WVU Board will move swiftly to name an interim president, conduct national search
Posted On Friday, November 15, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Board of Governors, President Jim Clements, West Virginia University’s, WVU leadership team, WVU’s 10-year strategic plan
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors, acting swiftly after Monday’s announcement that President Jim Clements was departing for Clemson University, passed two motions during an emergency meeting of the Board Wednesday (Nov. 13) – the first to authorize Chair James W. Dailey II to identify individuals to serve as an ...
WVU School of Art & Design presents second juried student exhibition
Posted On Thursday, November 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Creative Arts Center’s, Douglas O. Blaney Lobby, Juried Student Exhibition, School of Art + Design, West Virginia University
The West Virginia University School of Art & Design will present its first Juried Student Exhibition during Nov. 6-15 in the Creative Arts Center’s Douglas O. Blaney Lobby.
This exhibition features 31 works of art selected from 96 student entries, including ceramics, photography, sculpture, printmaking, graphic design, painting, drawing, video, and ...
Women for Shepherd University explore the Center for Contemporary Arts, inspired philanthropy
Posted On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Center for Contemporary Arts building, Impact Austin, James McNeel, Rebecca Powers, Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV--The Women for Shepherd University, sponsored by the Shepherd University Foundation, hosted a presentation, "Inspired Philanthropy," by Rebecca Powers Oct. 17 at the new Center for Contemporary Arts building.
Powers is founder of Impact Austin, a progressive leader in women's philanthropy. She talked about her personal road to inspired philanthropy. ...
Police Seek information in two armed robberies near the WVU campus this weekend
Posted On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Beverly Avenue, Morgantown Police Department, Stewart Street, West Virginia University
Police are seeking information about two armed robberies that occurred near the West Virginia University campus over the weekend.
Early Sunday (Oct. 20) morning, three suspects struck one victim with a handgun and took his wallet and cell phone on Beverly Avenue. The suspects, described as black males wearing dark-colored hooded ...
WVU Alumni Leaders and Volunteers to be Recognized for Service as Part of Homecoming 2013
Posted On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: 2013 Homecoming celebration, Betty Puskar, DJ Gibson, Mike Fulton, West Virginia University, WVU Alumni Association
Once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer. West Virginia University graduates never truly leave their alma mater. Many continue their pride and commitment by showing that gold and blue spirit by volunteering in their communities or local chapters. Some serve on committees that enhance the goals of WVU.
During WVU’s 2013 Homecoming ...
WVU Journalism Alumna Establishes Fund for Strategic Communications Majors
Posted On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: P.I. Reed School of Journalism, strategic communications, West Virginia University, West Virginia’s University, WVU Foundation
After working more than three decades in corporate communications, West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism alumna Betsy Klebe Dziedzic is helping students who are traveling down the same career path.
The Jim and Betsy Klebe Dziedzic Career Development Fund was established by her and her husband to assist strategic ...
Finalists for WVU’s Chief Information Officer Visit Campus Next Week
Posted On Monday, September 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Information Technology, Morgantown, Pennsylvania State University, West Virginia University, WVU College of Law
Finalists for West Virginia University’s associate provost for information technology and chief information officer will visit the main campus beginning Tuesday (Oct. 2).
“We had a number of extremely qualified candidates apply for this position,” said Joyce McConnell, dean of the WVU College of Law and chair of the search committee. ...
Orlowski and Vincent Crowned 2012 Homecoming king, Queen
Posted On Saturday, September 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Homecoming king, Milan Puskar Stadium, Mountaineer Maniacs, Sigma Nu, Student Government Association, West Virginia University’s
Steve Orlowski and Danielle Vincent have been announced as West Virginia University’s 2012 Homecoming king and queen.
Orlowski and Vincent were crowned during halftime of the WVU-Baylor football game on Saturday (Sept. 29) at Milan Puskar Stadium. It was the Mountaineers’ first-ever Big 12 Conference football game.
Orlowski is a sport management ...
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World
Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA Tags: cardiology, health care facility, joint replacement, low cost, Medical tourism, medical tourists, medical treatments, orthopedic surgery
Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...
