Language and the way we use it is important for more than communicating. According to two WVU researchers, language has, in part, defined the way people in Appalachia are perceived—and judged—in other regions of the U.S. In turn, Appalachians, or people from an eight-state area that stretches from southern New York to north Georgia, have either stood their ground and continued using the vowel sounds that give away their linguistic roots or adapted their speaking patterns to fit into new places or situations.
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The Connell-Gardner Fund of $30,000 will support research activities of current students such as presenting research at conferences, attending symposiums and conferences, conducting oral interviews, reading manuscripts in archives and libraries and fieldwork. The fund will also support the recruitment of new students to the graduate program.
WVU Director of Athletics Shane Lyons has named Nitra Perry as interim head coach of the women's basketball program while a national search is conducted to replace Mike Carey, who announced his retirement after 21 years of leading the Mountaineers. Perry completed her second season with West Virginia women's basketball in 2022 after prior coaching stops at Toledo, Memphis, Kennesaw State, Mississippi State and Georgia Tech.
In front of over 17,000 roaring wrestling fans inside the Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night, two qualifiers for the WVU wrestling team came out of day one undefeated to advance to the quarterfinals of their respective brackets. Redshirt senior Killian Cardinale and sophomore Peyton Hall both earned two hard-fought wins to survive and advance after trailing early in each of their second-round matchups.
WVU faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a Campus Conversation next week focused on the WVU Modernization Program. The event will be held in-person at the Erickson Alumni Center (Salon B) on Tuesday, March 22, from 3 to 4 p.m. Participants also may choose to take part in the conversation via Zoom.
Under the Dome delivers a review of issues being considered by the West Virginia Legislature. It provides information on matters that affect WVU and higher education, as well as other hot topics being addressed. This edition includes a rundown of the bills that completed the legislative process and those that failed to cross the finish line by the midnight deadline on March 12.