State officials confident over $465M obligation U.S. Department of Education deadline looming

March 14, 2024

West Virginia is ahead of a deadline this week to provide supporting documentation to the U.S. Department of Education over the state’s pledge to maintain proportional levels of support for education as a condition of federal COVID relief funds. State officials took note of an obligation to the federal government characterized as $465 million while a general revenue budget was taking shape during the final weeks of the regular legislative session. West Virginia sought a waiver for two consecutive years, pointing toward education spending such as pay raises for teachers and ...

WVU Medicine plans new, 2-year nursing school

March 14, 2024

WVU Medicine is making another investment to secure the future of nursing care for patients in West Virginia and surrounding regions by establishing a new, two-year nursing school directly affiliated with the WVU Health System. Plans for the WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education (the Center) received provisional approval from the West Virginia RN Board on March 8. The 21-month diploma program would serve as an alternative to traditional two-year nursing schools, where students earn associate degrees. Students at the Center can anticipate an innovative approach to nursing ...

Website provides school levy information

March 12, 2024

KINGWOOD — A new website will allow the public the opportunity to calculate what their tax liability will be if a new school levy is passed this year. Members of the Preston County Board of Education recently approved a new levy call that will ultimately require board approval and submission to the Preston County Commission for review and approval. If it is approved, the levy call will to be placed on the May ballot. Brad Martin, superintendent of schools said a new website, prestonschoollevy.com will not only let county residents get information and calculate what their tax ...

Respecting Ramadan: WVU Dining Services to accommodate students observing Ramadan when they return to campus next week after spring break

March 11, 2024

WVU is technically a week behind for this year’s Ramadan — the month-long observance of charity and prayer, and fasting and feasts, that began Sunday night for Muslims around the globe. But that’s only because the first week of the observance here is also coinciding for spring break ...

Steering success: Favorite teachers honored by students in University Motors evening

March 9, 2024

Remember your school days? Of course you do. Everybody does. Maybe you were the kid in the front row who always turned in your homework on time. Or, if you’re grinning sheepishly right now while reading this, it could be you were that kid in back row who acted up a lot — ...

Late on Day 60, House passes Intelligent Design bill; also — a look at bills that completed their legislative journey

March 9, 2024

MORGANTOWN – Between long and frequent recesses on Saturday, the last day of the legislative session, the House and Senate managed to complete work on some bills and send them on their way to the governor's office. And, late in the day, both sides finally began passing bills on third ...