Highlighting a historic year for the Catamounts program, Potomac State College women’s basketball coach Larry Kruk was named the NJCAA Region 20 Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year for the 2025–26 season.
Colleges
WVU Institute of Technology students Gracie Beaver, Logan Oliver and Lucas Sabbadin have graduated as part of the Class of 2025 Leadership Beckley program cohort.
As part of the Geology and Geography Colloquium Series, Sue DeBari from Western Washington University will present “Marine Tephra Records Tell Big Stories — Highly Explosive Volcanism and Rifting in Paradise” at 2:30 p.m. Friday (April 10) Brooks Hall, Room 325.
After an injury ended his chance to play baseball, senior sport management student Nicholas Menarchek used his family legacy of resilience and the University’s state-of-the-art sport science facilities to launch a new journey toward becoming a baseball scout.
An experienced administrator, researcher and educator will serve as the inaugural Linda and Don Brodie Dean of the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest academic unit. Clayton Thyne most recently served as associate dean of academic affairs at the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences.
Mountaineer alumni James and Barbara Gilkerson are investing in improvement and innovation as exemplified through their recent $300,000 gift to the Reed School of Media and Communications within the College of Creative Arts and Media.