WVU student wants to test drinking water storage tanks

September 23, 2023

KINGWOOD — A West Virginia University civil and environmental engineering master’s student said she will take water samples from the city’s drinking water distribution system storage tanks, if the state will cover her liability insurance. Eva Bridges said the study will look at the microbial community within the tanks. The focus will be on the relevance of microbial communities associated with tank sediment in driving water quality. “We're looking at taking samples from the top, middle and bottom of each tank,” Bridges said. “About a liter from each level.” She ...

MCHD WIC teams up with WVU Medicine Children’s to get kids signed up at birth

September 21, 2023

On a late summer day, Ralynn Thomas rests in her room at WVU Medicine Children’s when she receives a visit from Michelle Kline, a breastfeeding counselor at Monongalia County Health Department’s WIC office. The new mother had already signed up for WIC, the acronym for the federal ...

WVU gives updates on faculty RIF process, transformation progress at administrative level

September 20, 2023

MORGANTOWN – WVU administrators provided updates on Wednesday on the academic RIF process and on the assessments of the Strategic Initiatives units and the Office of General Counsel. The updates were offered during an online Campus Conversation. President Gordon Gee opened the ...

WVU transformation Academic Support Unit review: Libraries will realize $800,000 in savings through staff cuts; no buildings will close

September 20, 2023

MORGANTOWN — WVU Libraries will develop a plan to reorganize to realize $800,000 in savings through personnel reductions, Associate Provost Mark Gavin said during a Wednesday Campus Conversation. As part of the ongoing Academic Transformation, Libraries was one of 20 Academic Support ...

WVU President Gordon Gee talks Academic Transformation with The Dominion Post

September 19, 2023

MORGANTOWN – WVU President Gordon Gee talked with The Dominion Post Editorial Board this week about the Academic Transformation process. Here are some of the highlights. A frequent criticism of the process – with the resulting cuts in faculty and majors – is that it hasn't been ...

WVU leaders field press questions following Board of Governors’ votes on program cuts

September 15, 2023

MORGANTOWN – WVU leaders sat down with members of the press Friday afternoon to field questions about the Board of Governors' actions on Academic Transformation and what's ahead. Provost Maryanne Reed took one on the timeline for the changes set to take place for students. Students in ...