Announcements
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.
WVU marks Commencement with new president, graduates and celebratory ‘Let’s Go!’
A new era began inside the Hope Coliseum Saturday (Dec. 20) as West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson spoke from the gold and blue Commencement stage for the first time, and hundreds of August and December graduates took their first steps as Mountaineer alumni. Noor Ibrahim Abdulhay, a doctoral graduate in epidemiology from the WVU School of Public Health, was the first student to cross the Commencement stage under President Benson’s leadership — a milestone moment that served as the inaugural degree conferral of his presidency.
WVU physicians urge caution as whooping cough cases continue to rise
Two West Virginia University physicians are encouraging people to recognize the early symptoms of pertussis, or whooping cough, so they can take precautions and seek treatment, when necessary, to avoid further spread of the infection.
Dental students at WVU serve as representatives on national board
Students at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry have a strong history of providing leadership for national student associations. In the Student Professionalism and Ethics Association in Dentistry, Doctor of Dental Surgery students from WVU have served on the national board every year since beginning a chapter on campus.
WVU in the News: Trump changes will make advanced nursing degrees tougher to obtain for rural students
Graduate degrees for nursing students will be much harder to obtain in West Virginia due to a change the Trump administration made to a list defining which professional programs are eligible for student loans.
MoCrazy Strong Brain Injury Foundation and WV TBI Services at the WVU CED team up again to bring adaptive ski event back to Canaan Valley in January 2026
Information about Alive to Thrive Day, taking place on January 22-23, 2026 at Canaan Valley Resort. The event features adaptive ski opportunities for people with traumatic brain injury, social events, a documentary screening, and a professional TBI conference featuring national experts.
WVU School of Nursing partners with area school, churches on pollinator gardens to support youth mental well-being
The WVU School of Nursing has teamed up with Suncrest Elementary School, Suncrest United Methodist Church and First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown to install pollinator gardens that support environmental health and youth mental wellness.