WVU Pathology Student Trains Laboratory Staff in Botswana
Posted On Saturday, September 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: American Society of Clinical Pathology, Cherie Germain, National Health Laboratory, School of Medicine, West Virginia University
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Alejandra Meza, a first-year student in the West Virginia University School of Medicine Pathologists’ Assistant (PA) Program, spent 10 days last month in Gaborone, Botswana, assisting with a six-day training for histopathology laboratory staff at the National Health Laboratory (NHL).
Meza, originally from Los Angeles, was one-fourth of ...
West Virginia’s K-12 Students Can Flourish in a New Year After Summer with WVU
Posted On Saturday, September 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: 4-H camps, Energy Express, Governor’s Honors Academy, Kristoffer Lee stood, West Virginia, West Virginia University
On an overcast morning this summer, Kristoffer Lee stood in a courtyard with 15 other students ready to become engineers.
They made planes with the principles of aerodynamics swimming in their heads. They crafted pistols for range and accuracy and put efficiency into practice in an assembly line.
Lee and his group ...
WVU BOG OKs Initiatives Aimed at Improving Student and Community Livability
Posted On Friday, August 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Board of Governors, Narvel Weese, Personal Rapid Transit, r Administration and Finance, West Virginia University
The West Virginia University Board of Governors Friday unanimously approved a new student housing master plan that will increase and modernize current accommodations on the Morgantown campus.
The board also approved a $15 million upgrade to the Personal Rapid Transit system to improve its reliability and help ensure its viability as ...
WVU Hosts Workshop on Water Management for the Shale Gas Industry
Posted On Friday, August 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Fayetteville Shale, hydrology, Petroleum Technology, water management, West Virginia University
The Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Appalachian Center of the West Virginia University National Research Center for Coal and Energy will be hosting a workshop on innovative water management for the shale gas industry on Thursday, Aug. 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown.
Water ...
Public Invited to ‘View the World’ Through WVU Alumna’s Art Exhibit
Posted On Friday, August 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: alumni scholarships, Fund Trust Committee, Loyalty Permanent Endowment, West Virginia University, WVU Alumni Association
Pablo Picasso once said, “the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Local artist and West Virginia University alumna Lotus MacDowell would agree.
In her exhibit titled, “Life as I See It: Viewing the world through an artist’s eye,” MacDowell showcases her greatest works, including ...
Orlikoff Named Interim Director of WVU Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
Posted On Thursday, August 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, Department of World Languages, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Jennifer Orlikoff, Literatures, West Virginia University
The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies is looking to its future, and new interim director Jennifer Orlikoff says it’s all about increasing the program’s visibility on campus and furthering collaboration with other academic disciplines across West Virginia University.
“This is a fabulous opportunity not just for me, but for the ...
A Year of WVU Women in STEM: Navigating Our Lives in The City
Posted On Thursday, August 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: African-American neighbors, Dynamics of Racial Change, urban America, West Virginia University
In fifth grade Rachael Woldoff traveled 57 blocks to school in central Philadelphia.
A bus, an elevated train and another bus took her from her home at 74th Street to her magnet school at 17th Street.
Her neighborhood was Jewish, Italian and Irish. But on public transportation and in her new school, ...
Ribbon-cutting ceremony July 25 to mark official opening of Shepherd’s Martinsburg Center
Posted On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Aikens Center, Dr. Christopher Ames, Martinsburg Center, ribbon-cutting ceremony, Shepherd University's
Shepherdstown, WV--A ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official opening of Shepherd University's Martinsburg Center will be held Thursday, July 25 at 4 p.m. at 261 Aikens Center, Martinsburg.
Speakers will include Dr. Paul Hill, chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission; Jim Klein, director of the Martinsburg Center; James Vigil, ...
Alumnus Gives Nearly $1.1 Million to WVU for Scholarships, Discretionary Needs
Posted On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WEST VIRGINIA Tags: Clay-Battelle High School, Jim Clements, Monongalia County, student scholarships, West Virginia University
Family and friends say William Claude “Bill” Waters knew the value of an education, and had a real desire to help people who couldn’t afford to attend college.
A 1947 graduate of West Virginia University, Waters died in July 2012 at age 93, leaving the University more than $730,000 for discretionary ...