Nobody smiles, and shows urgency, at the same time like a high school principal. Paul Mihalko was proving it Thursday evening, as he quickly strode to the microphone. Morgantown High School’s 137th Commencement, a social-distanced affair for a senior year that wasn’t, had just ...
A global pandemic couldn’t stop University High School’s graduates from walking across the stage and being handed their diplomas on Thursday — and despite its best effort, neither could the rain. As Valedictorian Emma Williams stepped up to the mic to give her speech, the wind picked ...
A golden sun was suspended in the air, on a mellow evening last month, as the Class of 2020 of Trinity Christian School went forth. Thirteen members strong, they were. And all ready to take their place in the annals of time, their time, at the pri vate, faith-based school sitting high ...
If you want to show your face at a Monongalia County high school graduation ceremony today, you’ll have to cover your face — before you can even get through the gate. That was the word Wednesday from county schools superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. Face masks are now mandatory, he said, for everyone who will be involved with today’s 6 p.m. commencement exercises at Morgantown High School, University High and Clay-Battelle. And mandatory, the school chief said, means just that. Facial coverings were originally going to be optional for the limited guest list. Each ...
West Virginia University’s residence halls will operate at normal capacity and provide a traditional residential experience for incoming freshmen, WVU’s Dean of Students said. “We expect each student — along with staff and faculty — to take steps to be safe, including ...
Even though the weather was dreary, there were nothing but smiles as WVU Medicine held a topping out ceremony Tuesday afternoon for its new $150 million Children’s Hospital. “I am happy to be here,” said WVU President Gordon Gee as he walked up to sign the ceremonial last beam put ...
