Whether you’re a coffee drinker or not, you can probably finish the lyrics to the iconic Folgers jingle “The best part of waking up.” While this tune has been linked to the brand for more than 30 years, the company recently went through an identity shift, and Alyssa Pluchino (BSJ, 2014) worked on the rebranding campaign.
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A collaborative journalism project is bringing together students and faculty from the WVU Reed College of Media and the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs to explore the relationship outlying communities have with news media and whether or not they are equally informed.
“Appalachian Futures,” WVU Libraries’ multidisciplinary exhibition, addresses the current mainstream narratives about Appalachia in a new way by looking at how the people of Appalachia have worked and will work to rewrite their own stories. The exhibition is on display at the WVU Potomac State College Mary F. Shipper Library through December. Then, it will travel to WVU Institute of Technology for display in the campus library.
The Davis College Store opens its storefront for an end-of-summer sale Friday (Aug. 5) from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday (Aug. 6) from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The store will offer a wide variety of products ranging from plant products to consumables to small business and student-produced items.
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences welcomes to its faculty a group of educators and researchers from West Virginia University and institutions across the world.
Roger Amos and his wife, Mary Jane, gifted the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design $55,000 to establish the Glenn and June Amos Memorial Fund for Animal and Nutritional Sciences Enhanced Learning. The permanently endowed fund will provide support for undergraduate research, internships and study abroad programs.