Archives for April 2010

• Celebrities to share statewide physical activity message at June symposium
• WVU Minority Doctoral Program recognizes six upcoming graduates
• Music faculty Weigand and Miltenberger present recital May 2
• WVU recognizes 35 top seniors, Order of Augusta scholars
• WVU Libraries select information literacy participants
• WVU junior awarded Boren Scholarship for international study
• Students give $20,000 to local charities, learn philanthropy
• Kiddies visit WVU farm to learn about the source of their food
• WVU's Robert Bridges dedicates Clay Center exhibition to Upper Big Branch miners
• WVU class teaches students to 'Respect the Beer'
• WVU Eye Institute acquires new retinal camera
• NIH awards WVU School of Dentistry $2.8 million

• WVU Libraries receive statewide preservation grant
• WVU Mountaineer Music Camp held June 27-July 2
• WVU landscape architecture graduate continues passion at Harvard

• WVU Board of Governors to hold called meeting on May 5 to discuss tuition and fees
• Clements names screening committee for Athletic Director search
• WVU Research Corp signs agreement with South Korean Mine Reclamation Corp
• Have smart phone, will surf -- WVU on the move with mobile
• WVU Libraries employee receives leadership award
• History professor Tyler Boulware receives Gabriel Brothers Inc. Faculty Award
• Godes competition winner to perform with Community Arts Orchestra May 2
• Frank Gagliano, Benedum Professor of Theatre, retiring; Cabaret set for May 3
• WVU home to pioneering biometrics studies
• Find Mother's Day gifts at annual CAC spring pottery sale, April 30-May 2

• WVU recognized as "green" college by The Princeton Review
• WVU Police, others to conduct evacuation exercise at end of Gold-Blue Spring Game
• REMINDER: WVU student parking permit renewals end Friday (April 30)
• WVU Chemical Engineering to host memorial service for Alfred F. Galli Friday
• Nine WVU MFA students will give reading April 29
• West Virginia high school student body presidents honored as WVU Parents Club Scholars
• Football: Spring Game Information
• WVU ROTC graduate travels to Israel to get inside look at culture

• West Virginia Campus Compact Conference recognizes schools and faculty for service leadership
• WVUH recognized for high-quality obesity surgery, named Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
• WV Campus Compact schools create miners' care packages at statewide conference
• State's colleges and universities join forces to help adults earn college degrees
• Social work sponsors steak fry, raises money for disabled
• Apud WVU Lingua Latina mortua non est
• WVU to hold inaugural Technical Employment Networking Night April 29
• WVU's Women Against Rape urges women to celebrate safely
• WVCIP features Cinco de Mayo program for scholarship funds
• WVU faculty violinist named West Virginia 'Studio Teacher of the Year'
• WVU Offers a Flexible and Eclectic Summer Schedule
• Miss WV Scholarship Organization Sets 3rd "Dancing With Our Community Stars"
• New Mountaineer to begin term after "Passing of the Rifle" on April 29

• Statement from West Virginia University regarding WVU Tech
• WVU MFA a U.S. News & World Report best
• Bring the kiddies on down to the farm to learn about the source of their food
• WVU Marching Band unveils state-of-the-art rehearsal tower with help of $50K gift
• WVU Foundation supporting National Donate Life Month
• Applications being accepted for WVU Engineering summer camp for high school students
• The value of a WVU education: It has little to do with cost

• Rural medicine's Top Ten ranking leads more than two dozen WVU graduate programs in U.S. News listings
• WVU School of Medicine ranked in U.S. News "Top Ten" for rural medicine
• WVU promotes Bolt to director of News and Information Services
• 'Green Show on the Green' has been moved due to weather
• Visitation, funeral information for Steve Goodwin available
• Brandt named WVU's Americans with Disabilities Act compliance officer
• WVU's Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity to hold a free health expo and testing program

• The importance of educating first generation students
• WVU journalism alumnus wins international award, raises awareness about human sex trafficking
• WVU helps the environment through transportation, maintenance choices
• WVU loses a "loyal Mountaineer"
• WVU's Emergency USA student organization to host gala benefit dinner
• WVU alum to portray pioneering female photographer

