WVU engineering school to host ‘Girls’ STEM Day’ next month

January 20, 2023

Framed as such, it could have been the premise of a science-fiction novel. The day Katherine Johnson and Anna Brusoe constructed a time-bridge, that is. Anna, we’ll get to. Johnson, meanwhile, was the famed “Hidden Figures” mathematician from West Virginia who computed the launch and splashdown trajectories for the Apollo 11 moon mission. Before that, according to NASA lore, she had garnered unconditional faith from no less than John Glenn, who wasn’t about to slip the surly bonds of Earth for his Mercury mission — until Johnson assured him that, yes, the numbers ...

Three university presidents join to oppose campus carry legislation

January 20, 2023

MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, Kendra Boggess of Concord University and Mary Hendrix of Shepherd University sent a joint letter to the ...

Senate Education approves bill to boost student reading skills, test for dyslexia, put trained teaching assistants into grades 1-3 classrooms

January 19, 2023

MORGANTOWN — Enthusiasm abounded as the Senate Education Committee advanced what they called a “transformational” bill to improve the reading and math skills of the state's K-3 students. The emotion was evident but several senators also commented that they were voting ...

W.Va. Department of Education eases teacher requirement

January 19, 2023

In 2015 in West Virginia, some 600 technically non-certified teachers were in front of public school classrooms. That number has now more than doubled, with 1,544 such educators doling out the lessons for the next generation of students coming up. The “technical” part comes down to ...

Senate Judiciary approves new version of campus carry, to allow concealed carry of handguns on public college and university campuses

January 18, 2023

MORGANTOWN – Campus carry is once again working its way through the state Legislature. SB 10 is called the Campus Self Defense Act and sets the parameters for people with concealed handgun permits to carry on public college and university campuses. The Senate Judiciary Committee ...

Hope scholarship families begin receiving checks for school

January 17, 2023

Not without a fight. The first round of Hope scholarship dollars started going out across West Virginia last week, capping a pugilistic history that saw the school choice voucher enacted, overturned and then reinstated — after its backers took it to the state Supreme ...