Omar Ibraheem looked over at WVU’s Woodburn Circle late Saturday afternoon with a smile and a nod. It’s Commencement weekend at the state’s flagship university, and handfuls […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Fairmont State, then Saturn? Drone competition next week has out-of-this-world expectations
FAIRMONT — This ain’t your dad’s drone. In other words, the students flying them next weekend at Fairmont State University won’t be using the buzzing crafts for […]
Top of the class: Mountaineer Middle named an ‘Exemplary Practice’ school by the state Department of Education
Say you’re a student at Mountaineer Middle School, and you happen to notice Principal Mike Rogers in your classroom one morning. Or Jennifer Potts, the vice principal. […]
Seniors from Mon and Preston schools named National Merit Scholars
Four high school seniors from Monongalia and Preston’s school districts are now in elite company. They were named National Merit Scholars, the scholarship’s Illinois-based corporation announced Wednesday. […]
State treasurer visits St. Francis to talk about college sweepstakes promotion
Cormac Wentzel was musing on his career path Tuesday afternoon at St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School. “I want to be a scientist,” said the student, […]
Eastwood Elementary is a stop on the ‘Remake Learning Days’ tour
When you’re a student at Morgantown’s Eastwood Elementary School, the whole building is a learning lab – and so is everything else on the other side of […]
Dig in: State Board of Education expected to approve UHS pilot lunch program for a second year
University High School likes its pilot lunch program so much that it’s going back for seconds Wednesday in Charleston. That’s when the state Board of Education meets […]
More than 100 donations (a whole lot more, probably)
Mick Householder was out for blood Friday morning. And the Morgantown chapter of the American Red Cross loved him for it. He even wore a short-sleeve shirt […]
Women’s struggles, achievements chronicled in WVU library collection
Consider the patriarchy and the Republic. Consider how long it took for us to get there — some later than others. Consider that, for many, it still […]
Young writers to be celebrated Friday in Charleston
If you can read, you can learn. Teachers, in general, love saying that. English teachers, however, love attaching another sentence to the adage. Reading, they’ll say, is […]
