Eberly News

Julie Cryser, assistant dean for development in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, will be leaving WVU at the end of the month to become the president of the Fairmont State University Foundation. She has had a remarkable 18-year career securing private support for WVU and has impacted many different areas of the University. Her last day is Monday, April 22. Cryser will be recognized at a farewell reception on Friday, April 5 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Erickson Alumni Center’s Kennedy Club Room. The campus community is welcome to attend. 

Weichao Tu, an assistant professor of physics in the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a 2019 Cottrell Scholar. She has received $100,000 in funding alongside the award to further her development of a new space science learning module.