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The School of Music's Community Music Program announces the start of Choristers in Training (ages 17 and up) class. In Session 1, learn basic group vocal techniques through rounds and two-part singing. Session 2 will offer study in rhythm reading and ear training.

Allison Swan Dagen and Aimee Morewood are leading a program that has yielded the state's first National Board Certified pre-K teachers.  

A partnership between the West Virginia University College of Education and Human Services and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation has produced West Virginia’s first 17 National Board Certified pre-K teachers from the grant’s cohort. The pre-K teachers work in classrooms across 12 counties throughout the state.

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The 2018 Deem Distinguished Lecture will be given by Rachel Sussman. Sussman is known for her critically acclaimed, decade-long project "The Oldest Living Things in the World" combines art, science, and philosophy into a traveling exhibition and New York Times bestselling book.

Portrait of Michael Brumage  

Dr. Michael Brumage, assistant dean for public health practice and service at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, will lead the effort against West Virginia’s opioid drug crisis. Gov. Jim Justice Monday (Feb. 5) appointed Brumage the director of the Office of Drug Control Policy in the Department of Health and Human Resources.