Prominent trial attorney and WVU College of Law alumnus Paul Thomas Farrell Jr. is the recipient of the 2023 College of Law Justitia Officium Award, the highest honor bestowed by the law faculty in recognition of outstanding contributions and service to the legal profession.
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Braelyn Young, a senior in the elementary education program who spent the last academic year as a student teacher at Big Elm Elementary School, posted video updates on projects she worked on with her students and the lessons she learned along the way.
The College of Applied Human Sciences recently recognized Rawn Boulden, Patrick Hairston, Erin Jordan and Erin McHenry-Sorber for their outstanding work during the 2022-23 academic year.
WVU Law Class of 2023 graduates will spend the summer preparing for the bar exam and then dive into new careers ranging from clerkships with federal and state judges to positions in law firms and government agencies.
Faith Shearin, a prizewinning young adult novelist and poet, will serve as one of four faculty members during the 26th annual West Virginia Writers’ Workshop July 20-23. The workshop gives writers at any stage of their careers an opportunity to improve their craft in a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
The grant will help host approximately 40 Fulbright grantees for six weeks at WVU during the summer. The grantees will engage in a series of courses and workshops designed to prepare them for the linguistic and cultural realities of graduate study in the U.S. context.