Day of Giving set for March 3

February 7, 2021

WVU Today As West Virginia University and its students face unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mountaineer Nation is invited to show its support  March 3, to mark WVU’s fourth Day of Giving. The WVU Foundation is organizing the 24-hour online fundraising event as a convenient way for alumni and friends to contribute to the university. This year’s theme, “A Stronger Tomorrow,” reflects the critical importance of private support in moving the university forward — and ensuring students can proceed with their education — amid the economic ...

WVU to honor ‘Hidden Figures’ pioneer, female accomplishment for Black History Month

February 5, 2021

When John Glenn said to “get the girl,” everyone knew exactly who he meant. It was 1962, and NASA, America’s then-fledgling space agency, was still finding its interstellar legs. And Glenn, perhaps the country’s most celebrated astronaut at the time, was readying to slip free of ...

Pandemic life for married couples can lead to sadness, anger

January 31, 2021

WVU Today  Maybe space is tight in your home and you share a remote office with your spouse. Or your partner asks you to step away from work to watch the children because they have an important call to jump on. Then you may wonder, “Well, what makes his/her job more important than mine?”  There have been no shortage of conflicts arising during the era of COVID-19, and that includes the challenges at home between married couples. In fact, the more a person felt  their spouse disrupted their daily routine, the more they viewed their relationship as ...

WVU sued for alleged discrimination, retaliation

January 29, 2021

A former West Virginia University employee claims she was retaliated against after asking for an investigation into misuse of funds by the Mountaineer Maniacs and reporting what she believed was a cover-up of a hazing-related death. Barbara A. Copenhaver-Bailey also claims she faced ...

WVU to provide emergency federal grants

January 29, 2021

WVU Today The federal government  approved new emergency funding amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and some of those funds may help college students. Through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II as authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations ...

WVU Nursing to open a campus in Bridgeport

January 26, 2021

BRIDGEPORT - West Virginia School of Nursing said Tuesday it will open a branch campus in the new $23 million addition under construction at United Health Center in Bridgeport by spring 2023. Tara Hulsey, WVU School of Nursing’s vice president of Health Promotion and Wellness and dean of ...