WVU Tech has made impressive progress in Beckley, but the University is ready and able to reach new heights. That's the message Campus President Carolyn Long shared with students, faculty, alumni and community members during the annual State of Tech address on Friday afternoon.
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WVU Tech kicked off homecoming athletics on Friday evening with a crowd of more than 60 fans. They weren't cheering players on the pitch, court or field, though. These spectators were celebrating the opening of the new Barrett-Kelley Athletic Hall of Fame.
Anthony Gregory, Vice President of Ground Operations for Southwest Airlines, will be on campus for Chambers College Distinguished Speaker Series Oct. 7 at 4 p.m. in Ming Hsieh Hall (Room G21).
The Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics welcomes guest speaker Janie Barner, recipient of the German-American Friendship Award by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago, to discuss her experiences working with Syrian refugees in Germany and Austria Oct. 8 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Rhododendron Room, Mountainlair.
Society subjects public figures to scrutiny, usually contemporaneously. Mahatma Gandhi is an exception. Now, more than 70 years after his death, pointed criticisms of his work and his person are arising. They disturb the picture we have of Gandhi. Join the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences for a discussion with Charles DiSalvo, a Gandhi biographer and College of Law professor, on Gandhi Tuesday (Oct. 1) at 5 p.m. in 103 Oglebay Hall.
West Virginia University’s undergraduate biomedical engineering program is one of the top in the nation after graduating just two generations of students.