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Little Kanawha Reading Series established at Glenville

The Little Kanawha Reading Series aims to feature regional writers as well as local writers and students to engage in a regular schedule of public readings, poetry slams, and related activities.
Glenville State College and Gilmer County have announced the launch of a new Appalachian Heritage program designed to increase literary discourse and community in...

Walker named Grand Groundhog Watcher at Concord University

Concord Charlie peers out from among a tendrils of ivy.
Officials at Concord University have named Mountain Lion head football coach Dave Walker as Grand Groundhog Watcher for 2020, joining "Concord Charlie" in the...

WVU reminds campus communities of winter weather procedures

A student trudges across University Avenue near Woodburn Circle in Morgantown in winter. (Fhoto illustration by David Sibray)
Officials at West Virginia University are reminding students, faculty, and staff that as temperatures fall and the possibility of inclement weather increases, they are...

WVU fraternities and sororities maintain above-average GPAs

Fraternity and sorority members show higher academic performance than West Virginia University students at large.
Fraternity and sorority life might be perceived as a distraction, but West Virginia University has announced that members of such organizations show higher academic...

Shepherd University develops Appalachian leadership institute

McMurran Hall at Shepherd University fronts East German Street in historic Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
The Shepherd University Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities is accepting applications from teachers and community leaders in Jefferson and Berkeley counties for a...

WVU researchers use historic log structures to map migration

A researcher prepares to collect tree-ring samples from The Pitsenbarger Barn in Pendleton County.
Log cabins in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia have a story to tell: when people leave, the forest takes over. Researchers at West Virginia...

Historic higher-ed program created in northern panhandle

Greiner, Favede, Rodenberg reach historic agreement among northern panhandle schools.
Three institutions of higher education in West Virginia's northern panhandle have reached a historic agreement to broaden academic support for students. Bethany College, Wheeling University,...

New technology helps WVU Online train much-needed teachers

Taylor Mazelon records herself teaching in her pre-K classroom.
New technologies are helping pre-K teachers studying online at West Virginia University to complete student teaching in their home communities. With a new “virtual” system,...

West Virginia University to build marching band facility

The Mountaineer Marching Band performs during pregame of a WVU football game.
An institution itself for more than a century, the Mountaineer Marching Band at West Virginia University will soon have a home of its own...

W.Va. Wesleyan kicks off winter with concert series

The campus at West Virginia Wesleyan welcomes another fresh winter snow.
West Virginia Wesleyan College is welcoming winter in north-central West Virginia with a series of nine free musical performances in November and December, including...

Partnership provides oil, gas training for high school seniors

Rusty Hutson, Sr., and David Dean of Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation inspect a well pad in West Virginia.
Four hundred West Virginia high school seniors will be able to enter a pipeline of future workers in the oil and gas industry through...

WVU geologist selected for NASA’s Mars 2020 team

Benison investigates an acidic salt lake in Western Australia.
When samples from the Mars 2020 expedition eventually make their way to Earth, the scientists of tomorrow will have a WVU Mountaineer to thank. West...

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