The cultural stigma related to mental illness and those seeking mental health services is pervasive. According to Robert Hilliard, College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology doctoral student, such negative viewpoints pose barriers across race, status, occupation, gender, country of origin and other variables.
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Associate Biology Professor Sheryl Chisholm, along with Associate University Librarian Charles Julian, applied for and won a 2018 Teaching and Learning Commons Technology Integration Grant. The grant was used to purchase six new Apple iPads equipped with the Visible Body/Anatomy and Physiology software.
Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway officially joined the West Virginia University Health System on Jan. 1.
Cardiovascular disease pervades Appalachia, yet many Appalachians live far from any heart and vascular specialist. Follow-up doctor’s visits in the weeks after cardiovascular surgery can involve hours-long drives down narrow, winding roads.
WVU Athletic Director Shane Lyons issued a following statement Wednesday, Jan. 2 on the search for a new football coach: "I want to thank Coach Holgorsen for his eight years at West Virginia. We wish him and his family all the best at the University of Houston. Our national search for his replacement has already begun, and I know it will be a successful one."
Men's basketball coach Bob Huggins is on the ballot for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for the Class of 2019. The late Fred Schaus, former WVU basketball coach and athletic director, also made the list.