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West Virginia University graduate Doug Skaff Jr. embodied the Mountaineer spirit as an alumnus, business leader and public servant. Following his death, his family is honoring his legacy with a scholarship gift to benefit future students at the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics.

Thanks to generous funding from the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, the West Virginia University School of Nursing, in collaboration with FaithHealth Appalachia, is expanding its Faith Community Nursing program into Boone, Lincoln, Mason, and Wayne counties.

For the past six years, the Harman-Falkowski family has generously donated funding for the WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus, providing a wealth of simulation equipment and other materials to enhance student learning.

Tonie Renner Gentile grew up in Granville, surrounded by family, community, and a love for music. Since she lived right across the river from the WVU Coliseum, she enjoyed listening to the Mountaineer Marching Band practice playing “Country Roads.”

J. Wayne Richards will serve a two-year term as chairman of the West Virginia University Foundation Board of Directors.