Fifteen area high school seniors are now in elite academic company. They were named semifinalists for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship program, the organization announced Wednesday. This […]
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Taking flight: Girls in Aviation event is Sept. 28 in Bridgeport
If you have a daughter with lofty dreams, Sept. 28 just might be her day. That’s the date of the third-annual Girls in Aviation Day at the […]
WVU Faculty Senate gets an update on presidential search and what community wants
MORGANTOWN — WVU’s faculty senators got an update Monday on the presidential search after returning to campus for their first meeting of the fall semester. The focus […]
WVPEC announces statewide projects to enhance student reading, writing skills by third grade
The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, housed at West Virginia University, is taking steps to improve young learners’ reading, writing and oral language skills by investing more […]
‘The Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelli comes to WVUM Children’s to read her book
MORGANTOWN – Morgantown native, TV host and soon-to-be space traveler Emily Calandrelli came to WVU Medicine Children’s Tuesday to share her dreams, and her book, “Reach for […]
Samsung ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ STEM competition seeking entries from student teams
Better living through STEM? Samsung Electronics America hopes so. That’s because the corporation’s Solve for Tomorrow contest has again clicked over for 2024. Samsung launched the competition […]
Mon students get the day off Friday in anticipation of WVU-Penn State: Meanwhile, the district is talking enrollment numbers
OK, we say: Stay home. And you say: Mountaineers. Stay home. Mountaineers. Call the above a new version of the legendary hometown football cheer, amended, for the […]
Mon students are off Friday due to WVU-Penn State
Monongalia County Schools is canceling classes Friday in anticipation of the traffic crush in Morgantown for Saturday’s WVU-Penn State match-up at Milan Puskar Stadium. “We’ve been talking […]
First team: Mon Schools signs on with national program that teaches positive coaching in athletics
Put me in, Coach. For a while during the height of the pandemic, high school sports lost its collective legs altogether — and team sports in the […]
WVU Insect Zoo: a hidden gem demonstrating the beauty and complexity of the insect world
In the basement of WVU Davis College’s Agricultural Sciences Building, creatures of the night lurk, gnawing on leaves and decaying matter, hissing and clicking, growing in size […]
