WVU Alum Creates Scholarship to Help Recruit Students
A dedicated alumnus of the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design knows how his alma mater helped him succeed and he wants to do his part to make sure others see it as well – especially prospective students. H. Stephen “Steve” Conrad and his wife, Jane, recently created the Conrad […]
Benedum Foundation Continues Support of WVU with Latest Grants
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation recently awarded four separate grants to West Virginia University totaling $328,000. The programs and initiatives receiving grants through the WVU Foundation include: Brownfield, Abandoned and Dilapidated Buildings to Bucks Program, $97,000. The Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, housed at West Virginia University’s Water Research Institute, will work to restore […]
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Specialty Care Expanded in Mingo County
Physicians with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine will provide expanded specialty health care beginning this month at the Larry Joe Harless Community and Health Center in Gilbert, W.Va. The Marshall clinic began last year as part of a state-wide initiative to deliver health care to the most rural parts of West […]
SURE Program Continues this Summer; Applications Being Accepted
Marshall University is accepting applications for the 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Fellowship. This program has been conducted at Marshall since 2005, and is funded through the West Virginia Research Challenge Fund, administered by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Division of Science and Research. The SURE program is designed specifically to enable […]
WJU Lunar Scientist Authors 21st Century Atlas of the Moon
An American spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon is providing the best images ever of our Moon. Charles A. “Chuck” Wood, Ph.D., director of the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University, has used these new images to publish the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon. Coauthored with amateur astronomer Maurice Collins of New Zealand, […]
Activities Highlight Humanism in Medicine Week, Solidarity Day
The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) will mark Humanism in Medicine week and Solidarity Day with several activities highlighting the importance of preserving the tradition of the caring, compassionate physician. The week’s activities include distribution of Compassionate Patient Care buttons to health care providers and an […]