• 'Green Show on the Green' to Be Held Earth Day
• 'It's obvious that you care,' nation's top military leader tells WVU and Morgantown
• Leland Byrd recalls past golden moments of WVU basketball
• BFA candidates exhibit artworks at WVU's Mesaros Galleries through May 15
• WVU's Women Against Rape Announces Sexual Assault Panel
• West, Clinton and 'Dangerous Minds' teacher among 2010 WVU Commencement speakers
• WVU Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's Ninth April 22
• WVU voice students win big in national teachers of singing competition
• WVU's James Valenti wins 'Heisman Trophy of Opera'
• Public reception to honor retiring professor William Arnett
• Gender historian to speak at WVU on history of women in science
• Six WVU engineering students receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

• WVU School of Dentistry presents Lessons in a Lunchbox for students in Pocahontas County
• Rowing team making strides one step at a time
• WVU graduating seniors invited to farewell "reunion"
• Media Advisory: Visit of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Morgantown and West Virginia University

• WVU student parking permits on sale for renewing permit holders April 19
• WVU Community Music Program to honor top students at April 18 recital
• WVU Division of Forestry and Natural Resources names Outstanding Seniors
• WVU Symphonic Band, Concert Band to perform concert at CAC April 20
• WVU engineering student wins Tau Beta Pi scholarship
• WVU landscape architect student wins design competition
• Explore the great outdoors with WVU this summer
• WVU program can help rural enterprises save money by saving energy
• WVU rifle coach lends international expertise to shooters during new class
• Insurance executive to give talk at WVU
• WVU student government holds vigil for miners
• Re-construction of White Hall begins with sidewalk closures

• WVU Extension supports military youth while parents are away
• WVU Competitive Cheerleading Team wins first place at nationals
• WVU pharmacy students promote the benefits of the great outdoors
• Healthcare Decisions Day Is April 16
• WVU receives 10-year recertification from NCAA; third time to earn recognition
• Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff to meet with Morgantown, WVU communities
• Project Information Literacy continues through Monday
• West Virginia University College of Law Breaks into Top 100
• WVU Dance Team wins national championship
• WVU Debate Team argues 'does race matter?'
• Visiting author talks digital elements in creating poetry
• WVU Foundation's Campus Campaign under way

• Football team to honor miners
• Richmond Fed president details financial crisis for WVU community
• WVU journalism students report from Montcoal mine disaster
• WVU chooses next class of McNair Scholars
• WVU students earn top prizes at annual Statewide Business Competition
• WVU's James Valenti has triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera

• Young West Virginians establish Upper Big Branch Family Fund to help miners' families; Huggins, WVU SGA supporting
• 40-member Strategic Planning Council formed to guide process for 2020 plan
• WVU Alumni Association welcomes leaders to campus
• WVU dedicates week to service April 17-23
• Saidiya Hartman to deliver Eberly Family Distinguished Lecture
• Robert M. Steptoe and James D. Steptoe Professorship of Property Law established at WVU College of Law
• Carl M. Frasure Memorial Lecture discusses the European Union
• WVU research administrator to offer congressional testimony in support of EPSCoR
• WVU, BOPARC host third annual Impact E.A.R.T.H. and 5K race event April 17
• WVU student's paper on politics, welfare expenditures earns prestigious award
• WVU to show Japanese TV show at brown bag lunch event

• 40-member Strategic Planning Council formed to guide process for 2020 plan
• Three to receive honorary degrees from WVU
• Ross Foundation gift advances vision and physical therapy in state
• WVU pharmacy students promote liver health
• Tavon Austin: Reading the tea leaves
• WVU's student-run newspaper, journalism students win regional SPJ awards
• Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker to speak to WVU students April 14
• WVU's award-winning debate team tackles race
• WVU professor McGinley expert on impact of regulation on coal mine safety
• WVU School of Journalism launches unique online Digital Marketing Communications program
• WVU Foundation launches need-based scholarship campaign

• WVU Board OKs more than $24 million in construction, renovation projects; gets budget overview
• WVU Engineering Chair provides input for federal report on emissions
• New Leadership for WV Campus Compact Presidents' Advisory Committee
• WVU Community Design Team to visit Rainelle
• WVU event encourages owners to keep hounds healthy
• 'It's a dreadful mistake to be complacent'
• Native American Studies welcomes elder-in-residence Suzan Shown Harjo
• Clery Notice: WVU Police seek information about a reported robbery.

