Gazing through the vast floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Monongahela River from the building bearing his name, Bob Reynolds, BS ’74, reflects on his days as a West Virginia University student.
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Perhaps nothing is so simultaneously inspiring and frightening to any creator as a blank slate, like the one presented a decade ago to the faculty and staff of the WVU School of Public Health.
Fifty years after women first joined “The Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band, the WVU Magazine follows a senior industrial engineering major who fits “spinning” with the band’s color guard into a packed class and work schedule.
The Mountaineer Marching Band has been a source of pride for West Virginia University and the entire state — from presidential inaugurations to nationally televised bowl games and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — since its beginnings in 1901.
Thousands of quilters in West Virginia work their magic to create unique designs, in varied fabrics and a myriad of colors to blanket their loved ones or their walls with a lasting bit of handiwork and memories that will last for generations.
Elizabeth Mullen, ’81, journalism, might not be Dr. Doolittle, but she can “listen” to the dogs she trains through their body language and talk back to them using behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
Luke Yingling, Law ’22, is blazing his own trail as the founding president and CEO of Analytica Legalis, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to help attorneys win in court.
WVU celebrated Mountaineer Week with a full schedule of events. The Beard Growing Contest and Axe Throwing, Wild and Wonderful Women Writers and the Appalachian lore around Witchy Women, were capped off by the Arts and Craft Fair.
A Mountaineer Reunion spanning more than 40 years was held over Homecoming weekend in October, with 23 of the buckskinned mascots joining current Mountaineer Mary Roush.
Wren Baker has been named WVU’s new vice president and director of Inter Collegiate Athletics. Baker hails from the University of North Texas and brings more than 20 years of experience to the job in Morgantown.
