West Virginia University, including WVU Institute of Technology, WVU Potomac State College, WVU Extension offices and WVU Research Corp., will close Thursday (July 3) following an announcement from Gov. Patrick Morrisey extending the Independence Day holiday weekend for state employees. The University was already scheduled to be closed Friday (July 4) for the holiday.
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The Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference will offer engaging conversations focused on the many ways faculty and staff can work collectively to build strong university-community partnerships through scholarship while strengthening all of us from Oct. 8-9 in Roanoke, Virginia.
J. Wayne Richards will serve a two-year term as chairman of the West Virginia University Foundation Board of Directors. The 1981 mining engineering alumnus is president and CEO of GR Energy Services based in Sugar Land, Texas.
John Weaver, WVU Libraries reference supervisor, who successfully defended his dissertation “Rifles and Riflemen: Material Culture, Violence, and Early American Identity” earlier this year, says there is a lot people get wrong about the American Revolution.
To help best position the WVU College of Law to educate future generations of legal professionals, a national search is underway for a new permanent William J. Maier, Jr. Dean. Until this important hire is made, Susan Brewer, former CEO of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, will assume the role of interim dean for the College of Law effective today (July 1).
Dr. Zachary Greene, who recently practiced as a general dentist in Birmingham, Alabama, will serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and a general dentist at WVU Dental.