Fish Fry draws record crowd for Barkley

February 1, 2023

WVU MEDICINE NBA great Charles Barkley’s special guest appearance at the 2023 Bob Huggins Fish Fry was a slam dunk, scoring a record crowd and more than $1.8 million to support the WVU Cancer Institute and Remember the Miners. The fish fry, now in its 11th year, recorded its first sellout following the announcement of Barkley’s appearance. An estimated 2,700 people attended the event Friday at Mylan Park’s Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center to see Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members Barkley and Huggins share the stage. Barkley and Huggins swapped stories ...

WVU receives $1 million Maier grant to help students ‘cross the finish line’

January 31, 2023

WVU TODAY West Virginia University students will benefit from a $1 million gift from the Maier Foundation aimed at reducing the number of students who leave campus before graduation. The Maier Foundation is a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization focused on furthering higher education in the Mountain State. Its gift will support a new retention effort called the Mountaineer Completion Grant Program and be spread out over two years. The program, which will provide financial assistance to students at risk of leaving the university in their final year of study, was modeled after ...

WVU student works in rural communities

January 31, 2023

Growing up, Stephanie Lusk always knew she wanted to help people. That drive first drew her to floor nursing. Now, she works as a West Virginia University Extension Family & Community Development Agent in McDowell and Wyoming counties, meeting people in their own communities to help improve health at home. “When I got to college, nursing was what I was interested in,” said Lusk, who is enrolled in the WVU School of Nursing Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. “When I thought about my role models when I was younger, the strongest women I knew were nurses, and I ...

Nature and nurture: Fellowship funding drives WVU student to dream bigger

January 28, 2023

WVU FOUNDATION At 26, Cameron Wilson was bartending to support her 3-year-old son, often missing milestone moments and still not earning enough to make ends meet, when she came to a pivotal realization: She needed to find another way to support her family. She found inspiration in the ...

WVU, partners build solar-power test site in Fairmont

January 24, 2023

WVU TODAY The launch of a partnership between West Virginia University engineers and the nonprofit and utility sectors could bring the region one step closer to integrating solar-generated power into the electrical grid. Anurag Srivastava, professor and chair of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, will support the construction and analysis of a “solar testbed” at the I-79 Technology Park in Fairmont. The testbed has been selected for a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. ...

WVU student leaders among those against campus carry bill

January 20, 2023

BY MIKE NOLTING Students leaders at West Virginia University are among those expressing concern about the Campus Carry bill moving through the state Senate. The Campus Self Defense Act, SB 10, has passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed to the Senate floor. If passed and signed by the governor, the bill would allow those with concealed firearm permits to carry on college or university campuses. The West Virginia University Student Government Association (SGA) passed a proclamation Wednesday opposing the bill. SGA Vice President Pareera Uqaily said if the ...