Eberly News
Students from across Eberly have been named Outstanding Seniors, Outstanding GTAs and Eberly Scholars
Every year, students from across Eberly College are selected as Outstanding Seniors and Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants. Eberly Scholars are also chosen annually for a monetary award to help offset the cost of their education as they work to achieve their academic goals. Read about all three groups below.
2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Raeanne Beckner
Major: Journalism and Multidisciplinary Studies
Areas of Emphasis: in Political Science, Leadership Studies, and Women’s
and Gender Studies
Hometown: Bridgeport, WV
Veteran leads by example at WVU
After spending most of his adult life as a U.S. Marine, Colorado native Nicholas Ailport is applying his leadership skills in new ways as a WVU student.
Building better leaders
WVU launches new Graduate Certificate in Leadership
DeFrank-Cole named Harriet E. Lyon Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies
Lisa DeFrank-Cole, director of the Leadership Studies Program at West Virginia University, has been named the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences’ Harriet E. Lyon Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies.
Thinking ‘follower first’: A new approach to leadership studies
Could changing the focus of leadership studies from the leader to the follower produce more substantial gains within the discipline?
WVU team to promote women’s empowerment in Mexico through soccer
Concerns about women’s empowerment are a public health and policy issue in the U.S., Mexico and throughout the world. Using the sport of soccer, a West Virginia University team aims to enhance young women’s empowerment through leadership development.
Record number of WVU students receive Fulbright Scholarships
A record number of West Virginia University students have been named Fulbright Scholars this year, doubling the previous record of five.
