Announcements
WVU School of Nursing partners with Johns Hopkins University to expand community nursing opportunities for students
West Virginia University will soon offer nursing students a new pathway for focusing on community nursing, allowing them to make a difference outside the hospital setting by improving access to care and promoting wellness in schools, homes, health departments and elsewhere.
Children invited to WVU School of Dentistry for day of free oral care
The West Virginia University School of Dentistry will recognize National Children’s Dental Health Month by offering free care on Give Kids A Smile Day. The annual event is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the WVU Dental clinic at Suncrest Towne Centre in Morgantown.
West Virginia Area Health Education Centers celebrate 25 years of building a rural health workforce
The West Virginia Area Health Education Centers (WV AHEC) proudly mark their 25th anniversary, celebrating a quarter-century of strengthening the healthcare workforce in rural and medically underserved communities across the Mountain State.
WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health celebrates 15 years of transforming rural health in West Virginia
The WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health (ICRH) is proud to commemorate its 15th anniversary, marking a decade and a half of unwavering commitment to improving the health and well-being of West Virginia's rural communities.
WVU in the News: Walking, household chores can be lifesaving therapy for people with metabolic syndrome
Bethany Barone Gibbs, chair of epidemiology and biostatistics at WVU School of Public Health, comments in a recent U.S. News & World Report article on recent study findings indicating the potential benefits of light activity.
WVU School of Dentistry awarded Benedum Foundation grant to support training for West Virginia healthcare workers
The West Virginia University School of Dentistry will help expand access to tobacco treatment care for West Virginia residents with support from a Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation grant that will provide healthcare education through its Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program (CTTTP).
WVU nursing student, athlete and Miss West Virginia Teen USA shares her journey balancing academics, athletics and pageants
WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus student Baylee Jarrett is no stranger to a busy schedule. Between her nursing studies, running cross-country and track, and years of pageant experience that led to her becoming Miss West Virginia Teen USA, she has learned how to juggle big goals with an even bigger passion for helping people.
WVU hires experienced scientist, academic leader to serve as provost and vice president for academic affairs
Following a national search focused on the academic future of West Virginia University, President Michael T. Benson is announcing the hiring of Beverly Wendland, an accomplished scholar and academic leader with wide-ranging higher education experience, to serve as the University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Endurance and Reassurance: Exercise physiology conditions first-generation student to give back to West Virginia
Alexis Cipoletti’s fears of attending college as a first-generation student from a rural West Virginia community evaporated when she toured West Virginia University as a high school student. Now ready to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology (December 2025), she’s excelled beyond her expectations and is prepared for her next WVU journey — a seat in the physician assistant graduate program.
WVU in the News: Medical schools focus on prevention as well as treatment of disease
During her general surgery sub-internship at West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine, fourth-year medical student Andrea Hincapie-Bendeck assisted in removing part of a patient’s bowel, necessitated by a ruptured diverticulum. At discharge, the patient asked the surgical team for information on what to eat.