Archives for November 2011

• More than 1,500 graduates to be recognized during 2011 December convocation
• Redevelopment "dream teams" launched to tackle "Extreme Makeover: Brownfields Edition"
• WVU to honor WWII hero during Pearl Harbor Day celebration
• WVU Press and the Rural Sociological Society collaborate on book series
• WVU Community Arts Orchestra to perform Sunday, Dec. 4, at CAC
• WVU choral program to present annual Holiday Concert Dec. 4
• WVU Chamber Winds to perform concert Dec. 6
• Young violinists present Suzuki recital at WVU Dec. 4
• WVU Percussion Studio welcomes ragtime xylophonist Harvey Price
• WVU piano students to present Schubert celebration concert at CAC
• WVU alumni chapter raises funds to support couple that lost house in fire
• WVU, non-profit join forces to promote energy efficiency

• WVU students blend teaching, outreach as interior designers hit the books for library project
• Poultry Judging Team places second in national contest
• WVU donates a record $335,100 through United Way Campaign
• WVU football honored for graduation rate
• MA thesis exhibition by WVU student Bangmin Nong opens at Zenclay Nov. 27
• Graduate of WVU's Benedum program receives 'Oscar of teaching'
• Technologically advanced prototypes the focal point of WVU Engineering Students' Expo
• Watts Museum opens new exhibition, Defying the Darkness: The Struggle for Safe and Sufficient Mine Illumination

• Visits begin for finalists for new dean of WVU's Davis College
• WVU students collect toys, donations for local children

• 'Sign up now and worry later'

• WVU Foundation's 2011 Pride Travel Fund campaign nets over $92K
• WVU international students celebrate Thanksgiving at Waterfront Place Hotel
• Where have all the warblers gone?
• Another Top 10 finish for Mountaineers
• Nothing but "A's" brings track star Elite 89 honor

• WVU Ph.D. nets international award for work on advanced electric power system superalloys
• WVU Africana Studies Program offers lecture by Fulbright Fellow
• MFA thesis exhibition by WVU student Bangmin Nong opens at Zenclay Nov. 27
• WVU Marching Band to perform annual 'Keynotes Concerts' at CAC
• WVU ensembles present music from Guinea, Ghana, Trinidad, Brazil
• WVU dance director among leaders invited to plan future of dance education
• Regional Research Institute speaker to present spatial analysis approach for examining fast food, obesity and urban areas
• Roles for Miss West Virginia USA include WVU alum, student
• WVU's Human Powered Vehicle Club looks to change how people think

• CARDIAC Project research influences new national cholesterol screening guidelines for youth
• LIINC's defense innovation teaming event lauded as positive University/industry step
• WVU student partnering with National Park Service to inventory karst features
• Holiday book drive seeks to promote children's literacy in West Virginia
• WVU professor expands global presence of sport management in Africa
• Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker now sold out

• "Mr. Clutch" Jerry West among Mountaineers adding magical memories to WVU Heritage Project
• Mountaineer Parents Club's holiday bus service for WVU students continues to grow
• ESPN SportsCenter anchor to speak to WVU students about importance of education
• With DoD grant, WVU positioned to help military thwart terrorism

• Dietetics program to host open house Dec. 16

• Mangia! New WVU course explores Mediterranean cuisine
• WVU Craft Center offers a refuge from tension in the basement of Braxton Tower
• 'America's Got Talent' winner and W.Va. native Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. to perform at WVU in December
• Remarkable rookie class highlights Harlem Globetrotters' return to WVU Coliseum March 27
• WVU alumni receive prestigious USDA award for conservation efforts
• WVU alum named 2012 West Virginia Teacher of the Year
• National biometrics technology effort begun by WVU cited in federal report
• WVU prof honored for conservation efforts
• WVU Law Professor to testify at U.S. Senate committee hearing
• 50 years later, 'Doc' Miltenberger still feels at home at WVU
• WVU professor of psychology says 'sayonara' to West Virginia and 'konnichiwa' to Japan
• WVU research team receives $500,000 to study surface coal mining
• WVU professor examines the impact of Jane Austen and Frances Burney on modern culture
• WVU World Music groups perform in Pocahontas county schools as part of outreach program
• WVU professor to attend national meeting on childhood obesity

• Letter to WVU Tech community following LOCEA adoption of long-term report
• Zuccari family establishes 'giving wall' for future generations of Mountaineers at WVU
• Mid-morning Nov. 15 hoops game means parking, other adjustments
• President Jim Clements, others from WVU, front-and-center at APLU
• WVU School of Theatre & Dance presents No�l Coward comedy 'Blithe Spirit' Nov. 17-Dec. 4
• Holiday cards mark 20 years of raising money for pediatric cancer patients
• WVU Student LOT earns 'Innovative Program' award
• Manufacturing enterprise to receive face-lift, thanks to NSF grant
• A trunk of love: WVU doctoral student finds her calling researching elephants
• WVU student body president represents University in Moscow

