Eberly News
![2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Ayah Aldebyan](/files/6cd3fde8-a7e8-4563-982c-a74c0dbdd230/400x.webp?cb=c6cc2f45d9162366bb0a238de3f13695)
2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Ayah Aldebyan
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Morgantown
![2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Emily Budik](/files/7fcf9a65-788f-4717-849b-686457c29c76/400x.webp?cb=ce48f0049071c0e2dcc5b78448a78d00)
2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Emily Budik
Major: Psychology; Art Therapy
Hometown: Weirton, WV
![2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Sydney Hogarth](/files/b2f95e50-6c7d-41e3-9a85-1c500254da06/400x.webp?cb=f7b49c80e00d215e2bdea97c53834ca3)
2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Sydney Hogarth
Major: Psychology
Minors: Criminology and Forensic & Investigative Science
Hometown: Catonsville, MD
![2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Maggie Robertson](/files/3ad1ad82-6e8f-4759-a0a5-fee1e6e5e198/400x.webp?cb=7413288ef67e4224f084b0ee175fdd92)
2022-23 Eberly Scholars: Maggie Robertson
Major: Biology
Areas of Emphasis: Neuroscience, Genomics, and Advanced Cellular &
Molecular Biology
Hometown: Cairo, WV
![For some folks, however, reentering society - after a deadly pandemic shuttered the world for a good chunk of one year - can be a bit terrifying. Kevin Larkin, chair of the West Virginia University Department of Psychology, equates it to entering the deep end of a cold pool: You can either dip your toe into the shallow part and edge toward deeper water or dive headfirst into the deep end. Either way, it’s all about habituation, a process in which one’s response to a stimulus decreases after repeated or prolonged exposure to that stimulus.](/files/85999afd-8b98-411c-a80c-53093f279dd7/400x.webp?cb=aa39776d8982b4bd175960d0a3a7aa44)
Dip your toe – or dive right in: WVU psychologists spill advice on reentering the world post-COVID
Slowly, but surely, America is returning to some semblance of normalcy.
![Four West Virginia University women - all students or alumna of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences - have been awarded the Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State, recognizing their commitment to language learning and personal growth. The awardees will participate in fully-funded virtual intensive language and cultural immersion programs this summer.](/files/aa209d00-7959-44de-9297-f5fee127e085/400x.webp?cb=a28821ab66876bb96e2a1f7438892ac2)
Four West Virginia University women Awarded Critical Language Scholarships
All are students or alumna of the Eberly College
![Sounds like crickets chirping and the taste of warm buckwheat pancakes can spark the senses of people with dementia — a fact faculty and students at West Virginia University used to develop a way for those people to experience parts of their cultural past and to relieve stress for their caregivers.](/files/a6bd918e-3852-49ea-ab53-62cb3ef116f0/400x.webp?cb=89c07ec0cd9153330368baaddfae2658)
Reminiscing with confidence
Sounds like crickets chirping and the taste of warm buckwheat pancakes can spark the senses of people with dementia — a fact faculty and students at West Virginia University used to develop a way for those people to experience parts of their cultural past and to relieve stress for their caregivers.
![Eberly College announces outstanding seniors, teaching assistants and Eberly Scholars](/files/b4131e1d-c6a7-4445-8eb1-3ff3a4981775/400x.webp?cb=f9eb589aff93020b1f291945d21605bc)
Eberly College announces outstanding seniors, teaching assistants and Eberly Scholars
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has recognized 64 outstanding seniors, graduate teaching assistants and graduating Eberly Scholars for their academic achievements in 2020-2021.
Four Eberly College students selected for WVU Foundation scholarships
The Office of Graduate Education and Life has announced the recipients of the 2021 WVU Foundation Scholarship awards, including four from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.
Psychologist offers five tips for managing socio-political stress
If you’re reeling from the news and the political strife in our country, you’re not alone. You may benefit from some coping methods suggested by the Department of Psychology in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. Shari Steinman, assistant professor of clinical psychology who researches anxiety disorders, and two graduate students, Gabby Ponzini and Kelsey Evey, created five simple tips: