Eberly News
WVU student named Newman Civic Fellow to help high school students connect to scholarships
As a first-generation college student, David Laub is attuned to the disparities in opportunities for students like him especially if they come from a low-income background. For his efforts to connect top West Virginia University students with high school students, he has been awarded the Newman Civic Fellowship.
Watkins to give reading as Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence
Author Claire Vaye Watkins will give a reading as the 2018 Virginia Butts Sturm Writer-in-Residence at West Virginia University. She will read on Monday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Milano Reading Room of the WVU Downtown Library. In addition to her reading, which is free and open to the public, she will work with WVU creative writing students for the week.
Appalachian Prison Book Project to host Walk for Justice
WVU student organization advocates for more educational opportunities and materials in prisons through new event
Identifying and Challenging the Master Narrative of Campus Sexual Assault
The Department of English and the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will host a lecture by author Jessica Harris on Monday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in 130 Colson Hall.
Lyric logic: English professor receives prestigious Notre Dame fellowship
Johanna Winant, an assistant professor in the West Virginia University Department of English, has accepted a distinguished fellowship at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Notre Dame to work on her book project.
WVU’s Phi Beta Kappa inducts 2018 class
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is pleased to announce the induction of its 2018 class of scholars into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society for the arts and sciences.
Record number of WVU students receive Fulbright Scholarships
A record number of West Virginia University students have been named Fulbright Scholars this year, doubling the previous record of five.
West Virginia Writers' Workshop to feature West Virginia Poet Laureate
West Virginia’s poet laureate and the winner of the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize will be instructors at this summer’s West Virginia Writers’ Workshop. The workshop, in its 22nd year, will be held on West Virginia University’s downtown campus from July 19 to July 22.
WVU English professor awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship
West Virginia University English professor Stephanie Foote has been named one of the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellows for her work related to cultural production in and around the Anthropocene, the geological epoch in which human activity has had a global effect on Earth’s climate and environment.
WVU creating pathways to flexible humanities degrees, careers
As West Virginia seeks to re-imagine its future both economically and culturally, new skills beyond technical training will be necessary to generate innovative paths forward.