Archives for April 2012

• Kidder Scholarships will help three WVU students prepare for medicine, law and science
• National tour of monster hit 'Young Frankenstein' comes to life May 3 at WVU CAC
• WVU's next 'Art Up Close!' event to feature collection tour May 3
• NAE publication to feature WVU's projects with industry and building energy use program
• WVU colleges announce Commencement speakers
• 'Meet the Graduates' as students graduating in May tell how they've grown at WVU
• WVU public relations students to showcase service-learning projects
• Nigel Clark contributes to U.S. News STEM blog during USA Science & Engineering Fair
• Regional produce growers offered safe handling and agricultural practices training

• Research team calls for better safety standards for working youth
• WVU School of Medicine forms new department and names two chairs
• WVU Healthcare surgeon implants diaphragm pacemaker in quadriplegic pediatric patient
• WVU's Solley to receive outstanding advising certificate of merit
• WVU budget saving efforts net $12.4 million in savings or additional income
• WVU Extension Service to educate public on natural gas issues at free conference
• WVU business students give $20,000 to local charities, learn philanthropy
• WVU Blue & Gold Mine Sale asks students to give up unwanted Items for good

• WVU Police honors four for their service to community
• WVU students, community walk and run to Impact E.A.R.T.H.
• WVU to award honorary degrees to four exemplary Mountaineers
• WVU professor receives research fellowship for book on Appalachian progressive education
• Bruce Irvin: Chasing a dream
• Kara Blosser has been impatiently waiting
• WVU fraternities, sororities honored at annual banquet

• WVU's robotics team sends high school students to world competition, rewarding careers
• From Marine to Mountaineer: A soldier's story of transition
• Conservation camp helps teens explore the wild and wonderful side of West Virginia
• WVU researchers' interviews add impact to high school retention study
• WVU taps steel drum ensemble to showcase folklife at summer Smithsonian festival

• Mountaineer memories immortalized: WVU to celebrate the Class of 2012
• Morgantown Community Orchestra to perform 'Latin Night' concert April 29
• WVU students participate in management competition
• Find great gifts at WVU Ceramics Sale April 27-29
• Young violinists present Suzuki recital at WVU April 28
• WVU students perform their 'last dance' in the Spring Student Dance Showcase
• Pittsburgh Symphony brings 'Magic of Paris' to WVU April 30
• Harless gift to establish the John W. Fisher II Courtroom at WVU College of Law
• WVU students introduce kids to pharmacy profession
• WVU pharmacy students receive national and regional accolades
• Miller hammers home time management
• Wood Science organization honors retiring WVU professor with its highest honor
• International dance sensation 'Burn The Floor' to tear up the WVU CAC May 2

• WVU to host free Certified Logger training
• WVU's M.F.A. in creative writing students to give graduation reading
• WVU alumni endow James Miltenberger Piano Scholarship in School of Music
• WVU's Gender Equality Movement hosts 'Take Back The Night' Thursday

• WVU researchers identify several new genetic markers for repeat lung cancer
• Cady Pierce to represent West Virginia for Children's Miracle Network
• Little General/BP donates more than $6K to cancer research at WVU Health Sciences
• WVU graduating seniors find alumni home at Senior Send-off: A Zero-Year Reunion
• WVU students to present research on Native American topics
• Three WVU students earn Fulbright scholarships
• WVU's Statler College award winners announced
• Three win WVU's top award for academic advising
• WVU honors 2012 Order of Augusta, Outstanding Seniors

• Young scientists show their work at WVU EnvironMentors fair
• Student-Athletes Honored for Classroom Work
• WVU senior engineering students to showcase design projects April 23
• Private companies hear WVU students and faculty present work at LIINC event

