Richard Thomas, professor and chair in the Department of Biology at West Virginia University, has been named interim associate provost for graduate academic affairs, effective July 1, 2020. Thomas will replace Katherine Karraker who has served in the role beginning as interim since 2012 and will retire in August.
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We are looking for students, faculty and staff who want to be a positive influence at WVU and understand the importance of the mask or face covering requirement that will be in effect on campus this fall. This unique initiative is an opportunity not only to share your "why" for wearing masks in order to help protect others, but also to encourage our community to do the same.
Christina Murray has been awarded the highly competitive U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship to study Persian this summer. She is the first West Virginia University student to win the award for the Persian language.
West Virginia University Dean of Students Corey Farris outlined in a letter to the campus community Tuesday (June 23) plans for a return to campus in the fall designed to create a safe and meaningful experience for all students.
While many faculty members find themselves becoming learners once again as they work on determining what their courses will look like this fall, authors in the WVU Press Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed Series have recently provided public resources on how to adapt to the “new normal” in higher ed learning.
All instructors and students are encouraged to plan now for an extended outage of eCampus, the eCampus Request System and all integrated third-party tools from 12:01 a.m. Thursday, July 23 until 11:59 p.m. Monday, July 27.