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A leader in experiential education at WVU has been named director of the Honors College Experiential and Community Engaged Learning Program.

Clarissa Estep, teaching professor of political science and director of the International Studies Program in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, brings more than 15 years of involvement in the areas of service learning, professional field experience and education abroad to the position.

Estep named director of Honors EXCEL Program

Clarissa Estep, teaching professor of political science and director of the International Studies Program, has been named director of the Honors College Experiential and Community Engaged Learning Program.

WVU College of Law alumna Ellen Archibald contributed more than $200,000 to support social justice awards at the College of Law and Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Social justice gifts empower underrepresented WVU students to make a difference

WVU College of Law alumna Ellen Archibald contributed more than $200,000 to support social justice awards at the College of Law and Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Gift from former Eberly College faculty member to benefit history graduate students

Graduate students in the Department of History at West Virginia University will benefit from a fund established by Charles W. Connell, former history professor and associate dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, and Linda Jean Gardner, who  received her doctorate in counseling psychology at WVU and was a former staff member of the advising center in the College of Creative Arts.

Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson scholarship aids African American students pursuing math, science degrees at WVU

A new scholarship created as a tribute to NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson will benefit African American students studying math or science within West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.

A West Virginia University history alumnus is the recipient of the nation’s top award for his dissertation research in Italian history. 

Luke Gramith (PhD History, ’19) received the 2019 Cappadocia Award from the Society for Italian Historical Studies in December.

Gaps in the Iron Curtain

History alumnus Luke Gramith (PhD History, ’19) is the recipient of the nation’s top award for his dissertation research in Italian history.

LMKR, an international petroleum technology company, has partnered with West Virginia University to expand student and faculty access to industry-leading software.  

Beginning fall 2019, the Department of Geology and Geography will implement LMKR’s suite of GeoGraphix® and GVERSE, a gift valued at $8.2 million.  

The gift is part of LMKR's University Grant Program, which offers access to highly developed, industry-leading software used in the exploration and production market. LMKR’s software is expected to be seen when graduates enter the workforce, and this access will prepare students for real-world situations and job opportunities where GeoGraphix and GVERSE are used.

WVU receives $8.2 million software gift from LMKR for energy geology coursework and research

LMKR, an international petroleum technology company, has partnered with West Virginia University to expand student and faculty access to industry-leading software.   

For more than a decade, geology students at West Virginia University have used the same advanced software used by oil and gas companies worldwide, expanding their marketability for industry jobs. 

Petroleum Experts Limited has furthered this access with an in-kind gift of its MOVE software, valued at $2.2 million.

WVU receives $2.2 million software gift from Petroleum Experts Limited

For more than a decade, geology students at  West Virginia University have used the same advanced software used by oil and gas companies worldwide, expanding their marketability for industry jobs. 

Karen Carver

Training ‘ninja’ analysts

WVU alumni donate $25,000 to support student research

Global Medical Dental Brigades

57 WVU students travel to Nicaragua to address medical needs

For the last nine years, the West Virginia University Global Medical and Dental Brigades groups have worked in collaboration with Global Brigades to facilitate work in Latin America. 

Feeling disheartened after a meeting with his academic adviser in 1992, West Virginia University alumnus David Goldberg found himself walking the corridors of Woodburn Hall, pondering his future career path. He was surprised when then-Professor of Political Science Robert DiClerico approached him. 

David Goldberg was just one student among many Robert DiClerico inspired in his 45-year career at WVU, but it was that conversation that led Goldberg and his family to donate to the Robert DiClerico Scholarship in Democratic Institutions and Public Leadership.

The passion of politics

WVU alumni donate to Robert DiClerico Scholarship in Democratic Institutions and Public Leadership