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Youth sports day

The Center for Applied Coaching and Sport Sciences at WVU and  Mountaineer Athletics  hosted  the fourth annual Youth Sports Day at the Capterton Indoor Practice Facility, Sept. 7, prior to kickoff of the   Mountaineers-Albany Great Danes football game.   Youth Sports Day is an opportunity to provide   information about quality youth sport programs, the importance of sport sampling for developing the athletic skills and fitness youth need to participate in sports programs, according to Kristen Dieffenbach, professor of coaching and ...

WVU Extension Fire Service trains first responders on electric vehicle safety

The West Virginia University Extension Fire Service is bringing crucial training to first responders in the region with the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Training Educator (HEVTE). The HEVTE is a heavily modified hybrid vehicle used to demonstrate proper safety protocol for first responders in emergencies.   The HEVTE and related first responder training were developed by the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) program under the WVU Institute for Sustainability and Energy Research (WISER). Recently, the NAFTC donated the HEVTE to the WVU Extension Fire Service ...

WVU announces University Relations reorganization

West Virginia University University Relations is undergoing a reorganization to provide focus to critical university priorities of enrollment and communications strategy, following Tuesday’s announcement that Sharon Martin, chief marketing officer and vice president for University ...

Game day parking offered in select WVU lots for $10

West Virginia University Mountaineers will take on University of Albany Great Danes at 6 p.m. Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium.  This will be a Gold Rush/Coca-Cola Family Day.   The WVU Parking Management team is offering game day parking in select lots in the Evansdale area of campus for all home WVU football games.  The cost each game is $10.   All parking can be paid for via ParkMobile or where pay stations are available in short-term lots.   Fans can park in the following lots:  ST-1 at the Art Museum of WVU  ST-9 at ...

WVU research shows smartwatch, clinical testing measures differ

At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical ...

Hayhurst gift to support youth entrepreneurship, innovation through WVU Extension

One family is working to ensure West Virginia’s young people have the tools they need to become the next generation of innovators, creators and entrepreneurs through a gift to West Virginia University Extension.   The Hayhurst Family Young Innovators Initiative has been established to enhance educational programming, financial assistance, coaching and other support to transform the Mountain State into a hub for young innovators and budding entrepreneurs.   The $575,000 gift to WVU Extension will provide school- and community-based educational programs in 20 ...