• Two WVU physics professors earn NSF CAREER grants totaling $941K
• WELL WVU kicks off Nutrition Month
• WVU Women Against Rape announces Mace demonstration
• New scholarship provides aid for those who wish to give it
• WVU alumna crowned Cherry Blossom Princess by West Virginia State Society
• West Virginia Campus Compact hosts Global Youth Service Day project
• WV Safety Alliance receives funding to provide free safety services

• WVU senior to attend national risk management conference
• WVU Wind Symphony to present spring concert
• WVU Opera Scenes to celebrate 'Life in Song'
• Seven finalists for dean of WVU College of Business and Economics to visit campus
• WVU maintains prestigious AACSB International Business Accreditation
• Myth of the "color-blind judge" subject of Ihlenfeld Lecture on Public Policy and Ethics
• World-renowned eco-artist to visit WVU
• WVU's College of Business and Economics is host to forensic professionals from across nation
• Library Faculty Assembly names Blake Outstanding Librarian for 2010
• Tortelier returns to CAC to conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Media Advisory: Media invited to faculty award presentation April 9
• WVU to show film on Central Asian warrior
• Willie Nelson and Family concert has sold out

• World music showcase concert features WVU ensembles, Vandalia Dancers
• Faculty Chamber to present final concert of the season April 8
• WVU collecting condolences for families affected by Upper Big Branch tragedy
• WVU Mountainlair renovations create modern atmosphere
• WV Campus Compact's First Statewide Conference to be Held April 20 at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
• WVU offers online GMAT prep course
• Libraries studying how students work in the digital age
• WVU law professor Anne Lofaso expert on impact of regulation on coal mine safety
• Business leaders to talk about international partnerships, Internet marketing at WVU
• Study from WVU School of Medicine shows poisoning by prescription drugs rising
• WVU cancer doctor appointed to national organization
• WVU men's basketball team returns to outpouring of fan support
• WVU to hold bell-ringing ceremony Friday
• West Virginia Academy of Science meeting April 10; Plenary Session on "The Invisible Universe" led by WVU physics faculty

• WVU inks research agreement with prestigious European research institution
• WVU Young Democrats, Women's Studies present Women in Politics Night
• WVU's Africa Week culminates with visit by Sierra Leone's U.S. ambassador
• Media Advisory: Norm Augustine available for media Q & A before WVU Festival of Ideas presentation
• WVU's Office of Sustainability is celebrating Earth Day all month
• Retired Lockheed CEO to link higher education and jobs at WVU's Festival of Ideas
• Clements underscores "higher education as regional economic driver" at National Academy of Sciences symposium
• WVU Women Against Rape announce sexual assault awareness events
• Social work professor honored with WVU's Buswell Award
• Anniversary celebration of Women's Studies Program continues in April
• Nebel awarded WVU's Mertins Leadership Award for Staff Advocacy
• Media Advisory: WVU ROTC students participate in Regional Joint Spring Field Training Exercise

• Proud to Be Mountaineers: A team, a coach and a state create a magical season
• Butler Wins Lowes Senior CLASS Award

• Friday at the Final Four
• Morgantown mayor challenges Durham mayor to Google bet

• WVU basketball success increases West Virginia prominence, pride on national stage
• WVU's Scott Cushing named a Goldwater Scholar
• National Symphony Orchestra to offer performance and master classes at WVU
• CLERY NOTICE: WVU Police investigate robbery near Health Sciences Center
• Bullies, baiters and trolls: new book examines impact of aggressive communication
• WVU recognizes faculty, staff, students at annual Weekend of Honors April 9-11
• WVU administration, student leaders call for responsible responses to basketball results
• Two $10,000 prizes within reach for six WVU teams in Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition finals