Archives for May 2013
May
31st
- Fairmont Regional Cancer Center officially joins WVU Hospitals
- WVUH recognized as a 'great place to work' for 2013
- WVU Nursing alumna's gift endows scholarship
- WVU Nursing: Duffy tapped as interim associate dean for research
- WVU researcher takes part in a joint U.S.-Canadian effort to create safer work environments for youth
May
30th
- New survey shows cost of living in Morgantown higher than national average, health care lower
- Habitat for Humanity dedicates 'House That WVU Built'
- Four more WVU professors awarded Fulbright grants
May
29th
- WVU joins with Coursera to provide massive, open, online courses (MOOCs)
- 10 US state university systems and public flagships join Coursera to explore MOOC-based learning and collaboration on campus
- Dig this! WVU lunabotics team finishes second in annual competition
May
28th
- Dr. Bradford Warden named director of WVU Heart Institute
- Buck named to national nursing advisory panel
- WVU's PRT maintenance closure to extend to mid-June
- WVU business school hospitality and tourism support funds provide six internships
- WVU accepting applications for annual forensic science summer camp
- Public encouraged to attend June 8 archaeology symposium at Grave Creek Mound
May
24th
- Gifts support the CEHS STEM/Engineering Education Lab
- FAQs about proposed ballpark
- Karraker named WVU's associate provost for graduate academic affairs
May
23rd
- Roane County students receive scholarships to attend WVU
- WVU student begins research career in Mongolia
- Award-winning Appalachian storyteller coming to WVU Alumni Weekend for education workshop
May
22nd
- WVU to hold Hawaiian luau May 29 as part of Mountainlair summer programming
- WVU Extended Learning evolves into Academic Innovation
- First female WVU dental grad remembered by family and alumni
- Pitching in: Baseball team helps out in Oklahoma
- WVU inducts loyal supporters into Order of Vandalia
May
21st
- Bloomberg Businessweek ranks WVU No. 5 in Top Undergraduate Business Schools for Ethics
- Appalachian art collector shares work of self-taught artists with West Virginia
- WVU baseball pitching in following Oklahoma tornado
May
20th
- Teens can fight fires and building lasting leadership skills at WVU Extension Service's Jr. Firefighter Camp
- WVU School of Theatre & Dance offering Summer Dance Academy
- Smart research at WVU starts with smart materials
- Spend Father's Day with the family: 'The Addams Family' comes to WVU June 16
- WVU Department of English seminar to be led by visiting professor
May
19th
May
17th
May
16th
- Brazilian student brings culture and creativity to WVU
- Where are all our rivalries going?
- Five WVU students earn Kidder Scholarships for vet, med school
- Marketing the Mountaineers
- Research at WVU: 'Black lung is back'
- Study: Appalachian traffic fatality rate far higher than rest of U.S.
- Apply for WVU Innovation Awards to win $5,000 for research development
- Four outstanding female researchers at WVU awarded 2013-14 WiSE Awards
- WVU School of Art & Design announces GPS scholarship winners
May
15th
- WVU and NASA team in Fairmont develops technologies for 'robotic mechanic'
- WVU Extension offers new graduates a guide to financial and emotional success
- More than 4,000 WVU students to graduate, bid farewell to college careers at weekend ceremonies
- 24,000 Hours: 48 hours and a toolbox help WVU student become a fashion designer
May
14th
- WVU takes corrective actions, issues revised multimedia rights RFP
- WVU alumna's gift helps preserve state history
- WVU music student wins fellowship to study long-forgotten female composer
- Energy entrepreneurs begin careers through inaugural WVU competition
- WVU Honors student named Munn Library Scholar
- WVU names 2013 Class of Foundation Scholars
- Sonny Landreth, Lucius, Garland Jeffreys and JOHNNYSWIM to perform in Mountain Stage June 2 at WVU CAC
- West Virginia Water Research Institute provides $40,000 in grant funding to local watershed organizations
- 24,000 Hours: 6,000 hours on the job made a career in consulting
May
13th
- WVU to award academic scholarships at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
- Making a strong case as Big 12's best
- WVU to host Big 12 Career Consortium annual meeting
- WVU Creative Arts students win faculty-mentored research awards
- Four WVU students earn Fulbright Scholarships
- 24,000 Hours: 750 hours of programming boosted these STARS to positive WVU careers
May
10th
- WVU dental hygiene grad heading to Africa, starting business with classmate
- WVU's Rhodes receives national rural health award
- WVU College of Creative Arts announces outstanding faculty awards
- Prominent CEOs announced for B&E Distinguished Speaker Series fall schedule
- WVU PRT closes for maintenance starting May 13
- 24,000 Hours: A successful 0.05 hours changed nursing student's path
May
9th
- WVU Press wins two IPPY gold medals
- WVU Press publishes translation of early German work 'Kaiserchronik'
- WVU Press publishes a history of sports in West Virginia
- A summer of opportunity: WVU students land internships with NPR, NASA, Michael Kors, others
- 24,000 Hours: A father-son talk leads to 13,000 hours of no regrets
May
8th
- Mountain State is Catching Baseball Fever
- Dental students receive awards for research
- Estate donation honors legacy, helps Lewis County students attend WVU
- U.S. News & World Report ranks three WVU online graduate programs among best for veterans
- WVU Extension offers need-to-know tips on tree removal and trimming services
- WVU astronomers discover hydrogen clouds between Milky Way's neighboring galaxies
- 24,000 Hours: 18,000 hours later, this RA found his second home at WVU
May
7th
- WVU students: Move-out information, business hours and more for your end-of-semester needs
- University College launches July 1 to provide an "academic hub" for undecideds
- WVU Libraries course enhancement initiative hits fifth year
- WVU announces new position to centralize international activities
- WVU holds reception for graduating international students
- WVU EnvironMentors students headed to national competition
- 24,000 Hours: 1,400 hours of tutoring leads Thina Maqubela into career at home in South Africa
May
6th
- Singer-songwriter Don McLean to perform unforgettable night of music June 8
- WVU Coaching and Teaching Studies faculty member receives national recognition
- WVUToday features graduating students in 24,000 hours project
- WVU journalism school videos win international awards
- WVU's Zondlo honored for years of service, commitment to diversity
- International preservationist Sir Neil Cossons to speak at WVU May 8
- WVU College of Education students recognized for academic accomplishments
May
3rd
- A Field of Dreams
- WVUH purchase of Fairmont Cancer Center wins approval
- WVU School of Dentistry presents Distinguished Alumni and Alumni Achievement awards
- WVU School of Dentistry students receive dental hygiene research awards
- May is Healthy Vision Month
- Two WVU librarians to visit China as part of exchange
- Going the distance for veterans: WVU CPASS component publishes new book by runner who covered U.S.
- Two WVU scholars earn mini-grants from state
May
2nd
May
1st
- WVU professor's latest book examines repercussions of competitive culture in academia
- Professor emeritus makes additional gift to WVU art museum
- Zipping through the treetops: WVU is nation's first university with canopy tour
- Gov. Tomblin signs TIF bill in Morgantown
- WVU earns Top 10 ranking from Businessweek
- 2013 December Graduates Convocation rescheduled for Dec. 20