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Jayne Anne Phillips writes about what she knows best — her home state of West Virginia — but the recent Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner said she feels being a writer is complicated. “I think the writer is an interior being and there is a need for encouragement and insight from others. I definitely received that at WVU during my college years,” Phillips said.

Rich Ashburn  

When Rich Ashburn discovered a gifted and talented magnet school during his search for a student teaching position, the alumnus had no idea it would affect the path of his future career. Although his work mainly resides in elementary schools, he still applies his public health skills in order to foster a healthy environment for young students to learn.