During a special session starting today, lawmakers expect to put millions of additional dollars into higher education funding in an attempt to support West Virginia students who have been jammed up with problems with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly called FAFSA. This ...
Umbrella Arts will host its second showcase Sunday at the Terrace Event Center at West Virginia Botanic Gardens. Doors will open at 2 p.m. The showcase features performances in dance, theater arts and musical theater as well as a gallery of student artwork and creative writing. Drawing inspiration from the company’s rainbow umbrella logo, each group of young artists has prepared a performance based on a color. The students have also collaborated on cross-disciplinary works, such as dance inspired by poetry. Umbrella Arts is a performing and ...
The West Virginia and Regional History Center extends the invitation to commemorate the closing of “Women Making History: Showcasing the West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection” from 2-4 p.m. today, on the sixth floor of WVU’s Downtown Library. The open house will include ...
Early voting ended Saturday in Monongalia County with a total of 6,244 ballots cast. That was the word not long after polls closed at 5 p.m. from Carye Blaney, Mon's county clerk. Election Day is Tuesday for West Virginia's primary. Meanwhile, Eddie Campbell Jr., Mon's superintendent ...
FAIRMONT — This ain’t your dad’s drone. In other words, the students flying them next weekend at Fairmont State University won’t be using the buzzing crafts for aerial shots of pleasant, pastoral scenery — or literal, lofty perspectives of houses for the real estate ad. The school is hosting the 2024 Northeast Regional Championship for the Aerial Drone Competition. That’s the name of the national network of lighter-than-air events designed to foster teamwork and hands-on learning for students from 5th grade to their senior year of high school. A total of 60 teams ...
Say you’re a student at Mountaineer Middle School, and you happen to notice Principal Mike Rogers in your classroom one morning. Or Jennifer Potts, the vice principal. Not to worry — that’s just what they do. And it’s not like you’re in trouble, as far as that goes. In ...
