When the much-anticipated Team MVP was announced, the recipient wasn’t the leading scorer or the All-American defender. The members of the team had voted for senior midfielder Amanda Hill to receive the honor.
Since the creation of the WVU Alumni Band more than five decades ago, Ed Gilger (Recreation, ’65), a percussionist, has marched in nearly every Homecoming Parade. And at 83 years old, he plans to continue, finding rejuvenation in the familiar tunes.
If there’s one thing that has shaped Dr. Zack Koenig’s life, it was his mother’s prescription for success: surround yourself with the people you want to be like. That advice brought him to West Virginia University.
Rodney Williams (Economics / Finance, ’06; IMC, ’08) didn’t know exactly what he was getting into when he started SoLo Funds, but he knew that he saw a problem he not only wanted to fix but had the ability to do it.
One West Virginia University alumna can attest to the authenticity of WWE by tending to the broken bones, torn ligaments, sprains, dislocations and any imaginable injury to the bodies of World Wrestling Entertainment superstars.
Student teams travel underserved areas in the western hemisphere to bring healthcare, sanitation and nutrition, all the while learning about the world and themselves.
Over the Kanawha River and through the Monongahela National forest, West Virginia’s winding roads are leading future dental professionals to small towns and healthcare deserts across the state.
Patients facing one of the most devastating diagnoses of their lives will have a full-service facility for treatment, procedures, therapies, clinical trials and hospital stays thanks to a gift from the Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust.
For the last 20-plus years, Christy Bryan-Davis has been coaching the women and men at major West Virginia University athletic events who pump up the crowd with cheers, songs, and stunts.
