MORGANTOWN – Campus carry is once again working its way through the state Legislature. SB 10 is called the Campus Self Defense Act and sets the parameters for people with concealed handgun permits to carry on public college and university campuses. The Senate Judiciary Committee ...
Collectives that help student-athletes benefit from their names, images and likenesses represent a new option for donors to support. There is a challenge, however. University fundraising arms have relationships with the same pool of donors. The universities can express support for the collectives but there’s an ongoing debate over how much they could coordinate with them. The Mountaineer Athletic Club is the professional fundraising arm for the West Virginia University Athletic Department. But now there’s another, less official arm raising money for name, image and likeness ...
BY MIKE NOLTING Second District Congressman Alex Mooney made his first visit to the Morgantown area as a member of the 118th United States Congress Friday. Here, he met some of the people who take care of the littlest West Virginians. “It’s just great to come out here, and I look ...
WVU MEDICINE Physicians at WVU Medicine Children’s are the first in the region to work with device manufacturer Pectus Services to implement the non-invasive T-Joe Pectus Bracing System for children with convex chest wall deformities, known as pectus carinatum. This is the first treatment for pectus carinatum to be implemented at WVU Medicine and WVU Medicine Children’s. Pectus carinatum is a condition in which the chest wall grows outward, making the chest jut out. It is a fairly common condition, occurring in one in 1,500 children with 50% of patients with the condition ...
BY ASHUTOSH DAS Manal Al Natour is the director of Arabic Studies Program at West Virginia University. In addition to teaching, she acts as a binding force for students arriving from the Middle East to help them settle here. Al Natour grew up in Jordan, the land of peace, hospitality and smiles. Jordan is known as a young state occupying an ancient land. This is the land where Jesus was baptized. Jordan also has Mount Nebo, which is where Moses saw the promised land before he died. The five UNESCO World Heritage sites in Jordan are As-Salt, which is known as the Place of ...
WVU FOUNDATION A West Virginia University faculty member’s $50,000 gift to support the new William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences celebrates the life and legacy of its namesake. Dr. Larry Rhodes and his wife, Terry, made their gift in memory of Neal, a pioneering pediatric ...
