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WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities receives grant from Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to expand biking opportunities to West Virginians with disabilities

Thursday, March 02, 2023

Mountains in West Virginia

West Virginia University will offer adapted mountain and trail bike access to people at no charge with new grant funding from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center.

Benedum Foundation partners with WVU to support Morgantown Community Orchestra

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

A $45,000 grant awarded to the WVU College of Creative Arts by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation supports the Morgantown Community Orchestra, which operates as part of the Community Music Program. (WVU File Photo)

Planned gifts provide $4.5M to aid athletics, business education and creative arts at WVU

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

WVU's Downtown Campus

Scholarship opportunities and educational resources for students at West Virginia University are growing thanks to a late alum’s legacy gifts. A recent $400,000 contribution from Rich Harrison’s trust boosts his total giving to nearly $4.5 million over the past year.

$250K gift boosts $1.5M effort to expand Blanche Lazzell collection at Art Museum of WVU

Monday, February 27, 2023

A $250,000 gift from Alison H. and Patrick D. Deem supports a $1.5 million fundraising effort to expand the Blanche Lazzell collection at the Art Museum of WVU. Lazzell’s “Justice” mural is currently on display in the Museum’s lower gallery. (WVU Photo)

WVU College of Creative Arts expands outreach in W.Va. schools with $50K grant

Thursday, February 23, 2023

A $50,000 grant from the Bainum Family Foundation will allow the WVU College of Creative Arts to expand outreach in West Virginia schools. (WVU File Photo/Brian Persinger)

Six WVU graduate students receive prestigious scholarships allowing them to pursue their passions

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Top Row L-R: Hannah Clipp, Makenzie Dolly, Kayla Steinberger; Bottom Row L-R: Mehedi Hasan Tarek, Kristen H. Pierce, Lillian Skiba-Thayer

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Gratitude for grace: WVU School of Medicine alumna gives back for 35 years

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Dr. David Z. Morgan (at left) works with an unidentified student in the 1960s. (Photo courtesy of West Virginia and Regional History Center/WVU Libraries)

Professor emerita, former student promote peace via gift to WVU Center for Women’s and Gender Studies

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

WVU Professor Emerita Judith Gold Stitzel (at left) partnered with former student Suzanne Temple (at right) to establish the “Stitzel/Temple Endowment: Finding Peaceful Paths,” which encourages students to seek peaceful solutions to real-world challenges.

Sixth WVU Day of Giving slated for March 22

Monday, February 20, 2023

WVU Day of Giving, March 22, 2023; Go Above. Go Beyond. dayofgiving.wvu.edu

West Virginia University will hold its sixth Day of Giving March 22 as alumni, friends and students are invited to collectively make a difference and support the University’s land-grant mission.

New program launches to recruit teachers to West Virginia

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Laurel Dilley, a WVU alumna, is a teacher at Pocahontas County High School. A new relocation pilot program, based at the University, is focused on exploring a new approach to teacher recruitment and retention in the Mountain State.

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