With a familiar tune in a fresh year, President Michael T. Benson is playing it forward.
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Following a Dec. 29 proclamation from Gov. Patrick Morrisey declaring an additional full-day holiday for state employees on Friday (Jan. 2), West Virginia University will add a day of future “floating” holiday time for employees. The floating holiday hours may be used at any time between Jan. 5 and June 30, 2026.
Faculty and staff are invited to be part of the Winter Athletics Director Luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, in the Clark Mountaineer Club at the Hope Coliseum.
As part of the ongoing commitment from West Virginia University to student safety and in compliance with the Stop Campus Hazing Act, the University has released the first Hazing Transparency Report.
On Dec. 19, Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a proclamation granting a half-day off to state employees on Wednesday, Dec. 24, along with an additional full day off on Friday, Dec. 26, for the Christmas holiday. Since West Virginia University already observed Dec. 24 and 26 as holidays, the University has modified its calendar.
A new era began inside the Hope Coliseum Saturday (Dec. 20) as West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson spoke from the gold and blue Commencement stage for the first time, and hundreds of August and December graduates took their first steps as Mountaineer alumni.