MORGANTOWN — WVU faculty sent an open letter to several media outlets -- including The Dominion Post -- as well as a separate letter to the WVU Board of Governors opposing and describing their concerns about potential damage the university's reduction in force process could cause. On ...
What will the first day of school look like this fall for the people in front of the classroom? Expect to see countless educators digging in and trying to do a good job, as the results of a recent survey on teacher morale nationwide show. But the study, conducted by Merrimack ...
Neil Armstrong pulled off an out-of-this world feat that didn’t have a thing to do with Apollo 11. It was how he launched his personality. He managed to be unassuming — and an astronaut — all at once. And in 1964, in the mountains of Pocahontas County, he gave a talk at the National Youth Science Camp, detailing NASA’s plans to put astronauts on the moon by decade’s end. Five years later, he was the first, as a new group of campers looked up at those stars in the heavens and cheered. Science-minded high school seniors, and newly minted graduates, are again ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s intermediate court isn’t buying an alternative school student’s argument that he should have been better supervised when he jumped off a bunk improperly and injured himself. Jason Ryan Moorhead was appealing a lower court’s summary judgment that tossed his lawsuit against the West Virginia National Guard and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. The Circuit Court of Preston County granted summary judgment last July to throw out the student’s lawsuit, and Moorhead was seeking a reversal. The student didn’t get that from the West Virginia ...
During Pierpont Community & Technical College’s Board of Governors meeting today, Milan S. Hayward will be appointed the fourth permanent president of the institution. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Hayward to Pierpont as its new president,” said David Hinkle, chair of the Pierpont Board of Governors. “He brings with him a vast amount of experience and expertise that we believe will move Pierpont toward an even brighter future.” Michael Waide, provost and vice president of academics and student services echoed that sentiment. “Our Pierpont team is excited to ...
The superintendent appointed last week to take over Upshur County’s beleaguered school district told parents and others associated with the system he’ll keep both hands on the wheel — while the state steers its ongoing investigation of alleged mishandling of federal COVID relief ...
