Match up
This battlefield is not a jungle or desert. Rather, it’s a sophisticated office space — tucked inside Reynolds Hall, home of the Chambers College of Business and Economics — equipped with workstations, servers, computers and secure networks.
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‘Not in the shadows anymore’
In the decade since the tragic death of Nolan Burch, his parents and WVU have worked together to recreate fraternity and sorority life into a positive and healthy community of peers, not just on WVU's campus, but around the country.
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Walking the walk at WVU
“We are creating prosperity for the people of this state so that we can keep our young people here. And we make certain that we are focusing clearly on enticing the best and brightest to come to WVU.” — WVU President Gordon Gee
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Provost Maryanne Reed
As her 31 years at WVU come to a close, Reed is approaching the next chapter in her life with the same enthusiasm she had when she set up a classroom in Martin Hall.
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Feels Like Home: Students find refuge at Serenity Place
Established in 2016, Collegiate Recovery, which operates out of Serenity Place at Arnold House, is a campus-based, peer support program dedicated to helping students find community and balance a healthy lifestyle at West Virginia University.
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Staying Connected
Throughout the last 29 years, the Mountaineer Parents Club has evolved to meet the needs of the modern family. While WVU still uses “parent” in the title, the MPC serves not only mom and dad but sometimes grandparents, godparents or even siblings.
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R1 of a Kind: Undergrad research opportunities are unique to WVU
WVU has an average of 300 students per year who work with the Office of Undergraduate Research.
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Dr. Ryan McCarthy: Humanizing Health Care
It was at the Berkeley Medical Center, during the COVID-19 pandemic, that inspiration struck. Dr. Ryan McCarthy founded Healthcare is Human in 2020, working to document the experiences of health care workers on the frontlines.
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Lanay Montgomery: the Defender
WVU Women’s Basketball defensive standout Lanay Montgomery moved on to the WNBA, but a knee injury kept her from longterm success on the court. She’s still a defender, but now protects the U.S. Army’s computer systems.
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Russell Johnson: A coal country kid turned writer
When Johnson graduated from West Virginia University in 1999, the former Calliope staff member and writer for the DA debated on whether he should pursue a Master of Fine Arts or a law degree.
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Frank Vitale: Building the fortitude
Frank Vitale (BA ’96, MBA ’10) can check off another box on the long list of goas he set for himself as a West Virginia University student. Vitale is already an entrepreneur, a veteran and a business leader. Now he’s also a best-selling author.
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From West Africa to West Virginia
Zakariah Issah is WVU Magazine's Graduate Service Assistant. His personal story of life in Ghana details the road to his WVU home.
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The Last Word: The Commuter Student
Born and raised in a small village in Pakistan, Areej Jaffrey has lived a life that exemplifies nontraditional. So it’s no big surprise that Jaffrey began her journey as a West Virginia University commuter student in fall 2024.
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