Archives for June 2016

• Mountain State Business Index: West Virginia recession likely over, but disastrous flooding will affect state's economic performance
• Potomac State's Colelli retires; Orlikoff appointed as interim leader

• WVU alumnus Ken Kendrick issues $500K challenge match for flood relief efforts
• WVU making progress in mine safety research
• New oil and gas workshop presents "the best of" environmental research on hydraulic fracturing; WVU to present on experimental well site lab near Morgantown
• WVU Foundation honors endowed scholarship, fellowship donors
• Nutrition start-up joins WVU Health Sciences Innovation Center

• WVU experts available to discuss the Volkswagen class-action settlement

• Dr. Lesley Cottrell appointed director of WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities
• Team from WVU wins international drilling competition

• UPDATE: WVU's "Dollars for Disaster WV Flood Relief Effort" continues
• WVU professor predicts short-term volatility following Brexit decision

• Engineers without Borders completes service in Randolph County

• WVU to restrict public access to a portion of WVU Woodlot
• WVU-based NAFTC connects WV state parks to electric "plug-in" vehicle charging

• WVU Foundation names George J. Omiros Associate VP for Health Sciences Development

• Patrice Harris, WVU grad and Bluefield native, becomes first African-American woman to lead American Medical Association Board of Trustees
• Jerry West Collection dedicated to West Virginia & Regional History Center
• WVU students team with counterparts in Mexico to create app to find support for stray dogs
• WVU School of Nursing receives more than $1.2 million to train advance practice nursing students
• West Virginia's 153rd birthday celebrated at WVU with latest gift from Blenko family

• Newspaper errs in initial report about WVU tuition increase; corrections made to later editions

• Gregory Hand assumes new role at WVU
• Statement from WVU President E. Gordon Gee on the signing of 2017 budget bill
• WVU Board of Governors approves $1 billion budget for upcoming fiscal year

• WVU students and staff earn top honors at 2016 PRSA state chapter awards
• Jerry West to visit WVU for West Virginia Day celebration; will dedicate his collection and hold book signing
• WVU geologist examines impact of carbon dioxide released from mine drainage
• WVU faculty member selected to join global academy to help strengthen the future through sports

• Future Green Berets to receive medical training at WVU Medicine
• Milan Puskar Stadium work continues
• WVU astrophysicist part of team that detects gravitational waves from second pair of colliding black holes
• Colenda to retire as president and CEO of West Virginia United Health System

• WVU vigil moved to Mountainlair due to severe weather; support available to students, faculty and staff in wake of Orlando tragedy
• VIDEO: President Gee rallies D.C.-area alumni to help reinvent WVU and West Virginia
• WVU joins city and county to celebrate Safe Communities designation
• WVU-based NAFTC Continues to Educate Automotive Technicians across the U.S. with Industries' Newest Propane Autogas Vehicle Technician Training

• WVU announces spring 2016 graduation list
• WVU announces spring 2016 Dean's, President's lists

• Dr. Sanford Emery named president of the American Orthopaedic Association
• Brent Clark named director of WVU Extension Service 4-H Youth Development program

• WVU collaboration to rebuild Harpers Ferry earns national recognition
• WVU Extension provides advice to make private water supplies clean and safe for consumption
• WVU to host over 80 organizations at the West Virginia University Employer Summit; faculty invited to networking reception
• Close ties to WVU inspire graduate to create new endowment

• Music camp planned for blind and visually impaired children
• Clinton win marks watershed moment for women

• Librarian participates in international scholar exchange fellowship
• Library exhibits explore life in Appalachia
• Volleyball to hold summer camps
• Morgantown cost of living is 3.7 percent above national average, WVU study shows
• Annual President's Luncheon to visit Washington, D.C., June 13-14

• Mountaineers hope to punch Olympic tickets
• Food truck distribution with WVU Hoops
• Showcase exhibits and Mountaineer spirit in the WVU Building at the State Fair
• Tony Michael named director of WVU Extension CEWD programs
• Mountain State Business Index: West Virginia economy may be stabilizing

• WVU Foundation honors philanthropists
• WVU honors four former faculty, alumni with Order of Vandalia
• Monroe County 4-H robotics team wins first place award at FLL World Championship
• WVU Extension 4-H'ers earn high marks at national competition
• New scholarship helps supports athletic coaching careers
• WVU faculty member earns prestigious award for contributions to the field of sport psychology

• WVU repeats second place performance in Robo-Ops Competition