Taking flight: Girls in Aviation event is Sept. 28 in Bridgeport

September 9, 2024

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 Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center in Bridgeport. It’s an easy flight plan, says the Mountain State Chapter of Women in Aviation International, the gathering’s sponsor. The goal of the mentoring organization and the day is to introduce young women to aviation and avionics, fields that can vector in six-figure paychecks — especially for the people who know how to take the plane off the runway and put it into the ...

WVU Faculty Senate gets an update on presidential search and what community wants

September 9, 2024

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 was on the listening sessions that have been happening since July — and wrap up this week — and the online survey, ...

WVPEC announces statewide projects to enhance student reading, writing skills by third grade

September 7, 2024

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 than $260,000 in six new statewide literacy projects.   Reading proficiency by the end of the third grade is a key milestone in every child’s learning journey. But there is a growing disparity among early learners. In the 2023-24 statewide English language arts assessment scores, 47% of West Virginia third graders scored at the reading proficiency level.   The WVPEC’s ...

‘The Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelli comes to WVUM Children’s to read her book

September 3, 2024

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 the Stars.” “It just means so much to me to come back to my home state, my hometown, and try to connect with ...

Samsung ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ STEM competition seeking entries from student teams

August 31, 2024

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 in 2010 as a way to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving in society, using the ...

Mon students get the day off Friday in anticipation of WVU-Penn State: Meanwhile, the district is talking enrollment numbers

August 28, 2024

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 moment, in response to a huge season-opener Saturday. However, it only works if you happen to be a Mountaineer — ...