The West Liberty University Toastmaster Club will receive its charter from Toastmasters International on Monday, May 21st, 6:00 p.m., at Hoss’s in Elm Grove. The club was organized last October and will be presented its charter from Toastmasters District 13 officials, Stephanie Scott, District Governor and Steve Templeton, Lt. Governor of Marketing. The charter presentation [...]

The W.Va. Board of Education on May 9 granted a waiver to permit West Liberty University to begin operating the Advanced Academy of West Virginia, an accelerated learning program for high school juniors and seniors, WLU President Robin C. Capehart has announced.   The Advanced Academy permits early entrance to college courses. It initially will [...]

West Liberty University will hold its Spring 2012 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 12, at 11 a.m. in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC). Doors will open for seating at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are not required.  Parking will be available for guests behind the ASRC. Alfred de Jaager, Director of Choral Activities, and James [...]

West Liberty University officials have released the names of those slated to receive degrees at the May 12 commencement ceremony on the arena floor of the Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex on campus. Spring Commencement begins at 11 a.m.; doors open at 9:30 a.m.  Two-hundred and ninety-one students are expected to complete graduation requirements. Students [...]

The West Liberty University Concert Choir continues its annual Spring Tour with a performance at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, W.Va., on Wednesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. “Exsultate Deo,” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina opens the program. The Concert Choir will continue with a selection of music dating from the 16 th through [...]

  The West Liberty University College of Arts and Communication, Department of Music and Theater – Music presents its annual Honors Recital on Sunday, May 6, at 3 p.m. in the Helen Pierce Elbin Auditorium in College Hall on the university campus. This year’s recital features five outstanding students. The concert is free and open [...]

Veteran John Marshall High School baseball coach Bob Montgomery, a 1969 West Liberty graduate, was presented with the “Distinguished West Virginian Award” by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Tuesday. Here’s a link to Joselyn King’s story in the Wednesday edition of the Wheeling News-Register: ‘Monty’ Named Distinguished West Virginian The award recognizes individuals who have [...]

Wheeling native and West Liberty University alumna Elizabeth “Jake” Feinler was recently named as an inductee to the Internet Society’s Hall of Fame inaugural class. The inductees were announced Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, at Internet Society’s annual conference, where the group is celebrating its 20th year. ISOC is home to the Internet Engineering Task Force, [...]

West Liberty University will be holding its 2012 Honors Convocation to recognize numerous students for their academic achievements on Thursday, April 26 at 6 p.m. in Kelly Theatre in the Hall of Fine Arts.   “These awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements of West Liberty University students. I am proud of their accomplishments and grateful for [...]

The West Liberty University Great Gala is sold out for the second straight year. This annual event is only two years old and received an overwhelming response from the community and WLU alumni in its first year, last April. This year the event is brought to you by The Ryan Ferns Healthplex and is held [...]