• WVU students, community advocates to 'Cover the Night' on Friday
• WVU grad student recognized nationally for costume design
• Day of Design showcases student work
• Former WVU soccer star gets first pro start
• Dr. Manish Monga named medical director of WVU Clinical Trials Research
• WVU alumni and volunteers united as Mountaineers - no matter where they live
• WVU academics highlighted at USA Science and Engineering Festival in D.C.
• WVU high-performance computing institute to help bolster statewide scientific capabilities
• State educators join WVU students, faculty for study abroad program
• WVU graduate student featured in international ceramic exhibition
• WVU doctoral student Weadon earns engineering award
• WVU's Native American Studies coordinator recognized for commitment to justice
• WVU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hosts 'Paying it Forward' event
• WVU's Whitelam earns prestigious internship
• Percussion Camp to be held at WVU June 11-15
• WVU-Based NAFTC exhibits first responder safety training materials at conference
• Two WVU students win $10,000 first prizes in Statewide Business Plan Competition
• WVU Chamber Winds to give 'gnarly' performance April 24

• WVU New Music Concert will feature unique works by student composers
• WVU hosts Spring Flute Fling April 21
• WVU's Brazilian Ensemble to perform April 21
• WVU Choirs present spring concert 'Out of Africa'
• WVU student's solid oxide fuel cell work lands his findings in the Halls of Congress
• WVU Symphony Orchestra presents a program of vibrant dance music
• WVU to host prestigious web-based, peer-reviewed journal
• WVU Center for Women's Studies to host first annual Women's and Gender Studies Fair
• National Soils competition digs Morgantown
• WELLWVU encourages physical fitness through 5K race, summer program
• WELLWVU celebrates WVU students who 'liveWELL' with giveaway
• At WVU, one man fights for words, hope
• New Mountaineer Jonathan Kimble takes over after Friday's 'Passing of Rifle' Ceremony
• Pipestem event cancelled; WVU, Virginia Tech energy collaboration continues

• WVU plans Friday bell-ringing ceremony
• WVU course teaches educators to incorporate Holocaust curriculum in the classroom
• WVU historian to provide insight on establishment of land-grant colleges
• WVU junior jumpstarts career with fellowship in Ghana

• WVU coming to the end of "a transformational year," Clements reports to BOG
• WVU names 2012 Excellence in Civic Engagement Awards winners
• Inquiry Conference promotes collaboration and research in the classroom
• WVU workshop helps small business owners understand legalese
• WVU Extension, state legislature effort addresses cyberbullying
• International sport finance expert featured at WVU Sport Summit
• Zach Redding, Jarred Zuccari elected to lead WVU Student Government Association in 2012-13

• WVU's exciting summer classes include Appalachian exploration, Native American wilderness immersion
• WVU's costumers enhance the storytelling of "The Visit"
• Employees explore healthy options at WVU EmployeeFest 2012
• WVU students host campus Relay for Life event on Saturday
• WVU parents, students can enjoy multiple events together as part of Spring Family Weekend
• WVU Police seek information regarding stolen student newspapers

• Mountaineer Maniacs, WVU professor host 5K to benefit Ryan's Rally
• From arithmetic to compounds, WVU's two newest Goldwater Scholars flourish
• WVU Libraries marks Dickens' 200th birthday with exhibits, has original serial works
• WVU Symphonic Band, Concert Band to perform joint concert at CAC April 17
• WVU Opera Theatre presents 'Simply Mozart'
• BFA candidates exhibit artwork at WVU's Mesaros Galleries through May 12
• WVU service-learning courses step outside traditional course structure of term papers and exams
• Founder of DonorsChoose.org to speak at this spring's final WVU Festival of Ideas
• New dean appointed at WVU's College of Human Resources and Education

