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The 2022 Three-Minute Thesis Grand Finale will take place on Thursday, April 14, at 6 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Hosted by the Office of Graduate Education and Life, this competition will be judged by five WVU staff and faculty members. The public is invited to attend the event to vote for their favorite presenter for the People’s Choice Award.

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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.