The prestigious award is presented annually to a resident of West Virginia who best exemplifies the values and ideals taught by Martin Luther King Jr. The award recipient will be announced during the 2025 MLK Unity Breakfast slated for 9:30 a.m. Jan. 18 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.
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If Stumptown Ales owner Cindy Robeson got a college experience do-over, she’d pick West Virginia University without hesitation. Her confidence in that choice, she said, comes from watching three of her children blossom on the Morgantown Campus.
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.
The Carruth Center Basic Mindfulness series will teach students how to better manage stress and anxiety beginning Oct. 30 at Serenity House.
As the new chair of the Department of Management Information Systems and Supply Chain, Brad Price is bringing the innovation economy to West Virginia.
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.