Joshua Meadows is the recipient of the Ethel and Gerry Heebink Award for Distinguished Beginning Services. Lori Hostuttler is the recipient of the Ethel and Gerry Heebink Award for Distinguished Extended State Service. Award recipients will be recognized during a faculty and staff awards reception at Blaney House on April 16.
Provost
During a pause in the search process, the Provost Office will organize a series of conversations with faculty, students and leaders across campus — to consider best practices and ways to manage functions of the unit. This will also allow time for incoming president Michael Benson to engage and help shape the future of graduate education at WVU.
Each year, at the direction of the Office of the Provost, the Academic Advising Council selects honorees for the Nicholas Evans Awards for Advising Excellence in recognition of outstanding advising and mentoring provided by faculty and professional advisers at WVU.
Undergraduate students across the WVU System, including those at Potomac State College and WVU Tech, received a short survey about their academic advising experience. Faculty and staff are asked to remind students to complete the survey by April 4.
Faculty and graduate students looking to boost their productivity and connect with a community of writers are invited to attend the ADVANCE Center weekly writing accountability group from noon to 2 p.m. every Wednesday in Field Hall, Room 2202 or on Zoom.
On April 2, the LGBTQ+ Center will host a screening of the award-winning film “A Road to Home,” which tracks the lives of six homeless LGBTQ+ youth in New York City over an 18-month period.