Addressing the under-representation of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), while also encouraging women to excel in these fields is the driving pursuit of the 2018 Women & Technology Conference, to be held on Monday, Sept. 10th at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, event organizers announced. “This year’s Women…
Gov. Jim Justice today has appointed Evan Jenkins of Huntington, WV and Tim Armstead of Elkview, WV to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Armstead will fill the Division 1 seat, and Jenkins will fill the Division 2 seat. Both appointees have also filed as candidates for their respective seats. Jenkins and Armstead will…
West Virginia State University dedicated a scholarship and unveiled a statue today, Saturday, Aug. 25, honoring NASA mathematician and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Katherine Johnson. An estimated crowd of more than 600 attended the ceremony, which featured remarks from NASA astronaut Dr. Yvonne Cagle as well as Johnson’s daughters, Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore,…
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded West Virginia State University (WVSU) a five-year $2.5 million federal grant to resume Upward Bound services on campus. The announcement of the approval of federal funding came from West Virginia’s two U.S. Senators, Joe Manchin, and Shelley Moore Capito, who had worked to restore the program’s funding after…
Class of 2017, WVU College of Law By Maggie Matsko. When Elizabeth Stryker graduated with her bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University (WVU), she accepted a banking position in Columbus, Ohio, intentionally distancing herself from the possibility of following her parents into the field of law. “It was during that time at the bank that…
Class of 2017, WVU College of Law By Maggie Matsko. A native of Oklahoma City, OK, Jackson Butler had never visited the campus of West Virginia University (WVU) prior to packing up his car and moving to Morgantown. Not a day passes, though, that he isn’t reassured that enrolling in the WVU College of Law…