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New English Language Learning Institute streamlines academic resources for international students

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WVU’s new English Language Learning Institute is centralizing academic resources for international students whose first language is not English.

In association with the ongoing generosity of the Eberly family, the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board established the Eberly Scholars program in 1988. Each year, up to 25 students majoring in the arts and sciences are designated as Eberly Scholars. They are provided with scholarship support in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement. This award is the Eberly College’s most prestigious scholarship honor for undergraduate students. Kyle Roberts Hometown: Morgantown, West Virginia Major: Environmental Geoscience Minor(s): Japanese Studies

2020-2021 Eberly Scholars: Kyle Roberts

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Meet environmental geoscience student Kyle Roberts.

WVU Humanities Center announces 2020-2021 grant and fellowship recipients

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The WVU Humanities Center announces the recipients of its third annual grants and fellowships competition funded by a WVU endowment from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Ten Eberly College faculty received fellowships and grants for 2020-2021.

Eberly College announces 2019-2020 outstanding student awards

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Congratulations to our outstanding seniors and graduate assistants for 2019-2020!

Princeton native Dylan Vest landed on his majors by accident. He was supposed to take Spanish as an eighth grader, but a scheduling fluke placed him in French instead. His journey with the language has led him to a career as a diplomat with many stops around the world along the way. While a WVU student, Vest traveled to nine countries through study abroad and Model United Nations. He spent the 2018-2019 academic year studying at Sciences Po in Grenoble, France. After graduating this May, Vest will begin his journey toward becoming an ambassador as a 2020 Thomas R. Pickering Fellow. This prestigious fellowship prepares recent college grads for diplomatic careers. The experience includes a domestic internship with the U.S. State Department, an internship with a U.S. embassy overseas and a career in the U.S. Foreign Service after completing his master’s degree.

Meet the Grads: Dylan Vest

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BA Political Science and French, '20

Dylan Vest in a red button-up shirt

WVU Eberly College student awarded prestigious State Department fellowship

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At West Virginia University, where students are encouraged to “Go First,” Dylan Vest has taken that mantra to heart. He was the first in his family to go to college, to travel abroad and even get on a plane. Now he’s one step closer to his dream of becoming a Foreign Service Officer by becoming the first WVU student to receive the highly competitive Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship from the U.S. State Department. 

Ángel Tuninetti is a passionate advocate for the importance of the humanities in higher education and society. He has been named the 2019 Armand E. and Mary W. Singer Professorship in the humanities, recognizing his dedication and commitment to the study of the Spanish language and Latin American literature and cultures in West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.

Tuninetti named 2019 Singer Professor in the Humanities

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Ángel Tuninetti is a passionate advocate for the importance of the humanities in higher education and society. 

Six West Virginia University students will study or intern abroad this summer as Gilman Scholars. The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship enables them to gain skills that are critical to the country’s national security and economic prosperity while gaining an enriching cultural and career-building experience. WVU’s Gilman Scholars will travel to three continents this summer.

Four Eberly College students named Gilman Scholars

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Six West Virginia University students will study or intern abroad this summer as Gilman Scholars.

Four West Virginia University faculty members, all in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, have received grants from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program to conduct research abroad. The recipients are: • Nicholas Bowman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies • Jay Krehbiel, Assistant Professor of Political Science • Tamba M’Bayo, Associate Professor of History • Ángel Tuninetti, Professor of Spanish

Four WVU professors awarded Fulbright grants

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Four West Virginia University faculty members, all in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, have received grants from the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program to conduct research abroad.

Thirty Eberly College students selected for Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

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Through West Virginia University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, students can participate in research as early as their first semester on campus. Every semester, many Eberly College students take advantage of the resources provided by this office to match with faculty conducting research in their disciplines. The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is an eight-week summer undergraduate research experience for students interested in careers in research or graduate school
within their disciplines. The selected students receive a stipend and conduct research full-time during those eight weeks. Congratulations to the 30 Eberly College students participating in SURE for 2019!