Archives for August 2012
August
31st
- McNair Scholars Program at WVU receives funding for next five years
- WVU hosting Renaissance Morgantown display at The Erickson Alumni Center
- Bobby Bowden keynote speaker in WVU leadership development series
- Private funding empowers WVU graduate students to travel for research
- 'Without challenge, there can be no Mountaineers'
- 19th Century English Deed Finds Home in WVU Law Library Collection
August
30th
- WVU health initiative to kick off in southern W.Va.
- WVU Press publishes 'The Backyard Brawl' about late, great rivalry
- WVU Extension Service offers healthy alternatives to traditional tailgate favorites
- WVU-Marshall head-to-head art gallery matchup now on view at Clay Center
- WVU emeritus graduates to celebrate 50th anniversary
August
29th
- WVU to host international symposium on American Chestnut
- WVU to host veterinary career day Oct. 27
- CLERY NOTICE: WVU Police seek information on beating of student
- WVU seminar series will explore key environmental issues
- Wear gold and blue on College Colors Day
- Professor's visit to WVU could have global impact
August
28th
- WVU part of NASA and Space Grant Consortium's flight design challenge
- WVU researchers receive $444,000 NIH grant
- 'Art Up Close!' event to feature WVU art collection's 'Adoration of the Magi'
- WVU plans Friday bell-ringing ceremony
- WVU professor publishes a trio of studies on new media's impact on human behavior
- New WVU School of Public Health officially opens
- General Electric CEO to kick off the year's Festival of Ideas
- WVU leadership development series to highlight sports and business standouts
- WVU Foundation Scholar dreams of finding cure for Alzheimer's disease, neurological disorders
- Applications available for 2012 Homecoming Court
- Blue Man Group Theatrical Tour to visit WVU Creative Arts Center Oct. 5-6
- Lewis Black will be 'Running On Empty' at the WVU CAC Sept. 30
August
27th
- WVU to welcome nationally known geneticist Aug. 27-29
- Join WVU alumni and friends for a BIG time at Game Day celebrations
- Cisco chairman/CEO event set for Sept. 28 at WVU Mountainlair
- Early reports show WVU's freshman class most diverse on record
- If you want to invent the future ...
August
24th
August
23rd
- WVU Extension's emotional wellness expert offers tips to ease children's school anxiety
- Moscow State University professor to speak at WVU College of Law
- Good as Gold
- WVU team to study clean energy development in WV and Chinese province
August
22nd
- WVU hosts Native American musician Cody Blackbird
- WVU music professors featured on composer's new CD
- Energy and environmental research showcase to encourage WVU/private sector partnerships
- WVU brings technology to the fight against state's problem of childhood obesity
- New WVU faculty member will support health and wellness in West Virginia
- WVU's Mohaghegh reappointed to DOE advisory committee
August
21st
- WVU conference explores possibilities of coal, biomass
- Electronic dance music superstar Avicii to play at WVU Sept. 20
- WELLWVU offers students PPD clinics
- Mountaineer Maniacs host Q&A with Oliver Luck on Wednesday
- WVU DC alumni chapter celebrates 35 years of food, fun, scholarship and Mountaineer spirit
- New WVU sociology professor studies transnational adoptions
August
20th
- WVU-based NAFTC launches advanced electric drive vehicle curriculum for high schools
- Fit Camp helps students on weight-loss journey
- WVU's statement on Princeton Review rankings
August
19th
August
18th
August
17th
- WVU hit by brief power outage on Move-In Day
- Hey freshmen! Share your tweets and pictures from your first days. #WVU
- Who is This Guy? Geno Smith on SI cover
August
16th
- Single event tickets for all University Arts Series performances on sale now
- Slightly Stoopid will bring 'Top of the World' tour to Morgantown Oct. 14
- Green Day's 'American Idiot' comes to WVU's Creative Arts Center Sept. 7
- WVU art grad's dissertation wins international electronic dissertation award
- Don't ground your child: WVU doctoral student studies the effects of helicopter parenting
- WVU English professor and poet receives prestigious FIELD Poetry Prize
August
15th
- Living up to expectations: Shaq Rowell
- WVU Health Sciences gets $19.6 million research grant from NIH
- WVU researcher to help develop night time facial recognition system
- WVU's new students to hear from a true Mountaineer at New Student Welcome
August
14th
- WVU vending machines to accept Mountie Bounty, credit/debit cards
- FallFest 2012 showcases dance, pop, rap and rock in annual WVU welcome back concert
- Five students complete cancer research fellowships at WVU
- University Police offers online safety classes, tips for upcoming fall semester
- WVU prepares to welcome new students on Move-In Day
- WVU pharmacy and business schools create Pharm.D./M.B.A. degree
August
13th
- WVU Alumni Association scholarship fund celebrates 75 years of student success
- Alumnus McNabb elected to WVU Foundation Board of Directors
- Time for Three kicks off University Arts Series season on Sept. 5
August
11th
August
9th
- WVU welcomes director and voice coach to theater and dance faculty
- WVU Hospitals only hospital in state to hold national stroke honor
- WVU Injury Control Research Center receives $4.1-million grant from the CDC
- WVU's PRT to alter schedule for start of fall semester
- WVU professor to perform genetic analyses of lake sturgeon
August
8th
- WVU professor available to discuss congressional powers to control bureaucracy
- WVU inks six-year contract with Holgorsen
- WVU's GangaRao to study durability of bridge materials through NSF grant
- WVU Urgent Care sees 100,000th patient
- West Virginia State Fair-goers to 'picture themselves' at WVU
August
7th
- WVU dean available to speak on the death of composer Marvin Hamlisch
- University Police to participate in 'Popcorn & Popsicles Family Night'
- A year of WVU women in STEM: Latimer making social change
- WVU statement on The Daily Beast ranking
- WVU Water Research Institute receives grant to design better coal mines
August
6th
- WVU has another record year for private donations; contributions top $173 million
- WVU's golden shooter!
- WVU researchers help PBS series look for secrets under the ground
- Charleston native joins WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors
- Big 12 edition of University Chapter's Countdown to Kickoff slated for Aug. 26
- Cisco chairman/CEO, WVU alum Chambers to speak in B&E lecture series Sept. 28
August
3rd
- Center for Civic Engagement Awards $60,000 to faculty for service-learning projects
- WVU offers students summer job fair for work during school year
August
2nd
- WVU's statement on Chick-Fil-A
- WVU graduate student's research finds more to managing soil erosion than meets the eye
- Gosnell honors parents by creating scholarship endowment in their names
August
1st
- WVU women's soccer: a new chapter
- Mountaineer Parents Club welcomes incoming families with Summer Send-Offs
- Pledge your allegiance to WVU in new College Colors Day Spirit Cup contest
- WVU hosts workshop for community leaders on collaborative governance, civic engagement
- WVU's Statler College creates student co-op program; small businesses seeking employees encouraged to apply
- WVU grows dance program with new faculty member
- WVU piano professor receives stellar review in 'Gramophone' magazine