The University welcomed more than 4,200 new graduates as part of the 143rd Commencement ceremonies. Each graduate also received their first WVU Alumni Magazine which features "Big" things happening at WVU. Congrats Class of 2012! View the Alumni Magazine Online
Hundreds of graduating seniors enjoyed reminiscing and celebrating their success with friends as part of the 2012 Senior Send-off, A Zero-Year Reunion held at The Erickson Alumni Center during dead week. The event, hosted by WVU Student Affairs and the WVU Alumni Association, included entertainment, a scavenger hunt, prizes, food and fun. Congratulations to the Class of 2012!
You may be taking your last walk around campus before starting the next leg of your journey, but you don't have to leave WVU behind... No matter where you go, the WVU Alumni Association is your lifelong connection to your alma mater. Learn more about your opportunities at: alumni.wvu.edu/new-grad
Alumni, fans, and family joined together to honor Jack Fleming, the Voice of the Mountaineers for decades. His legacy lives on at The Erickson Alumni Center. Fleming Corner, a special area in our alumni home, includes memorabilia, walls decorated with some of Jack's best play-by-play notes, and a special bronze statue created by WVU alumnus Jamie Lester. Jack's brother, the late John Fleming, wanted a place for fans to enjoy some of Jack's best moments, and how fitting that it be in the area of the alumni center closest to Mountaineer Field.
Congratulations to the Class of 2012, including our newest international alumni. Graduates and their families enjoyed a special celebration at The Erickson Alumni Center. Mountaineer Jonathan Kimble greeted guests and led cheers of "Let's Go Mountaineers!" Nearly 200 international students will receive undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Singing Country Roads at the end of games, cheerleading and winning the Fiesta Bowl are just a few of Nesha Sanghavi's happy moments at
West Virginia University. However, the 25-year-old also remembers having to cut sleeves and tie knots out of the gold and blue t-shirts that fans wore to make them look feminine.It was WVU that inspired her to take a risk and do something she loved. So, she started from "scratch," sewing apparel to look more feminine.
The end product: University Girls Apparel.
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Congratulations to the 2012 Order of Vandalia honorees (l to r): Edna Bennett Pierce, Alison Deem, Paul Farmer and Ben Statler. These men and women have provided extraordinary service and dedication to West Virginia University.
After earning his bachelor's degree in marketing in 2004, Shimrock was granted a sponsorship from First Descent to do something that has never been done before. His goal: to be the first ever to climb Mt. McKinley in Alaska and kayak its rivers to sea. Read More
Traveling around the world, Mountaineers are likely to run into someone donning the Flying WV. David Funderburk ('67, '73, '83) took it one step further as he carried the gold and blue under the sea during a dive in Belize.
