Sport and Exercise Psychology doctorate student Zenzi Huysmans, from the Kingdom of eSwatini in southern Africa, was awarded the Distinguished Doctoral Student Practice Award.
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The fall 2018 anchors for the award-winning “WVU News” television newscast have been chosen. The main “WVU News” anchors for fall 2018 are Shelby Davis of McMechen, and Shannon MacNeil of Akron, Ohio. The social square anchor is Regan Blaha of Wheeling. The ESPNU/WVU sports reporters are Anderson Small of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Julia Mellett of Morgantown.
This past May, hundreds of engineering students from West Virginia University walked across the stage in the WVU Coliseum to receive their diplomas. Included in that group were the first graduates of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources online program in safety management.
Dana Voelker, assistant professor of sport and exercise psychology, recently received the Dorothy V. Harris Memorial Award, honoring her accomplishments in sport psychology within the early stages of her career. The award is presented by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Individuals attending a Discover Potomac State Day event will have the opportunity to ask questions of faculty, chat with students, tour campus, enjoy lunch and more on Sept. 15.
CPASS faculty are continuing an international partnership to build the capacity of sport and sport related businesses within Zimbabwe. Executives and Board of Directors of the Sport Leadership Institute of Zimbabwe see the collaboration as a way to improve the quality of life and sport opportunities in their country.