Archives for August 2010
August
31st
- Coach seeks record crowd as WVU's 50th men's soccer season opens Friday
- Jones assumes leadership of WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
- WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources receives ABET accreditation
- First-year programs moving to Academic Affairs to enhance student success
- WVU biologist to kick off fall 2010 Faculty Dinner Series
- WVU offers professional and community education courses for social workers and social service providers
- Researchers put coal and wood together hoping to create greener fuel, boost state economy
- Annual Business Summit to include WVU representation
August
30th
- WVU Men's Soccer Turns 50
- WVU Foundation offers new way to donate to Pride Travel Fund through Text2Give campaign
- Rosenbaum Family House launches Expansion of Hope Campaign
- WVU to participate in College Colors Day Friday
- WVU to remember two students at bell-ringing ceremony Friday
August
27th
- Donations to WVU Foundation total $80 million in FY10, up $22 million
- WVU studies health effects of nanoparticles
- Italian crooner Patrizio Buanne to bring special performance to Metropolitan Theatre Sept. 24
- WVU junior one of 29 students across the country chosen for NASA internship
- WVU begins Mountaineer football season with annual Fan Fest
- Panel discussion celebrates 30 years of women's studies at WVU
- WVU Press publishes new editions of Eberly professor's book on Pittston Coal strike
- WVU to test Emergency Alert system on Aug. 30
- WVU revamps 'The Pit,' changes name to 'The Student LOT'
August
26th
- WVU Atlantis program presents lecture on contemporary politics in Poland
- WVU Safety and Health Extension offers lineup of September OSHA classes
August
25th
- Born to be Mountaineers: Students travel country roads home to WVU
- WVU engineering researchers conduct successful mine shelter test
- Quick Adjustment: McCartney ready for faster pace
- New lights, new floor, new feel at Mountainlair
- WVU Press announces new edition of WVU political science professor's book on mine labor
August
24th
- WVU Healthcare to be featured on ABC News series "Secrets of Your Mind: Why We Do What We Do" airing Thursday
- Countdown to Kickoff celebration to welcome alumni, friends and families
- WVU professor brings psychiatry to life with videos
August
23rd
- Nursing research at WVU gets $800,000 boost; Bucks for Brains match doubles hospital, private gifts
- Leaders to find, enhance 'ten' assets to revitalize their downtowns
- New WVU students learn what it means to be a Mountaineer
- WVU to host workshop on Marcellus Shale drilling; Experts from academia, government, industry and NGOs to discuss environmentally friendly approach to drilling
- WVU receives $6.5 million grant for international gravitational wave detection efforts
- WVU library resources now available through mobile web
- Two WVU officials appointed to White House forensic subcommittee
August
20th
- Rockefeller and Manchin announce $1 million National Science Foundation grant for hi-tech education infrastructure
- Kraich named VP for Investments, CIO at WVU Foundation
- WVU music faculty to perform in prestigious London concert series
- Farris assumes dean of students' responsibilities
- WVU Alumni Association awards nearly $500,000 to deserving students
- WVU signs research agreement with Chinese university
August
19th
- WVU dentistry, engineering researchers working to improve jawbone imaging
- WVU researchers find genetic marker for repeat lung cancer
- Six named to WVU Foundation board
- WVU student joins physics professor studying star formation through grant
- Excitement grows for fall semester; Students returning to WVU, Morgantown
- WELL WVU offers fun, engaging activities for students on Wellness Day
August
18th
- FallFest event, traffic restrictions announced
- WVU to welcome freshmen, students on move-in day Friday
- WVU Sunday Shopping Shuttle to begin this fall
- New, multi-disciplinary biobased energy course available to all WVU students
August
17th
- WVU grad student studies sight to fight blindness
- WVU's University Arts Series brings Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia! and Maya Angelou to campus
- WVU Extension specialist, credit expert warn students of credit card schemes, debt
- WVU Safety and Health Extension to host first 'Alumni, Friends, and Fans' OSHA training event during Homecoming 2010
- WVU offering certified safety and health manager examination preparation workshop
August
16th
- WVU Community Arts Program registering students for fall classes
- Ludacris, Maroon 5 to headline WVU FallFest 2010
- Mine rescue contest tests skills
- University Welcome introduces new WVU students to Mountaineer experience
- WVU combines coffee and careers
- Sartarelli assumes leadership of WVU College of Business and Economics; Former Johnson & Johnson executive sets goal of lifting College to 'new levels'
- New WVU School of Medicine dean starts today
August
13th
- Austin remains humble and modest
- Hip-hop sensation B.o.B bringing hits to WVU Mountainlair Ballroom Aug. 30
- WVU grad student gobbles up honors for turkey research
- First Impressions Matter; Partnership helps WVU safety management graduate succeed
- WVU Foundation employees contribute to local school supply giveaway
- WVU Foundation's One Waterfront Place becomes 'heartsafe' with addition of AEDs
August
12th
- WVU Marching Band announces feature twirlers for 2010 season
- Public helps WVU astrophysicists discover pulsars using home and office computers
August
11th
- WVU features a new 'tradition' at the 2010 W.Va. State Fair – theme days
- WVU strengthens global ties through Benedum grant
August
10th
August
9th
- WVU develops its leaders for today and tomorrow
- WVU study: recession keeping population in state; decline predicted after 2030
- 17 teachers experience China through faculty and course development in International Studies
August
7th
- WVU School of Pharmacy receives reaccreditation
- Finalists for Dean of WVU School of Dentistry Announced
- HSTA receives NIH funding for 14th straight year
August
6th
August
5th
- WVU research to reduce information "clutter"; National Science Foundation funds project to reduce information overload
- WVU brings the world to Morgantown
- WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck's statement on NCAA football inquiry
- WVU Alumni Association gearing up for game day tradition
- 'Eerfest' pep rally planned for alumni and friends as part of WVU-Marshall festivities
- WVU study shows too much, too little sleep can lead to heart disease
August
4th
- Fashion marketing research earns honors
- WVU x 2: Why WVU attracts returning students to professional schools
August
3rd
- WVU junior awarded National Institutes of Health scholarship
- Chick-fil-A coming to WVU Mountainlair in January
- West Virginia University professor elected to Board of Directors
- WVU Healthcare management change approved; University hospitals and medical practice to operate together
August
2nd