MORGANTOWN – WVU faculty voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to support resolutions expressing no confidence in President Gordon Gee and calling for a freeze on the Academic Transformation process. The votes came during a University Assembly held at the Creative Arts Center, with some ...
West Virginia University announced its final recommendations on Tuesday, following appeals hearing. The appeals were made based on initial recommendations made by the university as part of its Academic Transformation program. The transformation involves ongoing efforts to trim $45 million from WVU’s budget, due to shortfalls. From the Office of the Provost, here are the final results of those appeals: Division of Resource Economics and Management The Program Review Appeal Committee made a final recommendation to discontinue the Ph.D. resource management major after ...
MORGANTOWN – As WVU proceeds with its Academic Transformation, faculty and alumni are planning to make their opposition known. Faculty Senate has received a petition calling for a vote on a no-confidence resolution for President Gordon Gee and another resolution to freeze the current ...
Vince Herman Band with Kat Wright, Larry & Joe, and others will play Mountain Stage Oct. 15 at the WVU Creative Arts Center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7. Tickets are $27-$39 for the general public and $10 for WVU students. Get more information at mountainstage.org. Herman is out to have some fun 33 years after founding Leftover Salmon. He released an album of his own and hit the road to play a batch of songs developed in his new Nashville home. It’s a bit of a departure from the “Salmon sound” as he digs into his idea of what country music ...
Beth Jane Toren, WVU interdisciplinary, culture and film studies librarian, will present a program, “Banned Books and American Culture,” for the WVU retired faculty and staff at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Toren will be sharing perspectives from parents, educators, authors, protestors, young readers and judges. The 1974 Kanawha County West Virginia Textbook Controversy has a significant role as we approach the 50th anniversary. As a 1974 elementary school student who experienced the controversy first-hand, Toren sees the anniversary as an opportunity to reflect and seek peaceful ...
BY JARETT LEWIS CHARLESTON — Alumni and stakeholders of West Virginia University are invited to participate in several forum discussions to share their thoughts and vision for the university in the midst of proposed cuts to multiple majors and the elimination of dozens of faculty positions. Create West Virginia held its first of four planned forums in Charleston earlier this week. Participants were given the chance to speak and offer their vision for how they wish to see the institution look for the future. In Morgantown, a session is planned for Wednesday, with a time and ...
