MORGANTOWN — The WVU Board of Governors approved proposed Academic Transformation program changes on Friday amid a bombardment of chants, shouts and jeers from angry and distraught students and faculty. The BOG undertook votes college by college, and the first vote was temporarily ...
Eighteen area high school seniors are in elite academic company today. They were named semifinalists for the 2024 National Merit Scholarships program, the organization announced. The nominees will now join around 16,000 of their counterparts across the country. More than 7,000 ...
MORGANTOWN — Four Monongalia and Marion County delegates called on Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday to call a special session to provide some stop-gap funding for WVU's budget shortfall — but the request fizzled quickly on Wednesday. Mon Democrats Anitra Hamilton, Evan Hansen and John ...
You remember. With its shark-tank social hierarchy, middle school (face it) isn’t a lot of fun for a lot of kids. Unless, say, you went to Westwood Middle School and had Chip Buck’s music classes on your schedule. Unless, say, you were in the marching band he directed and the ...
CHARLESTON — More than half of West Virginians — 54% — believe primary and secondary education in the state is about the same. But 36% say it’s getting worse, according to the latest edition of the MetroNews West Virginia Poll. Ten percent say the schools are getting better. “Ideally, in any kind of endeavor where you’re trying to serve the public, you want your satisfaction levels in the 70, 80, 90% range so it’s hard to get a very high percentage range when you’re talking about something as broadly as public schools,” said pollster Rex Repass, president of ...
MORGANTOWN – Some WVU alumni gathered downtown – and remotely via Zoom – late Wednesday afternoon to contribute to an ongoing discussion about WVU's future. The meeting at First Presbyterian Church coincidentally occurred shortly after WVU faculty voted overwhelmingly in support of ...
