Four West Liberty University students received the AT&T Scholarship for academic year 2012-2013, Leah Cyrus, Zachary Dillard, Adam Kenney and Tyler McGary. Recipients of the AT&T Scholarship must meet strict criteria established by the Elbin Scholar Program, which includes a 3.75 GPA and a 27 ACT score. “We are pleased with the growth in our [...]

The Lary Loew Hilltopper Scramble is fast approaching and teams interested in supporting West Liberty University athletics can still get involved by contacting the office of Institutional Advancement. The golf scramble will take place at the Arnold Palmer Golf Course, Oglebay Resort, on Monday, June 24. Registration and lunch begins at 11 a.m. and the shotgun [...]

West Liberty University is now operating on a new Cisco router that greatly increases its broadband service, thanks to a $27,000 opportunity with the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Funding for the router was part of a nationwide effort to expand broadband service across the United States. “This means a more efficient level of bandwidth [...]

Two graphic art students at West Liberty University were pleased to learn that their designs won awards recently. Christina Boyd was a winner in the NOW Foundation’s Love Your Body poster contest and Alexis Irvin’s work was selected for the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (Clarksburg) poster competition. “I’m thrilled to be a winner in [...]

West Liberty University students presented Dr. David J. Thomas with its Professor of the Year Award recently. The presentation was made at the annual Honors Convocation by the President of the Student Government Association LeeAnne Yeater. “I am very grateful for but also humbled by the award. This is my fourth time to win the [...]

To read Wheeling News-Register page one coverage, please click here. West Liberty University held its Spring 2013 Commencement at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 11, in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC). Representing the largest graduating class since the 1980s, the Class of 2013 includes the following 337 students. Honor Graduates:  Summa Cum Laude (highest [...]

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 is now [...]

Three West Liberty University students were welcomed into the Order of the Torch, Thursday, May 2 in a ceremony held at historic Liberty Oaks, the alumni house located on campus. Senior Mike Anderson, Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Graduating Senior Michael Matthias Dotson, Middlebourne, W.Va. and Junior Alan Cline, Wellsburg, W.Va., were inducted into the men’s honorary [...]

West Liberty University will hold its Spring 2013 Commencement Ceremony at 11 a.m., on Saturday, May 11, in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC). A total of 337 students are expected to complete graduation requirements during the spring semester, making it the largest graduating class since the 1980s. Alumnus and successful businessman Les DeFelice, [...]

West Liberty University’s Highlands Center will be the site for a screening of the controversial documentary, FrackNation, at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 6. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the University Economic Club, the evening will include a question and answer forum after the film. Described as a journalist’s search [...]