Women of WVU, established by the WVU Foundation in 2014 to empower and inspire women as leaders, philanthropists and advocates for the University, is supporting three West Virginia University programs and three student-led projects with its latest round of grants as the giving circle marks 10 years.
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The program is a collaboration among the WVU College of Law Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic, Downstream Strategies and the Mon Forest Town Partnership, with the support of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
Gov. Jim Justice has named Elizabeth Scharman, retired pharmacy professor and former executive director of the West Virginia Poison Center, a Distinguished Mountaineer in recognition of her contributions made to toxicology education and poison prevention throughout the state for the last 32 years.
Registration is open for the annual John E. Parker WVU Pulmonary and Sleep Symposium slated for Aug. 16 at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place.
For a senior capstone course, one group of students in the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focused on replacing the Scotts Run bridge on Lazzelle Union Road, while a second group worked on designing a replacement for the Fieldcrest Bridge that passes over West Run Road.
Cross country and track and field alumna Amy Cashin has qualified to compete in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Cashin will represent Australia as she takes part in her second Olympic games. She finished 24th in the women's steeplechase at the Tokyo Games in 2021.