• WVU, MivaMan LLC settle trademark infringement lawsuit
• University expert to offer insight on physical activity at national conference
• Book follows family's escape from Nazi Germany
• Wildlife educator receives Samuel Faculty Excellence Award
• Monongalia County remains fastest growing county in WV in 2011
• WVU Press publishes the third and final part to Lee Maynard's Crum trilogy
• WVU Press publishes book about the Socialist Party in West Virginia
• WVU journalism seniors take on client of a "different breed"
• Gift will help put the finishing touches on new WVU greenhouse
• WVU sociologist examines reasons for suicide
• White Hall, new home for physics and astronomy, celebrates role of research on campus
• Cook up a recipe for a successful food business with WVU Extension and the WV Dept. of Agriculture
• Air Force's Corsi to deliver annual Gochenour Lecture at WVU
• WVU to host public forum on Evansdale construction plans
• WVU expert available to discuss the effects of the WV autism insurance coverage bill going into law
• WVU HR&E to host Week of Honors student recognition ceremonies
• Young WVU theater alum takes 'Kingdom Come' to NYC
• Spring has sprung at WVU Farm so come to 'Kiddie Days'

• Conference highlights graduate research in WVU's Davis College
• WVU to host a full slate of Earth Week activities
• Tribute wall to honor the memory of health sciences employees
• WVU mourns loss of WVU student
• Invisible Children Roadies visit WVU on Wednesday
• WVU's Africa Week celebrates "The Next Chapter"
• Pressure is on as WVU Mini Baja team prepares for car-building competition
• WVU Regional Research Institute graduate fellow earns national prize
• Next LIINC session to focus on life sciences, natural resources students, faculty
• WVU students and faculty members well represented at upcoming STaR Symposium
• Join WVU's Spring Diversity Days to hear another point of view
• Clery Notice: WVU Police seek information on aggravated assault incident
• WVU College of Law expands energy curriculum to add six new courses
• Nationally recognized expert in sport history and culture to speak at WVU

• WVU alum and honoree McNabb part of B&E speaker series April 12
• DiClerico's coming retirement marked by Festival of Ideas with "The Last Class"
• They change lives: Six WVU faculty members named outstanding teachers
• WVU engineering professor chosen for Fulbright program
• West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie E. Tennant to serve as moderator at Monday's Student Government Association debate
• WVU's EmployeeFest to focus on employee health, benefits – and fun
• WVU smoking policy, three others out for public comment

• WVU School of Nursing announces $10K scholarship opportunity
• WVU School of Medicine presents annual Dean's Awards for Excellence
• Study from WVU shows exercise plus diet best for improving cholesterol levels, saving lives in adults
• Marcello Napolitano: Top-flight WVU professor helps students take wing
• 'The revolution will be tweeted.' So was WVU's discussion of the Arab Spring. And 'Storifyed,' too
• WVNano official delivers keynote at regional nanotechnology event in Kentucky
• WVU Research Integrity and Compliance leader pens chapter in international textbook

• WVU's 'Friends of Firewood' project lights a fire under emerging industry
• WVU team offers updates on obesity prevention efforts
• MLB season upon us, and WVU represented in the 'Show'
• WVU School of Dentistry student one of 12 nationally to receive scholarship
• Children to benefit from Kendrick gift to WVU Eye Institute
• WVU announces state's top high school students as 2012 Bucklew scholars
• WVU World Music Concert to feature African Ensemble, Steel Band
• WVU Wind Symphony concert features faculty oboist Cynthia Anderson
• U.S. Army Field Band Saxophone Quartet to visit WVU April 11
• Potomac State College campus provost candidates, visits announced
• Taylors endow scholarship in petroleum and natural gas engineering
• WVU College of Law to host its Honors Ceremony April 15
• WVU's Department of English hosts reading by poet Matthew Zapruder

• WVU's third W.Va. Mountaineer Film Festival examines how art can play a part in compromise
• WVU School of Theatre & Dance production of 'The Visit' opens April 13
• A walk on the wild side: WVU student organizations host wild game dinner
• Joan Osborne will headline April 15 "Mountain Stage" at WVU CAC
• Second WVU NAACP Image Awards hosted by students, faculty
• Graduation's coming: Help us make it a memorable one for our WVU seniors
• Your Passion-Your University-Your Gift: WVU Foundation's Campus Campaign under way
• WVU Student Government Association kicks off 2012 elections
• WVU Honors College names assistant dean