A new interdisciplinary minor in Appalachian Studies will be available for all undergraduate students on the Morgantown campus beginning in Fall 2019. The minor includes coursework in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences and is intended to help students develop a broad understanding of the many ways that people think about Appalachia.
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They might be practicing in state-of-the-art hospitals or using the latest digital charting software, but for West Virginia University School of Medicine fourth-year students, it’s an old-fashioned white envelope that sealed their residency placement fates during Friday’s Match Day events.
In a report released by the US Government Accountability Office, the West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care with the e-Directive Registry was recognized as a national leader in advance care planning and the development of a statewide registry. According to the report, West Virginia is one of three states with both an advance directive registry and a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment registry system.
Donation boxes will be placed at two locations on WVU's Health Sciences Campus—one behind Cavanaugh's and the other by the University Bookstore—for the OB/GYN department’s Diapers and Wipes Drive. The drive is from March 18-29.
In her presentation, “Securing the Safety Net,” Julie M. Donohue will point to the role of university-state partnerships to inform evidence-based policy making for state Medicaid programs. The event, which is co-sponsored by the WVU Gamma Mu Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society, will be Tuesday (March 19) from 2:30-4 p.m. in room 2118 Health Sciences Center-North.
A former West Virginia University School of Pharmacy professor and champion for rural healthcare has died. Douglas Glover, MD, R.Ph, died on March 5, 2019. He was a graduate of the WVU School of Pharmacy Class of 1951. Following his graduation from WVU, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Korea.