Your first visit to West Virginia University may have been for college, long after putting away the things of childhood. But for years the children of West Virginia and beyond have started their Mountaineer education a little earlier, at summer camp. Read about it in the latest edition of WVU Magazine.
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Among the lions and zebras in Tanzania in the summer heat, an environmental geoscience student explored the geography of the land. Weirton, West Virginia, native Francesca Basil (BA Environmental Geoscience, 2018) traveled to the East African country in summer 2018 with support from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences’ Academic Enrichment Program.
Betsy Robbins and Evan Banasick, WVU graduate student, are adding their expertise to the college.
Travis Stimeling, associate professor of musicology and director of the WVU Bluegrass and Old-Time Bands, will host a concert featuring singer-songwriters Todd Burge, Dan Cunningham, Maria Allison and Chris Haddox at 123 Pleasant Street on Sept. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Over the next five years, a West Virginia University partnership with three divisions of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources will target the prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome and the effect it has on children’s developmental outcomes.
The WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities program, WVATS, is partnering with the National Federation of the Blind of WV to bring some of the top blind and low vision technology vendors to our area during their annual convention. Don’t miss out on this rare, opportunity to put your hands on these amazing vision tools.