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Clothing allowance application period open

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Family Assistance is accepting school clothing allowance applications for eligible children enrolled in West Virginia schools. The period to apply will close July 31. Each eligible child will receive a $200 benefit that may be used toward the purchase of appropriate school clothing or piece goods for families who sew clothing for their children. The following should have automatically received school clothing allowance benefits for each school-age child in the home by the end of June: Families ...

Longtime WVU health research leader reflects on career she never expected

Laura Gibson’s 31-year career at West Virginia University has spanned various roles including mentor, science researcher and top-level administrator. However, none of those were what she ever anticipated when she stepped foot on the campus as a first-generation undergraduate student, nor what some told her she could accomplish at the same institution where she earned her Ph.D. The senior associate vice president for research and graduate education at WVU Health Sciences and associate dean for research at the School of Medicine, Gibson is set to retire July 1. “The University ...