Staci Miller, acting director of the West Virginia Manufacturing Extension Partnership in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has been selected as WVMEP’s permanent director, effective April 28.
Colleges
The College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences has recognized the recipients of the 2019-2020 outstanding teaching, research and service faculty and staff awards, as announced by Dean Jack Watson.
With senior citizens making up nearly 20 percent of West Virginia’s population, one WVU student has committed her career to helping them transition from skilled nursing facilities back into the community.
Professor Valarie Blake has won this year’s Significant Scholarship Award at the College of Law for an article about insurance discrimination.
Nikki Cannon, a biology major from Fort Ashby, W.Va, was named the Outstanding Student of the Year for 2020 at West Virginia University Potomac State College during the College’s Recognition Day Awards/Whitmore-Gates Scholars’ Wall ceremony.
Five journalists from across the country were awarded NewStart fellowships to study Media Solutions and Innovation at the Reed College of Media. NewStart and the new one-year online master’s program were created in partnership with the West Virginia Press Association to train the next generation of community media owners and publishers.