• Veterans Appreciation Breakfast-11/11/11
• WVU's first Barnette Scholars ready to ship off to England
• Izzo-Brown's hard work builds WVU women's soccer into championship program
• Brazilian Embassy representatives to visit WVU on Tuesday

• WVU College of Human Resources and Education launches Great Textbook War curriculum
• WVU enrollment rises as overall state enrollment decreases
• West Virginia University researchers to examine whether service dogs help veterans recover, return to workforce
• West Virginia Physical Activity Plan creates shared vision

• Mid-morning Nov. 15 hoops game means parking, other adjustments
• World-class musicians join WVU Flute Studio for Fall Flute Fling
• WVU Wind Symphony presents songs on shipwrecks, brightly plumed birds, big red sombrero
• WVU researchers to showcase defense innovations for private industry networking initiative
• WVU's College of Creative Arts name changes reflect stature of programs
• Education students share passion for science at Children's Discovery Museum
• Huggins, nursery school students share and care with Bear Care Project
• A soldier's story: WVU student-veterans' speeches touch on personal, topical themes
• WVU Extension Service to host a series of educational programs regarding Marcellus Shale
• WVU Symphony Orchestra performs great music of Gershwin and Berlioz
• WVU Jazz vocal, instrumental groups to perform Nov. 13
• Visiting percussion group presents music from pre-Hispanic Mexico
• New Music Concert will feature works by WVU student composers
• WVU law professor 'Good Enough' for New York Times, MSNBC, national exposure

• WVU's Dr. Frederick Blum receives American College of Emergency Physicians' highest honor
• Malone takes WVU's 2011 Mountaineer Idol title
• WVU researchers earn U.S. Department of Energy awards for Deepwater Horizon spill efforts
• Speaker to discuss values of Greek participation in Mountainlair on Thursday
• Economic forecast for West Virginia: Sluggish growth in 2012
• WVU Foundation receives $100K grant from Walmart Foundation
• Marion County judge to speak at WVU College of Law
• Distinguished feminist psychologist Dr. Irene Hanson Frieze to visit WVU

• Elementary school growing new education thanks to WVU Master Gardeners
• WVU's students think they can dance...with the stars
• WVU students team with WELLWVU through leadWELL program
• CNN top executive to visit WVU, address future of journalism

• National Capital Alumni Chapter keeps tradition strong with presentation of new musket
• Butler, Stinespring named 2011 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer

• Seven inducted into first-ever Roll of Distinguished Alumni at WVU business school
• WVU Intensive English Program one of only 72 to receive national accreditation
• WVU College of Law's Center for Energy and Sustainable Development 'Drills Down' on regulatory challenges in two-day event
• Record enrollment at WVU and its divisions, Clements reports to BOG
• WVU student athletes "speak out" to inspire Morgantown community
• WVU professor researching the use of science in environmental risk policy
• WVU, Morgantown join to salute veterans with Nov. 11 breakfast
• WV Law Review forum examines civil resistance and the law
• WVU sophomore, inventor named one of 21 Amazing Young Women by Glamour magazine

• Indie pop, folk rock bands join Nov. 13 Mountain Stage lineup at WVU CAC
• Soft-rock legend Michael McDonald to perform Nov. 18 at WVU CAC
• WVU professor named editor-in-chief of veterinary radiology journal
• WVU College of Law, Louis Johnson VA Healthcare System form 'model' partnership
• Mountaineer Week sponsors Saturday's Student LOT
• WVU student vets go public as part of Atkins' speech class

• World-renowned photography editor, media consultant to visit WVU
• Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal-Lazan to speak with area students, public
• National FFA Organization honors WVU associate professor
• Welcoming the Big 12
• Mountaineer Idol's final three to compete in finale on Sunday
• WVU chapter of Tau Beta Pi hosts annual bike drive

• Expert to offer insight on physical activity for diverse populations as part of WVU lecture series
• Music students to perform Thursday in low brass concert
• Annual statewide economic outlook conference is Nov. 8 in Charleston
• Mountaineer Week's 'best beard' announced Wednesday
• WVU hosts discussion on the role of race in America
• WVU Symphonic Band to perform in concert at CAC Nov. 8
• WVU's second 'Art Up Close!' event to feature collection's Ethiopian paintings
• WVU Opera Theatre presents scenes from famous operas Nov. 9-12