WVU School of Art & Design presents second juried student exhibition

Posted On Thursday, November 7, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
WVU School of Art & Design presents second juried student exhibition 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 ...

Police Seek information in two armed robberies near the WVU campus this weekend

Posted On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , ,   
Police Seek information in two armed robberies near the WVU campus this weekend 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , ,   
2013 Homecoming celebration 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
WVU Journalism Alumna Establishes Fund for Strategic Communications Majors 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
Finalists for WVU's Chief Information Officer Visit Campus Next Week 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. ...

WVU Pathology Student Trains Laboratory Staff in Botswana

Posted On Saturday, September 14, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , ,   
West Virginia University hosts hundreds of camps  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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
Personal Rapid Transit 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
water management for the shale gas industry 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
Through WVU Alumnas Art Exhibit 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , ,   
Center for Women’s and Gender Studies 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 . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , ,   
Navigating Our Lives in The City 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, ...

Alumnus Gives Nearly $1.1 Million to WVU for Scholarships, Discretionary Needs

Posted On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
Alumnus Gives Nearly $1.1 Million to WVU for Scholarships, Discretionary Needs 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 ...

Rockefeller convenes meeting on future of Green Bank Observatory

Posted On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 By . Under FEATURED, WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , ,   
Rockefeller convenes meeting on future of Green Bank Observatory GREEN BANK, W.Va. – Senator Jay Rockefeller today convened a high-level meeting, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, amid potential new developments about the facility’s future. West Virginia University has recently expressed interest in exploring a minority management role in the Green Bank ...

West Virginia’s 150th birthday celebrated at WVU with latest gift from Blenko family

Posted On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
West Virginia's 150th birthday celebrated at WVU with latest gift from Blenko family Blenko Glass Co. has continued its tradition of providing the West Virginia University art collection with the latest piece of limited edition glass from the West Virginia Birthday Blenko Glass Collection. The donation to the University’s art collection has become an annual occurrence that takes place on the birthday of West ...

WVU School of Journalism to launch online strategic social media minor this fall

Posted On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
WVU School of Journalism to launch online strategic social media minor this fall The West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism will offer a new online minor in strategic social media this fall, which will give WVU students a competitive edge in the marketplace after graduation. The new minor will benefit students by teaching them how to use social media strategically to communicate ...

Colenda Chosen to Lead West Virginia United Health System

Posted On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
Colenda Chosen to Lead West Virginia United Health System FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The West Virginia United Health System Board of Directors has selected Christopher C. Colenda, M.D., M.P.H., to be the next president and CEO of the system. Colenda is currently chancellor for health sciences at West Virginia University. He’ll assume the new role in January 2014. WVU President James ...

Dr. Larry Rhodes Named Chair of WVU Pediatrics

Posted On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 By . Under WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , ,   
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Larry Rhodes, M.D., who has served as the interim chair of the West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics for the past year, has been named its permanent chair. He will also serve as the physician-in-chief of WVU Children’s Hospital. “We were fortunate to have had ...
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