“… Proudly West Virginian Appalachia’s living When my people winning Don’t you dare forget it …” To hear that hook is to know, immediately, that Trevor Cooke is a songwriter, […]
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A look at compensation plans for some WVU leaders under Strategic Initiatives reorganization
MORGANTOWN – Following WVU’s Monday announcement about the reorganization of the Strategic Initiatives unit with the departure of Vice President Rob Alsop, The Dominion Post submitted some questions about how […]
WVU oddly quiet on voluntary give-backs
West Virginia University has been strangely quiet about something that, from a public relations standpoint, it should be shouting from the rooftops. A few weeks ago, it was announced that […]
Guest essay: What is the value of liberal education?
by Christopher Wilkinson While West Virginia University was in the throes of the fiscal crisis resulting in the elimination of faculty, staff and disciplines, there were repeated assurances that whatever […]
WVU celebrates FirstGen Week
Submitted to The Dominion Post As part of the national First-Generation College Celebration, WVU celebrated its seventh annual WVU FirstGen Week, Nov. 6-10, to recognize first-generation students, faculty, staff and […]
WVU must regain, then maintain, the trust it has broken
There was nothing new in the disparate State of the University addresses given by WVU’s President Gordon Gee and by the West Virginia United Students’ Union on Monday. The stark […]
Gee offers vision for WVU moving forward during State of the University Address; students, faculty counter at downtown campus rally
MORGANTOWN – WVU President Gordon Gee outlined his vision on Monday of moving beyond the current turmoil to forge a “modern land grant university.” Right after his State of the […]
WVU experts express concern over ‘child care cliff’ as pandemic-era funding expires
At the end of last month, billions of dollars in pandemic-era government funding for child care centers expired, leaving experts concerned over access to early learning for children, employment for […]
WVU transformation Academic Support Unit review: Libraries will realize $800,000 in savings through staff cuts; no buildings will close
MORGANTOWN — WVU Libraries will develop a plan to reorganize to realize $800,000 in savings through personnel reductions, Associate Provost Mark Gavin said during a Wednesday Campus Conversation. As part […]
West Virginia University is right to rightsize
Vox published an article a few months ago entitled, “The Incredible Shrinking Future of College.” Author Kevin Carey detailed how the declining birthrate produced an “enrollment cliff” for many colleges. […]
