Maria Perez, an assistant professor of geography in the Department of Geology and Geography, led members of the student caving club, WVU Student Grotto, on a new study abroad trip to Cuba in May 2018. The students traveled as part of Perez’s National Science Foundation-funded field study to examine how and why Cuban and U.S. cave explorers and scientists, or speleologists, collaborate under tense political climates.
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Featuring 22 home games at Monongalia County Ballpark, Director of Athletics Shane Lyons has announced the 2019 baseball schedule. The Mountaineers' 53-game schedule consist of 22 contests in Morgantown and 30 away from home, including the Backyard Brawl at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, and a matchup with Marshall at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston.
Freshman Charlotte Wood of the cross country team qualified for the Canadian Junior National Cross Country Team. She will compete for Team Canada at the International Association of Athletics Federation World Junior Cross Country Championships, on March 30, 2019, in Aarhus, Denmark.
Faculty, staff and students interested in high-performance and parallel computing are invited to watch an online telecast of the two-day workshop presented by XSEDE and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. This month’s workshop will cover the topic of large data sets and will focus on Hadoop and Spark programming.
The Heebink Award annually recognizes a faculty or staff member who has provided distinguished service to the state over a period of eight years or more with the Distinguished Service Award, which carries a $3000 honorarium for professional support. In alternate years—including in 2018-2019—a recipient is also recognized with the Beginning Service award for service over a shorter amount of time. This award carries an honorarium of $2,000 for professional support.
Challenges facing economic development in the Potomac Highlands and in West Virginia will be explored in a talk by John Deskins, director of the WVU Bureau of Business and Economics Research. The program will be held in the Mary F. Shipper Library on the WVU Potomac State College campus Nov. 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. beginning with a reception hosted by the Rotary Club of Keyser. This event is free and open to the public.