Undergraduate students across the University’s three campuses are invited to showcase their creative work, research and storytelling that feature topics and issues affecting the Appalachian region. Entries are due by Oct. 3.
Colleges
Omar Yacoub, a service assistant professor in the Department of English, is working as a consultant to create the first writing center at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.
With Kelly Stewart as director and Jason Walker as employer relations specialist, the new center is poised to transform the relationship between Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources students and industry leaders.
The University community is invited to celebrate the start of the academic year with the College of Applied Human Sciences from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Friday (Aug. 22) at the Rec Center Fields.
Faculty and students came together to plant the Certified Wildlife Habitat Native Flower Garden on the campus of WVU Potomac State College, transforming a previously underutilized, hard-to-mow site into a thriving ecosystem.
At age 22, Keenan Coley, who earned his master’s degree in sports management this year, has been hired as the head basketball coach at Oxford Preparatory School in North Carolina.