Eberly News

Carma Korman

Social Work alumna awarded Outstanding Achievement in Aging award

Carma Korman, geriatric social worker at the Robert C. Byrd Clinic, has been named the 2017 Anita S. Harbert Outstanding Achievement in Aging Award recipient. 

Parkersburg, W.Va. native Charles Beorn arrived at West Virginia University in 1959 for his freshman year of college with only one goal in mind—going to medical school. 

Beorn reflects that over the course of his career, the broad liberal arts education he received at WVU prepared him to manage his own practice and better communicate with patients. That liberal arts experience motivated Beorn to establish scholarships supporting the humanities and liberal arts.

New scholarships support the liberal arts

Parkersburg, W.Va. native Charles Beorn arrived at West Virginia University in 1959 for his freshman year of college with only one goal in mind—going to medical school.

Frank McGreevy

Life-long learning

Alumnus endows scholarship for future English students 

Geology Field Experience

Defying boundaries

Geology alumni support field camps 

keegan lester

Shape your destiny: Keegan Lester

Keegan Lester, an alumnus of the Department of English at West Virginia University, talks about what he’s been up to since graduating in 2009 with a B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing, as well as his book, “this shouldn’t be beautiful but it was & it’s all i had so i drew it,” which won the 2016 Slope Editions Book Prize.

Growing up in a military family, Jaime Banks is accustomed to the transient yet structured life of military service.  

After watching family members find stress relief through video games, the West Virginia University professor saw a connection to her research on communication technology and human identity.

Video games offer active military and veterans coping mechanism for stress

Growing up in a military family, Jaime Banks is accustomed to the transient yet structured life of military service.

Rose Casey

WVU Eberly faculty awarded West Virginia Humanities Council fellowships

Six faculty members within the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University have been awarded fellowships from the West Virginia Humanities Council. This year’s recipients are Rose Casey, Catherine Gouge, Matthew Jacobsmeier, Jamie Shinn, Michele Stephens and Jesse Wozniak. 

Ashley Fox

Shape your destiny: Ashley Fox

International studies and political science alumna Ashley Fox’s education has prepared her for her role as digital media coordinator at Brookings Institution where she is responsible for curating and managing content for Brookings Institution’s digital media channels. Here she shares what she’s been up to since earning her degree in 2013.