The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission recently announced the recipients of its 2024-25 Campus Mental Health Grants, which aim to address the mental health needs of students at West Virginia’s public colleges and universities. Two area programs receiving grants will be ...
The start of the fall semester at West Virginia University always takes me back to when I arrived on campus exactly 50 years ago. (Geesh, I cannot believe I just wrote that. Has it really been that long?) I transferred to WVU after spending one year commuting to Shepherd University ...
The first group of teens enrolled in Fairmont State’s Middle College program have moved onto campus. And like any student heading off to pursue their education, they are need of all types of items to ease the transition. The new program provides youth in foster care with safety, ...
By Alicia Kalka Rejection is one of the most painful experiences we face in life. It stings, lingers and can shake our confidence to its core. Yet, with the right perspective, rejection can be a powerful tool for redirection, leading us to paths we never imagined and opportunities we ...
Americans understandably worry about inflation. Increasing prices for goods and services put a strain on the family budget. But there is another inflationary factor of growing concern in this country — grade inflation. A comprehensive study by ACT, the education non-profit best known for ...
by Sara Pankenier Weld How can a man who is warm understand a man who is cold? This is a question posed by a prisoner in “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,” written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who himself spent many years in Soviet labor camps. As a student in my humanities ...