WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 20, 2018 — West Liberty University has named Missouri educator, Gretchen L. Pohlman, its new director of bands. “The Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Pohlman. Her expertise in marching and pep bands, wind ensemble and concert band, and in music education allows her to step right into … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 19, 2018 — West Liberty University Musical Theatre Ensemble performs a springtime show at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 31 in College Hall. The performance also is the senior capstone project of musical theatre major Chad Grubb. “Our performance will have a live orchestra and includes many great songs from American musicals … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 15, 2018 — West Liberty University will take part in a public program on sustainability taking place at the nearby Mount St. Joseph on March 17. Faculty member Dr. Vishakha Maskey and employee Keith Kaczor are presenting at the daylong event, sponsored by the St. Joseph Retreat Center, Catholic Charities West … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 13, 2018 — Digital illustration means creating appealing designs that successfully communicate a message and West Liberty University sophomore design student Kelsey Hayden did just that as she created a design for the annual Rally for Autism held in Huntington, W.Va. The competition was announced last November and Hayden’s design will … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 12, 2018 — The Nutting Gallery at West Liberty University welcomes two artists in its next exhibition, “Lucent Findings.” “We are pleased to announce this exhibition featuring the weather-inspired works on paper of Judith Brandon and the industrial architectural glass sculpture of Michael Mikula and we invite the public to join … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 9, 2018 — Spicy chili on a cold winter day is becoming a tradition with the West Liberty University Physician Assistant Student Society. The student group named its most recent winner in its annual Chili Cook-Off on Feb. 4. Speech and Pathology major Abbey Griffith of Wheeling was named the winning … Read More

WHEELING, W.Va., March 4, 2018 — When Wheeling native and WLU alumna Diana Riggs set out to make her first film, she defied convention by writing, directing and producing a full-length feature. Riggs earned a bachelor’s in art at West Liberty. Riggs, who grew up in the Ohio Valley, now resides in Pittsburgh and in … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 5, 2018 — West Liberty University’s Department of Social Work received an $80,000 grant recently that is making a real difference in practical student experience. Juniors Gregory Gust and Kaitlynn Hewitt have received the social work awards this academic year. Social Work Program Director Dr. Sylvia Hawranick Senften submitted the grant … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 1, 2018 — West Liberty University students Abby Reeves and Natasha Muhametzyanova will join 18 students from colleges around the Mountain State at the annual West Virginia English Symposium taking place March 3 at Fairmont University. To be picked to present work at this selective academic event, students submitted literary research … Read More

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Feb. 27, 2018 — Student researchers took their facts and figures on the road as they participated in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol recently. Nine students from psychology, biology, and education shared their research with legislators and others in state government on Feb. 16. The annual Charleston event is … Read More