U.S. Poet Laureate comes to WVU

April 5, 2022

WVU TODAY Joy Harjo, the 23rd U.S. poet laureate and the first Native American to hold the position, will visit Morgantown’s campus to give a public poetry reading at 7 p.m. today in the Mountainlair Ballrooms and virtually via Zoom. “This is an opportunity to celebrate Indigenous leadership, talent and voices, especially the singular Joy Harjo,” said Bonnie Brown, coordinator of the WVU Native American Studies Program, host of Harjo’s visit. “Native Americans are serving in prominent public roles, including Deb Haaland, the first Native American U.S. Cabinet secretary, ...

LUCAS to offer lung cancer screening in Bruceton Mills

April 1, 2022

BY WVU MEDICINE LUCAS, a first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Preston County offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at the Bruceton Mills Fire Department from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23. For an appointment, call Kim Riley at 304-864-0884. Patient and staff safety is a top priority, and extra precautions will be taken during the pandemic. These include staff wearing masks, patients waiting in their car until their appointment time, and ...

TEDxWVU announces speakers for April event: “What’s Next?”

March 31, 2022

West Virginia University’s TEDxWVU event “What’s Next?” April 9, in the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center Gladys Davis Theater will feature four speakers. Lauren Marquart, Rebecca Erwin, Rania Zuri and Dr. Clay Marsh will address a variety of topics encouraging visionary conversations and spreading new ideas. The TEDxWVU team has a goal of creating unity within the community and beyond. Marquart is a freshman at WVU studying elementary education. Her talk discusses giving students an education that is equitable as well as equal. Erwin is a senior at WVU studying ...

WVU receives $8.9M from feds for COVID-19 relief reimbursement

March 30, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia University and WVU Medicine’s City Hospital on Tuesday received a total of $8,929,787 for COVID-19 relief reimbursement. This funding, provided through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be used to reimburse emergency protective measures as a direct result the COVID-19 pandemic, including personal protective equipment purchases, testing and screening sites, and disinfection services. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced the measure. Individual ...

MCO celebrating 60th anniversary

March 24, 2022

The West Virginia University Community Music Program will host Morgantown Community Orchestra’s “Women in Leadership” concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Antoinette Falbo Theatre of the WVU Loulie, Valerie and William Canady Creative Arts Center. The MCO’s performance is celebrating the program’s 60th anniversary and the event is honoring the service and efforts of all its directors since its establishment in 1962, including the late Margaret Lorince and Christine Kefferstan, Catherine Godes, Jeanne Frieben, Keith Jackson, Jodie Lewis and Karen Taddie. With this concert, the ...

WVU School of Nursing receives award

March 19, 2022

The West Virginia University School of Nursing received $2 million through West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s Nursing Workforce Expansion Program, which is designed to address the state’s nursing shortage through a multifaceted approach to attract, train and retain nurses in the Mountain State. Representing a fundamental part of this approach, an award program was established to fund nursing program expansion projects at colleges, universities, schools of nursing and career technical education centers across West Virginia. Through two separate $1 million awards, the WVU School ...