren’t just for spatial reference — they’re used to generate ideas. A professor in the WVU Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources who is involved in the Environmental, Energy, and Land Management program, Strager stresses how locations and their attributes work together to guide the decisions that shape communities, resources and landscapes.
If you’ve seen Charles Wesley Godwin’s live show, you’ve heard Ross Justice. As front-of-house engineer and production manager, the West Virginia University alum and Music Business and Industry program faculty member is the conduit between the band’s onstage energy and what the audience feels in the room.
West Virginia University professor Sam Zizzi, whose research wheelhouse encompasses motivation and health behavior change, says the motivation to start something new — like a New Year’s resolution — is not the same motivation that’s required to keep it going.
After 36 years of dedication, West Virginia University Police Maj. Brian Hoxter is retiring, leaving behind a legacy of service, guidance and compassion. In retirement, he said he hopes to travel and continue to find ways to help others through volunteering.
Alexis Cipoletti’s fears of attending college as a first-generation student from a rural West Virginia community evaporated when she toured West Virginia University as a high school student. Now ready to graduate with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology Saturday (Dec. 20), she’s excelled beyond her expectations and is prepared for her next WVU journey — a seat in the physician assistant graduate program.
West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources mechanical and aerospace engineering major Joe Thompson has truly embraced the values of a Mountaineer. Driven by curiosity, his journey began as a little boy wondering how planes flew.
Madison Glover, an animal and nutritional sciences student in the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has balanced research, leadership and campus involvement, all while graduating a semester early.