Teachers Ascend into West Virginia, inspired and modeled by the success of Ascend West Virginia and other nationwide rural teacher corps initiatives, is a two-year relocation program that invites qualifying teachers from across the country to move to West Virginia, teach in select K-12 schools, and find a meaningful work-life balance through shared community and outdoor adventure.
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The University’s Rocket League team claimed another win for the WVU Esports program at the Boost on the Beach tournament in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Mountaineers beat Harrisburg, 4-1, to win the team’s third championship of the season.
Attendees will have an opportunity to speak with the WVU Hearts of Gold trainers and community fosters while playing with service puppies from 10 a.m. to noon March 21 at the Animal Science Research, Education and Outreach Center.
The first opportunity to interact with other blind children her age, Tatyana Tolliver credits the Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program day camp that she attended in seventh grade as a significant turning point.
As Jayla Boyd and Lillian Floyd describe it, they were in uncharted territory when they arrived at West Virginia University for Brain Camp. By the end of the week, the soon-to-be high school seniors had discovered the complex world of neuroscience and were hooked.
Walter DeKeseredy, acclaimed sociologist and Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, will join colleagues at the University of Toronto for a webinar to discuss his latest book “Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture and Violence Against Women” at 3 p.m. March 20.