Latimer Named 2013-14 Buswell Award Winner for Advancing Women’s Issues

Sociology professor Melissa Latimer has been named the 2013-14 Mary Catherine Buswell Award winner for her dedication to women’s concerns at West Virginia University (WVU). The award is sponsored by the WVU Council for Women’s Concerns and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The Mary Catherine Buswell Award was established in 1978 and recognizes a…

Five More WVU Grad Programs to Offer Yellow Ribbon to Student Veterans

West Virginia University (WVU) is expanding the Yellow Ribbon program to student military veterans in five more graduate programs. The Yellow Ribbon program, which funds the education of out-of-state student military veterans, is an extension of the 9/11 GI Bill that pays all in-state tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for eligible students. The…

Charleston Launches Holiday Celebration

The City of Charleston will launch this year’s long Independence Day weekend on Wednesday evening with the West Virginia Symphony and the largest fireworks show in the region.  The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on the Schoenbaum Stage of Haddad Riverfront Park with Fireworks by Pyrotechnico launched at approximately 9:45 from two…