Story Provided As the school year winds down, there is a unique group of students marking the end of their first year in college, the students enrolled in the Advanced Academy of West Virginia. “West Liberty University’s initiative to provide ambitious and academically motivated high school juniors and seniors a chance to accelerate their education [...]
By Caitlyn Johnson, Contributing Writer West Virginia State Senator Rocky Fitzsimmons of West Virginia Senate District One recently discussed his thoughts on the importance of the arts, education, and the economy at a state level. The efforts of West Liberty University’s College of Education and College of Arts and Communication to integrate the arts into [...]
Masters degree candidates are as follows: Tiffany J. Bennington, Li Cheng, Katrina L. DeSantis, Gina Marie Giuliani, Janette L. Joseph, Nathan F. Linger, Desireé Ann Ramser, Gina Lynn Reitter, Jamie L. Schwing, Kathrine Elisabeth Trimmier, Stephanie Carol Turner. Undergraduate degree candidates by hometown are as follows:
By Elizabeth Knott, Staff Writer West Liberty University’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, which officially began in July 2012, has shown signs of growth and success for both students and professors during its inaugural year. Dr. Allan Bedashi, founding chair and program director, said that the program’s classes have been going very well. [...]
By Olivia Morgan, Contributing Writer Not all undergraduate students know exactly what it is they want to major in, and when West Liberty University adds new areas of study it may help open up new doors for students. In the fall of 2013, WLU’s Communications Department will expand once again by adding their newest major, [...]
Story Provided West Liberty University received a $65,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation recently to fund an entrepreneurship program. “We are very grateful to the Benedum Foundation for funding the first cohort. This certificate brings together educators and entrepreneurship in a way that will benefit West Virginia students and build our future,” said [...]
By Anna Patrick, Editor The phrase “enrollment increase” has been a constant and reliable expression for the students, faculty and staff of West Liberty University to use when attempting to measure WLU’s success for recent years. This year’s enrollment figures for 2012-2013 have yet to disappoint. Although, the total enrollment at WLU only increased by [...]
By Francesca Miller, Staff Writer West Liberty University Professor Dr. Evan Lau’s research on methanotrophic bacteria has been recently published in the online journal “Plos One.” “Plos One” is an online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes biology-related articles. His research focused on the gene methanol dehydrogenase to study methanotrophic bacteria, which is the only organism [...]
By Kim Rippeth, Staff Writer For the Fall 2013 semester, the West Liberty Humanities Department will be offering a new class designed for non-majors to fulfill their general education literature requirement. In the past, English 278 special topics classes were offered “with the intent that they would be particularly attractive to non-majors,” said Humanities Department [...]
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College of Business offers efficient advising
By Hannah Courtney, Assistant Editor The time has rolled around for advising at West Liberty University. For some students, this brings visions of sugar plums, or just, you know, a smooth advising process, to their heads. For others, it involves a trial-and-error process with a faculty advisor where required credits, classes offered during specific semesters, [...]