WVU Purpose2Action serves communities, helps students

November 25, 2023

BY MIKE NOLTING The Purpose2Action program at West Virginia University gives Pell-eligible students the opportunity to gain experience working with nonprofits while completing their education. Kristi Wood-Turner, director of the Center for Community Engagement, said the program immerses students in local problems that require real-world solutions. “All students at West Virginia University have an opportunity to be engaged with the community,” Wood-Turner said. “So, they have an opportunity to get those ‘best practice’ outcomes that we know make for a better student ...

WVUM Rockefeller Neuroscience’s Ali Rezai explains their ingestible smart pill research and potential for drug overdose detection

November 22, 2023

MORGANTOWN – WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute executive chair Dr. Ali Rezai met with The Dominion Post to delve more into the lifesaving potential of a new ingestible smart pill that could help detect drug overdoses – among other possible uses. RNI last week announced the initial ...

State of Higher Education presentation shows WVU BOG that WVU not alone in its challenges

November 17, 2023

MORGANTOWN – WVU's Board of Governors learned on Friday that the university is not alone in facing the various challenges that have driven the controversial Academic Transformation process. A State of Higher Education presentation by the CliftonLarsonAllen auditing firm echoed the points ...

WVU supplies few answers to questions about senior leadership pay cuts

November 15, 2023

MORGANTOWN – WVU supplied some answers on Wednesday to questions we submitted last week following news that President Gordon Gee had asked senior leaders to take a voluntary pay cut of up to 10%. The news of that request came during the Nov. 6 Faculty Senate meeting. Among the questions ...

Campaign started to build outdoor pickleball courts at Mylan Park

November 14, 2023

BY MIKE NOLTING Outdoor pickleball courts are coming to Mylan Park thanks to a donation from a partnership of local enthusiasts. President and CEO of Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau Susan Riddle welcomed the announcement as pickleballers arrived for the 2023 West Virginia State Pickleball Championship. The Morgantown Pickleball Club has announced a name change to the Mylan Park Pickleball Club and has started a fundraising campaign for outdoor pickleball courts at Mylan Park. “They have banded together and are working with our foundation leadership ...

Muslim Student Association assembles meals for West Virginians

November 14, 2023

Members of the West Virginia University Muslim Student Association (MSA) filled the WVU Rec Center on Sunday to pack tens of thousands of meals for people in need. The group, in partnership with Islamic Relief USA, assembled 30,000 meals to deliver across West Virginia. The meals ...