• Amy Hunter

    Commencement 2013

    Amy Hunter, of Philadelphia, gets a hug of celebration after graduating in the first official commencement of the WVU School of Public Health.

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  • Engineering graduates

    Commencement 2013

    Friends cart off one of the more than 4,000 graduates, this from the Benjamin Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, who received degrees during WVU's 144th Commencement May 17-19.

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  • Richard Gringas

    Commencement 2013

    Richard Gringas, senior director for news and social products, takes a picture and posts it to Google+ during his address to graduates of the P.I. Reed School of Journalism.

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  • "Forever a Mountaineer" decorated mortarboard

    Commencement 2013

    This mortarboard from WVU's 144th Commencement says it all: each of our graduates is "Forever a Mountaineer."

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  • Edward DiPaolo, Dr. Vicente Anido Jr., Jennie Hunter-Cevera, Helen Holt, and Ken Kendrick

    Honorary Degree Recipients

    WVU awarded five honorary degrees during Commencement exercises May 17-19. Recipients were (from left): Edward DiPaolo, a former Halliburton executive; Dr. Vicente Anido Jr., an international ophthalmology leader; Jennie Hunter-Cevera, a scientist who holds 15 patents; Helen Holt, the first female West Virginia Secretary of State, and Ken Kendrick, a business executive who made his career in computer software, banking, and baseball.

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  • President Clements with Foundation Scholars

    Foundation Scholars

    The newest recipients of the Foundation Scholarship, the most prestigious in-state academic honor at WVU, were introduced May 14. Pictured are Dillon Muhly-Alexander, Julie Peng, President Clements, Emma van der Aarde, Jennifer Mangano, and Sundus Lateef.

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  • Mountaineer mascot Jonathan Kimble rides the zipline

    Zipline Canopy Tour Grand Opening

    Riding one of the ziplines at WVU's new canopy tour, Mountaineer mascot Jonathan Kimble glided through a ribbon signifying the grand opening of the facility -- part of WVU Adventure WV's challenge course in the WVU Research Forest. It's the only canopy tour of its kind owned and operated at a university.

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  • Steve Staffileno, Nathan Harlan, Kaitlin Gates, Paris Winfrey, and Jonathan Kimble

    Zipline Canopy Tour Grand Opening

    WVU opened the nation's first university-owned canopy tour on May 2. Waiting to zip through the trees at the University's Research Forest are Steve Staffileno, College of Business and Economics graduate student; Nathan Harlan, Adventure WV program coordinator; Kaitlin Gates, Miss West Virginia and WVU exercise physiology major; Paris Winfrey, a business student; and Jonathan Kimble, the Mountaineer mascot.

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  • Gov. Tomblin signs the bill at Hawley Field.

    Gov. Tomblin Signs SB 1001

    Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signs a bill creating "University Town Centre Economic Opportunity District," enabling Monongalia County to construct a new $16.2 million baseball facility to house Mountaineer baseball and a potential minor league baseball franchise. Tomblin is surrounded by numerous officials, including Sen. Roman Prezioso (left), Rep. Amando Pasdon and Sen. Bob Beach (behind Tomblin), and President Clements, right.

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  • Howard Gobstein, President Clements, Matt Owens, Peter Henderson, Charles Vest, and Lee Todd

    National Research Council Forum

    President Clements welcomes representatives from academe, government, and industry to WVU for a forum gathering feedback on a National Research Council report about keeping America's research universities competitive. Pictured from left: Howard Gobstein, APLU; Dr. Clements; Matt Owens, AAU; Peter Henderson, NRC; and Charles Vest, MIT president emeritus; and Lee Todd, NRC.

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  • President Clements with Solar Decathlon students

    Solar House Groundbreaking

    On the Evansdale campus April 18, WVU students broke ground on a solar-powered, log home they'll be entering into 2013 Solar Decathlon. Pictured from left to right are: President Clements; Andrea Argabright, a design studies major; Kenneth Hite, graduate electrical engineering student and founding member of Team PEAK; Branden Bellenca, computer engineering major and student lead for Team PEAK; and Vincenzo Mulone, faculty member from University of Rome Tor Vergata, WVU's research partner for the project.

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  • Joyce McConnell, David Fryson, and Franklin D. Cleckley

    Bucklew Award

    Franklin D. Cleckley, the Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law, speaks during the April 11 Evening of Honors for Faculty and Staff. Cleckley received the 2013 Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice, given WVU's Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in conjunction with the Social Justice Council.

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  • Greg Suzanne McAllister, Angela Reh, and Amber Brown

    Diversi-tea

    WVU's annual Diversi-tea celebrates the University cultural diversity while illustrating that everyone is part of a world community. Pictured, from left: Greg Suzanne McAllister, Angela Reh, and Amber Brown

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  • President Clements

    Economic Impact Report

    According to a report released March 22, WVU-related health entities have an annual economic impact of $5.4 billion on the state economy. The economic impact is projected to reach $6.6 billion by 2017.

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