Faculty members are invited to reflect on ways to balance a meaningful life with work as Elaine Howard Ecklund, a professor of sociology from Rice University, presents “A Career and a Life: Reimagining Academic Culture to Support Flourishing Faculty” from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 31 in the Mountainlair, Rhododendron Room.
Provost
With the fall semester now underway, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beverly Wendland is reaching out to the faculty members and instructors who will play meaningful roles in students’ educational journeys during the coming academic year.
On her first official day on the job, new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beverly Wendland has a message for Mountaineers, Catamounts, and Golden Bears across the WVU System.
Making intentional investments to tap into leadership potential, the Office of the Provost has selected Dana Huebert Lima, Leslie Hopkinson, Jennifer Hawkins, Aldo Romero and Nettie Freshour for the 2026-27 Academic Leadership Provost Fellows Program.
The Office of the Provost and the WVU Teaching and Learning Center are partnering to offer a new professional development program that addresses many of the urgent questions raised by the disruption that artificial intelligence has had in the higher education landscape.
The WVU Teaching and Learning Center and the Office of the Provost will host their first Scholarly Teaching Conference at WVU from May 13-14. The conference officially kicks off at 1 p.m. as WVU Potomac State College in Keyser, WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley and WVU in Morgantown each host catered receptions and poster sessions highlighting effective teaching practices and research on teaching and learning.