Kenny Howell, who has dedicated nearly two decades to WVU Tech Athletics, has been selected as the 2025-26 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year.
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Operating for the past six years from her home as Rollin’ with Jenny, Jenna Folk recently opened a storefront in Keyser.
Allyssa Persinger, Madison Giles, Sarah Ransom, Madisyn Magers, Moe Brown, Colleen Benison, and Luke Monti created a digital humanities project that aims to examine the ever-changing history of coal extraction in West Virginia.
Demonstrating resilience, teamwork, and Mountaineer spirit, students from the WVU chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers recently earned several top awards at the 2026 ASCE Virginias Symposium at Old Dominion University.
Industrial engineering students James Carnes and Kyle Gillis turned late-night tinkering on the Evansdale area of campus into Iconic Air, an energy-tech company that builds proprietary software allowing industries like oil and gas to track their emissions.
Michael Chioldi, a world-renowned opera baritone and music education graduate who has performed at nearly every major American opera house, recently starred in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Pittsburgh Opera.