The Gruver Family Evergreen Fund has provided more than $50,000 to benefit the Well-Being Adventure Series and Mountaineer Meet Ups. Both programs are designed to foster connections and improve mental health amid high rates of stress, anxiety and depression reported by college students across the United States.
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Employees with dependents should submit Spring 2025 applications by Nov. 1. Applications are not required if a student dependent is already receiving the scholarship for the Fall 2024 term.
Since the creation of the WVU Alumni Band more than five decades ago, Ed Gilger, a percussionist, has marched in nearly every Homecoming Parade. “When the band plays the old standards, you feel young again,” Gilger said. “You don’t realize that you can’t march as fast with that 220 run on the field cadence, because somehow, we do it.”
The Native American Studies Program will hold its annual ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 6 at the WVU Peace Tree, and Guest of Honor Kody Grant will present “Trading Jackets: Historical Perspectives to Modern Connections” at 5 p.m. in the Mountainlair, Gluck Theatre.
The School of Nursing will provide information on the nationally ranked BSN program — offered in Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser — beginning at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 on Zoom.
The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute will initiate first-in-the-world clinical research studies thanks to a $2 million supplemental appropriation approved during a recent special session of the West Virginia Legislature. Dr. Ali Rezai, executive chair of the RNI, and WVU President Gordon Gee welcomed Gov. Jim Justice, state lawmakers, and WVU academic and Health System leaders to campus Monday (Oct. 28) to make the official announcement.