MORGANTOWN – Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. just went back to school. The organization awarded $266,750 in scholarships for high school students and college students across its region for this coming academic year, said Patty Showers Ryan, YCF ...
FAIRMONT – Kaitlynn Jade “Katy” Newbraugh, by the accounting of all who knew her, was a top-achieving kid who liked to watch out for her family, her neighbors and the place she called home. She graduated a year early from high school and was carrying an A average at Fairmont ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia athletics announced it will add 140 new scholarships starting with the 2026-27 school year. Football will receive 16 of the scholarships, and 124 of them will be for Olympic sports. The added scholarships will make the total 400 for its 18 sports. "When ...
by Sally C. Pipes Another medical school has gone tuition-free. Johns Hopkins University announced last month that it will waive tuition for all students from families earning less than $300,000 starting this fall, thanks to a $1 billion gift from former New York Mayor Michael ...
In 1987, a few folks in Boone County got together to see if they could raise some money to help one of their local students attend West Virginia University. The story goes that 10 people put in $100 each and they gave away one $1,000 scholarship. The money also helped buy a trumpet so the ...
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. (YCF) awarded 106 scholarships totaling $293,900 for the 2024-2025 academic year. Applications were evaluated by scholarship committees with over 100 volunteers from across north-central West Virginia. YCF ...