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WVU prepares for Campus Carry to take effect on Monday, July 1

MORGANTOWN – Campus Carry takes effect statewide on Monday, July 1. At WVU, Dean of Students Corey Farris talked with the press on Thursday about preparations at Morgantown and the two regional campuses. “We're pretty much ready,” he said. “We've been communicating since springtime ...

Support group opens for parents of children waitlisted for autism evaluations, services

The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED) is launching the Mind the Gap: Parent Education and Support Group to offer guidance and support for families who have a child on a wait list for autism evaluations or services. Parents who are concerned their child is showing signs of autism spectrum disorder are also welcome to join and learn more. Meetings are held from 6-7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month in the second floor conference room at the WVU CED in Morgantown beginning in August. Virtual attendance is also an option. WVU CED is ...

Capito, Manchin announce $6.4 million to renovate WVU PRT

MORGANTOWN – Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced separately on Monday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $6.4 million, through Congressionally Directed Spending requests from them, for renovating WVU's Personal Rapid Transit system. Capito said in her ...

Regional artist Lauren Winans to release new single “Rainbows”

Lauren Winans’ new single “Rainbows” was released this past week on all streaming platforms. This is the second single off Winans’ new EP, the “Truth will Set You Free.” The release and music is a collaboration between Winans and the WVU Music Business and Industry Program. “Rainbows” is Winans favorite. “I co-wrote this with some really great writers in Nashville before I had my kids and the song means so much more to me now, 12 years later, than it even did back then,” she said. The song written by Winans, Shanna Crooks-Perez (Demi Lovato), and Marc ...