Eberly News

William Hal Gorby spends a lot of time looking backward. As a historian at West Virginia University, he studies the people, decisions and turning points that have shaped a nation. And as the country prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, Gorby, a teaching associate professor and director of undergraduate advising in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, sees a common thread running through both stories: the belief that education helps communities adapt, grow and prosper.

Thirty-eight 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 Foundation Scholar Julia Leyden is graduating this month with honors as an Outstanding Senior, triple majoring in history, philosophy and political science.

Benjamin “Ben” Caltrider, a native of Charles Town who is double majoring in international studies and history in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, received the scholarship to spend eight weeks abroad studying Mandarin in Tainan City, Taiwan.

For a second consecutive year, the West Virginia University student body will be led by Collin Street, triple majoring in political science, environmental and energy resources management and multidisciplinary studies, and Rozaireo Jones, majoring in journalism with minors in history and political science.

Ten students from the Ebelry College of Arts and Sciences have earned Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to travel abroad this summer without financial constraints. These undergraduate students received the competitive national award funded by the U.S. State Department to participate in transformative study abroad experiences.

John Weaver, WVU Libraries reference supervisor, successfully defended his dissertation — “Rifles and Riflemen: Material Culture, Violence, and Early American Identity” — earlier this year, and says there is a lot people get wrong about the American Revolution.

Landon Tucker, a WVU graduate student in the History Department, joined a group of University students and staff members on a flood recovery support trip to the Wheeling area Thursday (June 19).

Public History and Social Work graduate students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences reflect on their time serving as Graduate Assistants (GAs) for WVU Libraries. Each had a unique story to tell about the skills and knowledge they gained during their experience.

Fifty-five 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.