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Medical students learn residency matches during national celebration

West Virginia University School of Medicine graduating medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next several years training as resident physicians. Match Day, the national day when medical students find out if they matched with their first-choice hospital, took place ...

Supreme Court travels to law school

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia will hear arguments at the West Virginia University College of Law Tuesday. The Supreme Court usually hears an argument docket at the law school once each spring. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and arguments will begin at 10 a.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the College of Law. The event is free and open to the public. Justices John Hutchison, Tim Armstead, William R. Wooton and C. Haley Bunn are graduates of the WVU College of Law. The court will hear the following cases in Morgantown: Rule 20 Arguments 10 a.m., ...

W.Va. Junior College to host career fair

West Virginia Junior College will hold a career fair from 10 a.m.-noon Friday at the college, 148 Willey St., in downtown Morgantown. It’s estimated that more than 15 employers will be participating, including WVU Medicine, Davis Health System, Mon Health Medical Center and Manpower. This is a free event for participants and employers. Participants are encouraged to dress in business attire and have multiple copies of their resume with them. Contact Lakelyn Denny at lakelyn.denny@wvjc.edu or 724-710-4411 for more information.

$250K gift boosts $1.5M effort to expand collection at Art Museum of WVU

WVU TODAY Morgantown is an arts community on the rise, and a recent gift from two WVU alumni is adding to that momentum. A $1.5 million fundraising effort by West Virginia University’s College of Creative Arts will make the Art Museum of WVU the home for the world’s premier collection of works by renowned American modernist and Mountain State native Blanche Lazzell. The effort is gaining steam thanks to a $250,000 gift from dedicated WVU alumni Alison H. and Patrick D. Deem, of Bridgeport. Their gift complements a recent $50,000 gift from George Lilley to support new ...

Campus Food Garden springs to action

Food insecurity is a real problem for many residents of the Mountain State. To help combat the issue through garden-based education, the WVU Campus Food Garden invites the community to attend its spring workshops teaching how to grow a home garden in small spaces. The first workshop, focused on garden planning, will teach best practices for site selection, soils and planting techniques to prepare for warmer temperatures. The event will be at 6 p.m. Monday in Percival Hall, Room 316, on the WVU Evansdale Campus. It does not require prior registration, and attendees will receive a ...