Kristen Dieffenbach, associate professor, coaching and performance science, served as guest editor and key contributor for a special issue on sport coaching in the 32nd volume for the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, the official journal of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
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We are pleased to announce that Charlie Shobe, a geomorphologist specializing in cutting edge modeling of landscape evolution, will join the WVU Department of Geology and Geography as a new assistant professor in January 2021.
New ideas, like plants, can, under the right conditions, grow from something small into something sustainable and productive. West Virginians with ideas for new products and services could benefit from a program planted in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics.
The outlook for the men’s lacrosse team this season is high. Coming off the team’s best season in school history, there are numerous expectations to look forward to in 2020. No one may be more confident than junior defensemen Jake Purdy, who was recently named team president and co-captain for the upcoming campaign.
The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics will begin to offer some sections of basic German and Spanish language classes online. The online sections will be offered for the first time over the summer terms and are expected to become a regular option for students thereafter.
Students from the Reed College of Media were recognized nationally last month for their work in broadcast journalism and interactive media by the Broadcast Education Association.