What comes to mind in the month of June? Weddings. Vacations (and how to pay for record high gas prices if you’re driving). Graduations. Time was when many commencement speeches at major universities were about America and its values and what graduates could expect in the future. In ...
West Virginia University sent off its graduates a couple weeks ago, and this weekend, area high schools will be sending off their graduates with much pomp and circumstance. So we have some words for them: Life is a journey with many destinations. Each milestone is a stepping stone to the ...
KINGWOOD — Graduation is traditionally a way for students to say good-bye to adolescence, friends, faculty and a high school that has been a home-away-from-home for four years. Thursday evening, 234 Preston High School seniors did just that. Some students and parents took time out to ...
Project SEARCH is an immersive internship experience for high school students with mild and moderate special needs that combines classroom instruction, career exploration, and hands-on training through worksite rotations that often lead to employment opportunities. On Aug. 1, 2021, the ...
Most of the time it sounded like Greg Dausch was reading resumes — instead of graduation names. That’s because he was, in effect. Dausch is director of the Monongalia County Technical Education Center, which sent its collective Class of 2022 forth Wednesday. Well, check that — ...
Walking into the West Virginia University Coliseum Sunday afternoon for the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate commencement ceremony, all seemed right in the world, at least in that moment. The nearly cloudless day set the perfect backdrop for pictures with family and ...