WVU Libraries has announced a free professional development opportunity available to University faculty and staff — complimentary registration for the OLC Innovate Virtual Conference scheduled for March 15-19. This unlimited virtual package is a prize won by Engineering Librarian Martin Dunlap at the Online Learning Consortium’s Accelerate 2020 Conference.
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The Center for Black Culture and Research will host a student-led panel discussion “After the Capitol Siege” as part of their Now What? Series Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.
Frannie Kitzmiller, a criminology freshman and Morgantown native, made history Feb. 4 when she became one of the nation’s first female Eagle Scouts – a prestigious achievement attained by some of the country’s most noteworthy figures. Kitzmiller is among hundreds of young women who will make up the Inaugural Class of female Eagle Scouts.
To be eligible for submission, the work must have been published, released or produced between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. The deadline to complete the online submission form is Tuesday (Feb. 9).
100 Days in Appalachia, a news outlet currently incubated at the College’s Media Innovation Center, was one of 18 organizations nationwide selected to participate in the Poynter Table Stakes Program, which provides seminars, coaching and peer network support to help newsrooms identify what they need to evolve, reach new audiences and better engage their communities.
The WVU School of Public Health Occupational Medicine residency program has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, making it one of 23 accredited programs in the nation. WVU’s program is the only one of its kind in the Appalachian region.