The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources welcomes 16 new faculty members to kick off the 2022-23 academic year. This cohort brings a tremendous amount of talent to the University and will bolster the college’s growing research programs. Please welcome the new members to our Mountaineer family.
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Time and time again, a team of students from West Virginia University’s mining engineering program step up to the challenge of researching and recommending a plan of action to recover the maximum amount of resource from a full-scale operating coal mine.
Dedication to bettering the Mountain State earned six West Virginia residents the Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship helping them to continue graduate study in their chosen fields. The scholarship program, administered by the West Virginia University Office of Graduate Education and Life, honors the legacy of its late namesake — Hazel Ruby McQuain.
The ceremony signifies a student's entry into pharmacy school and a commitment to becoming a future health care professional who will develop, deliver and monitor medications to improve patient health, well-being and quality of life.
Tara Hulsey, WVU School of Nursing dean and E. Jane Martin Endowed professor, will again serve as president of the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses. Teresa Ritchie, coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, has been re-elected to the board secretary position.
Emerging leaders studying at the WVU College of Law will benefit from a new scholarship established by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC in honor of retiring former CEO Susan S. Brewer, the first woman to lead a major law firm in Appalachia.