Eberly News

West Virginia University is an increasingly diverse place to learn, and our future will continue to see a growth in that diversity. Our students come from every county in West Virginia, all 50 states and over 100 countries around the world. WVU is aware of the differences this diversity fosters in its student body, and has several programs in place to bring all of its students together to form one WVU.
 
As part of that diversity, dialects from Newark, New Jersey and Mingo County, West Virginia, come into contact at WVU, as do languages from different continents and different language families. To celebrate this diversity, linguistics professor Kirk Hazen and journalism professor Mary Kay McFarland have created WVU Voices. This mini-documentary is designed to educate the WVU community and beyond to create a more knowledgeable, appreciative and welcoming environment on campus.
 
Language variation affects every person, and this video aims to bring those differences to light in a positive way. With the help of the Gabriel Brothers, Inc. Faculty Awards Program, we hope WVU Voices will foster a diverse culture in Morgantown, West Virginia and further the mission of WVU.

Voices of WVU

Department of English's West Virginia Dialect Project launches 'WVU Voices' documentary

Paul Cassak

WVU’s Eberly College announces 2017-18 Public Service Award recipients

The  Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has named three recipients of the 2017-18 Outstanding Public Service Award: Paul Cassak, Amy Herschell and Amy Keesee.

Sean McWilliams and Aaron Metzger

WVU’s Eberly College announces 2017-18 Outstanding Researcher Award recipients

The  Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has named two recipients of the 2017-18 Outstanding Researcher Award: Sean McWilliams and Aaron Metzger. 

Religion vs. Science Book Cover

New book from Rice and WVU sociologists examines what religious Americans think about science

What do religious Americans really think about science?

Waiting for the Z shot

When lightning strikes

WVU physicists among collaborators granted $7 million to form U.S. Department of Energy center of excellence 

WVU partners with community to encourage development of arts collaborative

West Virginia University graduate students in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Public Administration and WVU Extension Service are partnering with Arts Mon, which serves as the Morgantown area arts council, to encourage the development of an arts collaborative in Monongalia and Preston counties.

Singh and Romero

WVU physicists tune the dynamics of exotic quantum particles

Physicists at West Virginia University have discovered a way to control a newly discovered quantum particle, potentially leading to faster computers and other electronic devices. 

Friends and family of late WVU grad create C. Patrick Laughlin Endowed Scholarship

Friends and family of late WVU grad create C. Patrick Laughlin Endowed Scholarship

Years after graduating from West Virginia University, Carl Patrick Laughlin (BA Arts and Sciences, ‘53) became a physician for many of America’s best-known astronauts as a part of NASA’s Space Task Group.

WVU students receive NASA Space Grant fellowships

WVU students receive NASA Space Grant fellowships

Five students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University have been awarded undergraduate fellowships from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Bill Hinerman

Alumni Spotlight: Bill Hinerman

As a graduate student in the law and Master of Public Administration programs at West Virginia University, Bill Hinerman joined the Navy JAG Corps in 1989, which led to a lifelong career in government and the military. Hinerman shared with us how his WVU education was the foundation of his career.