Three students pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding through the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program. Jared Beard, Evan Cramer and Kinsey Reed are this year’s Ruby Fellows.
Announcements
The University released updated Return to Campus information Tuesday (Aug. 11).
Dean of Students Corey Farris sent a letter Monday (Aug. 10) asking students to make good choices and adhere to safety protocols. Farris warned house parties, going to bars and gathering in large groups will very likely increase community spread of COVID-19 and negative behaviors that could harm our community will not be tolerated.
A week after launching its public dashboard to track and compile COVID-19 information collected during testing across the West Virginia University System, a total of 67 positive results have been recorded out of 11,604 tests resulted between July 21-Aug. 9. Those positive test results include 63 students and 4 faculty/staff.
An endowed chair position funded by retired School of Medicine physician and professor Stephen J. Wetmore supports the continued growth of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery he proudly led for 27 years.
The Mountaineer Advisory Council announced today (Aug. 10) that Colson Glover and Brooke Ashby, will serve as the WVU Mountaineer mascot and alternate Mascot, respectively, through 2021-22, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.