Innovative media members who want to engage their audiences in new ways, develop clients’ branding and marketing strategies and encourage innovative storytelling are the 2021 NewStart Fellows at the West Virginia University Reed College of Media.
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Johannes Raabe, assistant professor, sport and exercise psychology at CPASS, received the 2021 Young Investigator Grant from the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation.
After Anthony Garber’s friend’s dog accidentally received a hard pull on the neck from a retractable leash, the senior industrial engineering student began searching the market for a product that wouldn’t yank so harshly. When he couldn’t find a leash that fit his idea, he began brainstorming. That brainstorming led to The Easy Leash.
Valerie Wayda, WVU CPASS associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate and academic affairs, will serve as a mentor during the fall 2021 semester as part of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education Leader Mentor program.
Assistant Professor of chemistry Ganesh Ghimire was named the 2021 Outstanding Professor of the Year this past spring at WVU Potomac State College.
Three Potomac State College students have been named Duke Anthony Whitmore/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Scholars, an annual honor for three students who are selected to become part of PSC history by having their names carved into the Academic Achievement Wall.