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WVU aims to reuse, recycle

West Virginia University has continued to promote reducing, reusing and recycling on its  campuses. WVU Sustainability Director Traci Knabenshue, provided an overview of how recycling and waste disposal is carried out at the university. WVU offers single-stream recycling on its ...

Board of Governors meeting in-person

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  Members of the West Virginia University Board of Governors met in person at the Erickson Alumni Center for the first time since the pandemic began more than a year ago.  President Gordon Gee  talked about the challenges the pandemic created and ...

WVU to adopt test optional admissions due to COVID-19

WVU Today   As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the ability of many college-bound high school students to take either the ACT or the SAT, West Virginia University has joined a growing list of institutions extending a relaxation of test score requirements in its admission ...

WVU helps those with SUD in the southern part of state

WVU Today For the past decade, hope has been in short supply for many southern West Virginians. The Mountain State has led the nation in drug overdoses, with southern counties faring even worse. Raging floodwaters in June 2016 left many without homes. And less than four years later, the COVID-19 global pandemic triggered isolation and job loss in an already economically-strapped rural region. “That type of devastation causes long-term effects,” said April Vestal, director of West Virginia University Institute for Community and Rural Health. But Vestal and her team are hoping ...

WVU Davis College cuts ribbon on new textiles laboratory

The West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design cut the ribbon on its new textiles laboratory Friday afternoon. The Amy A. Bircher Textiles Laboratory was designed as a creative space for fashion, dress and merchandising students in the Davis ...