After an injury ended his chance to play baseball, senior sport management student Nicholas Menarchek used his family legacy of resilience and the University’s state-of-the-art sport science facilities to launch a new journey toward becoming a baseball scout.
Colleges
An experienced administrator, researcher and educator will serve as the inaugural Linda and Don Brodie Dean of the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest academic unit. Clayton Thyne most recently served as associate dean of academic affairs at the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences.
Mountaineer alumni James and Barbara Gilkerson are investing in improvement and innovation as exemplified through their recent $300,000 gift to the Reed School of Media and Communications within the College of Creative Arts and Media.
The Potomac State College Community Jazz Ensemble will host a big band jazz festival at 6:30 p.m. April 8 in the newly renovated Church-McKee Arts Center.
The James and Anita H. Mahood Scholarship will be awarded to a student at Potomac State College or graduate of Keyser High School, with second preference given to a student from Mineral County.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will travel to the College of Law to hear arguments for several cases starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday (April 1).