Eberly News
Book Value: Jayne Anne Phillips (English, ’74) writes about what she knows best
West Virginia Roots and Literary Resilience: Jayne Anne Phillips Reflects on Her Journey and New Novel Night Watch
The Center for Resilient Communities Welcomes Eighteen Students to the 2025 Resilient Communities Internship Program
WVU Center for Resilient Communities Announces 18 Interns for 6th Annual Resilient Communities Internship
Remembering Elaine “Micki” Ginsberg
REMEMBERING ELAINE “MICKI” GINSBERG
4 student leaders chosen for 2024 Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship for strong focus on community
Taylor Brown is studying for a doctoral degree in lifespan developmental psychology. Riley Klug, majored in anthropology while also completing programs in art history, Native American Studies and political science. Hannah Lamb is a graduate student in the WVU Master of Social Work program. Clara Monson is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in English at WVU with the goal of becoming an English professor.
Phi Beta Kappa inducts new members
Thirty-seven graduates were inducted as lifelong members into the WVU Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor society that recognizes outstanding achievement in the liberal arts and sciences and champions freedom of thought.
WVU expert on rural Appalachia champions coalition building and local knowledge
Research from a West Virginia University scholar of rural Appalachia shows how even the most marginalized communities can assert power and create change when they come together to form coalitions.
Students from across Eberly have been named Outstanding Seniors, Outstanding GTAs and Eberly Scholars
Every year, students from across Eberly College are selected as Outstanding Seniors and Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants. Eberly Scholars are also chosen annually for a monetary award to help offset the cost of their education as they work to achieve their academic goals. Read about all three groups below.
Department of English offers two new majors
The Department of English within the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has launched two undergraduate degree programs for students interested in pursuing careers as writers, editors or researchers.
MFA English Alumn and Author Sarah Beth Childers writes ‘Prodigals: A Sister’s Memoir of Appalachia and Loss’
In “Prodigals: A Sister’s Memoir of Appalachia and Loss,” Childers tells a story of love, loss, grief and reckoning with catalysts both internal and external that compelled her beloved brother to live a life outside their family’s norms – and then take that life as an escape from the world where he was sometimes a full-blown participant and at other times a reluctant player.
‘Reading, Writing, and Roots’ with Department of English’s Amy Alvarez
Amy Alvarez was an avid reader growing up. She still has the book from her childhood that sparked her love of poetry. It’s a collection of classic British poems from the 1800s and there was something about the language she found compelling, even at a young age.