Shawn and Angela Ball of Ball Toyota and L&S Toyota established nursing and engineering scholarship funds at WVU Tech in 2016 and will continue their support to these two funds with an additional contribution of $40,00.
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National Addiction Treatment Week, Oct. 18-24, aims to inspire the next generation of medical professionals to treat addiction and save lives and to raise awareness about the gap between the number of patients who need addiction treatment and qualified medical professionals available to treat patients using evidence-based approaches.
The Appalachian Gerontology Experiences: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Program invites faculty, staff and students to register and attend a virtual open house Oct. 28 from 4-5 p.m. to learn more about this NIH-funded program which prepares underrepresented students in MSTEM fields for a future career in health or research.
Eight members of the West Virginia University cross country team were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Women's Cross Country First Team, the conference announced on Thursday. Five Mountaineers earned spots on the team with a 4.0 grade point average.
WVU’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness and University Police Department will host National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday (Oct. 23). From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the community is invited to stop by the University Police Department lobby at 992 Elmer Prince Drive to safely dispose of unwanted medications.
The annual West Virginia University Isaac Asimov Sci-Fi Symposium will celebrate the classic horror film “Night of the Living Dead” Oct. 28 at the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theater. The event, co-sponsored by the President’s Office and WVU Libraries, begins at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion with “Night of the Living Dead” co-writer and actor John Russo, BS ‘61, who will talk about the impact of his iconic movie in taking the horror film genre to a new level.