Announcements
WVU in the News: WVU School of Nursing’s Bachelor program named Program of Excellence by WVU Board of Governors
The West Virginia University School of Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has been named a WVU Board of Governors Program of Excellence. The recognition also includes the School of Nursing’s Beckley Campus at WVU Tech, highlighting the success of its graduates and faculty.
WVU in the News: How are new student loan caps affecting medical students?
While facing all the normal stresses of starting a rigorous professional program, the students who started medical school in July also are facing some additional challenges. 2025’s Public Law 119-21, which the Trump Administration calls the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” set new limits on how much money medical and other professional school students can borrow from federal loan programs each year to pay for their tuition, fees, and other expenses starting July 1. In a state like West Virginia, which suffers from critical shortages of physicians and other medical providers in many areas and specialties, the changes in federal student loan rules have created a new environment both students and administrators have to figure out how to navigate. But, at least for now, officials from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and West Virginia University say students who accepted seats in their medical school classes of 2030 have been able to figure out how to pay the costs to attend.
WVU in the News: Examining The Collateral Damage Of Addiction
In this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay talks with a filmmaker whose recent movie What We Hide focuses on the collateral damage of addiction on children. And as part of a WVU training symposium, Kay hears from professionals who work with people affected by addiction about the cost on our medical system, social service networks and child protection workers. Dr. James Berry of West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute joined a discussion of What We Hide at the Carl “Rolly” Sullivan Addiction Training Institute in Morgantown. Berry is an addiction psychiatrist whose work focuses on treatment, recovery and the effects of addiction on individuals and families.
School of Public Health students selected for national TIPH ambassador program
WVU School of Public Health students Eva Dillaman and Sabrina Thorn have been selected as 2026-2027 This Is Public Health Ambassadors, which is a program of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
WVU School of Nursing, WVU Medicine partner to provide financial, educational support to future nurse anesthetists
In a collaborative partnership, 11 intensive care unit nurses at WVU Medicine will receive an educational stipend toward the WVU School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Nurse Anesthetist program in exchange for a four-year work agreement as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) after graduation.
WVU Occupational Therapy to host information session
The WVU Division of Occupational Therapy invites prospective students to learn more about their programs at an information session on August 26 at 5 p.m. in the OT Lab – HSC-S 1202.
WVU medical student selected to represent the Mountain State at national conference
As Matthew Fleshman envisions his career as a rural family medicine physician, he has an underlying goal in mind: bridging West Virginia’s healthcare gaps and advocating for his patients. A fourth-year student in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Fleshman is gaining insight he’ll one day carry into his practice through his involvement with the West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians (WVAFP).
WVU Doctor of Physical Therapy program to host open house
Prospective students interested in learning more about WVU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program are invited to meet faculty and current students at an open house on Friday, August 21 from 4 – 6 p.m. in Fukushima Auditorium, HSC-N 1901.
WVU School of Nursing Bridgeport Campus celebrates third cohort of graduates
The WVU School of Nursing Bridgeport Campus celebrated its third and largest cohort of graduates during a pinning ceremony at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center on Aug. 5, 2026.