Announcements
WVU awards emergency grants to students for spring, announces CARES Act Emergency Grants for summer
West Virginia University has awarded $6.72 million in emergency grants to students from funds provided through the federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.
West Virginia University launches new COVID-19 focused podcast series
A new podcast series produced by University Relations at West Virginia University will seek to answer questions about the new coronavirus, COVID-19. It is available now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
WVU honors student-nominated Spring 2020 Teaching MVPs
Thanks to nominations from more than 900 students across the WVU system, the University is honoring 26 faculty members and instructors with Teaching MVP Awards for the Spring 2020 semester.
WVU celebrates May graduates during online commencement ceremony
On Saturday, May 16, West Virginia University held an online commencement experience to recognize and honor its May 2020 graduates. Mountaineer Graduation Day, created due to social distancing restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, provided an opportunity for graduates to share in familiar commencement traditions while engaging in WVU's various social media platforms using #WVUgrad.
Summer service opportunity: Calling Community
Social connections are an important part of health for all age groups. The Calling Community program pairs senior citizens with a college student for two fun conversations via phone per week for the summer semester.
Share your photo and a quote: Why I wear a mask
The Monongalia County Health Department is collecting photos of people wearing masks, along with a statement about why they wear one, and invites School of Public Health faculty, staff and students to contribute. Photos and statements will be shared on the MCHD's social media accounts.
WVU in the News: Pandemic elevates concerns about violence, harm at home
Injury epidemiologist and three-time WVU graduate Amy Hunter, MPH, PhD, and medical anthropologists Susan DiVietro, PhD, and Rebecca Beebe, PhD, all of whom are research scientists at the Injury Prevention Center at Connecticut Children's Medical Center-Hartford Hospital, authored an article for Public Health Newswire on intimate partner violence and child maltreatment.
Guidance on Illness Reporting Procedures for COVID-19
With the influx of individuals returning to campus over the next few weeks, guidance has been issued regarding what to do if students, faculty or staff feel ill or believe they may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.
Behind the mask with a WVU doctor: What to wear and whether face coverings should be mandated
“To mask or to not mask” is no longer the primary question dominating the COVID-19 public discourse. As states reopen amid the pandemic, the question now is, “Should face coverings be required in public?”
Be prepared: Portal and most WVU applications will be offline May 22-24
Portal, MAP, eCampus, STAR and most other WVU services will be unavailable from 8 p.m. Friday, May 22 through noon on Sunday, May 24 while electrical equipment is replaced in the One Waterfront Place Data Center. During this time, faculty, staff and students also will be unable to log into any system requiring WVU Login credentials and Duo two-factor authentication. Passwords cannot be changed, and Duo bypass codes cannot be generated at login.wvu.edu.