The program is open to beginners, amateurs and performers of all ages and levels who wish to enhance their daily lives with art, explore new creative territories or perform with others who share the same passion.
Colleges
Oishi Sanyal and Nick Szczecinski have been named J. Wayne and Kathy Richards Faculty Fellows in Engineering. The fellowships are the result of a $1 million gift made in 2014 by alumnus J. Wayne Richards and his wife, Kathy.
Law students committed to criminal justice, public service and child advocacy will benefit from three gifts — totaling $250,000 — made by pioneering alumna Margaret Workman in memory of her late children.
The Curiosity Series, set to kick off Aug. 24-25 with multiple visual arts events, will feature plays, musicals, artist lectures, exhibitions, ensemble concerts, solo performances and more.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology officially opened the U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall Congressional Archive with an Aug. 2 ribbon cutting ceremony in Beckley.
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation recently awarded the Davis College $101,000 to start the Appalachian Forestry Entrepreneurship Center, a place for fostering new ventures and driving innovation in forestry.