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Thanks to extraordinary support from alumni and friends, the WVU Foundation received a record $282.6 million in new gifts and pledges in FY ’24, including 40,849 gifts from 20,350 donors.
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Transforming WVU
Generous donor support is empowering WVU to advance education, healthcare and prosperity
in the Mountain State and beyond.
Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust makes $50 million gift to build new cancer hospital
The cancer care available to West Virginians took a further, dramatic, and positive turn in April with a transformational gift of $50 million to the WVU Cancer Institute.
Read more$7M gift from Hardy family, Nemacolin resort supports students through renewable source
WVU is on the front lines of building leaders in the hospitality industry, thanks to a student-focused gift from a neighboring luxury resort and the family who has shepherded it to success.
Read moreAntero’s $4M gift aids energy education
A $4 million gift from Antero Resources and Antero Midstream is expanding educational opportunities at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources to help train the next generation of petroleum and natural gas engineers.
Read morePetex software gift boosts geology and engineering programs
Future geologists and engineers studying at WVU are using the same advanced software as oil and natural gas professionals thanks to an in-kind gift from Petroleum Experts Limited worth nearly $6.4 million.
Read moreStories of Impact
WVU Day of Giving sets new records for dollars raised, gifts received
Supporters of WVU donated a record $30.4 million in March during the University’s seventh Day of Giving.
Read moreCore family estate gifts strengthen nature, history resources
A late relative of longtime biology professor and local historian Earl L. Core is providing more than $1.8 million to support the study of nature and history in his memory.
Read moreClark Mountaineer Club open at WVU Coliseum
A new, dual-purpose, premium space and training table named the Clark Mountaineer Club opened its doors at the WVU Coliseum. The area is named after Fred and Linda Clark and their family who gave a gift of $3 million for the club's completion.
Read moreSteady support: WVU journalism alumna gives back for 40 years
Now retired with her professional career behind her, journalism grad Janet Shaffron is a lifetime member of the Alumni Association and has been an avid financial supporter of her alma mater, making annual donations for four consecutive decades.
Read moreWHERE THE UNIVERSITY'S DONORS CAME FROM IN FY '24
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HEALTH & MEDICINE
WVU Medicine Children’s to add playground with $500K gift from Hayhurst family
WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital is adding a new playground to support children’s
health and well-being thanks to a $500,000 gift from the Hayhurst family.
W.Va. dentists donate $90K to aid WVU School of Dentistry facilities campaign
Dentists throughout the Mountain State are enhancing oral health care education and
clinical services at West Virginia University by donating the equivalent value
of one procedure per month to upgrade School of Dentistry facilities.
Hoylman family support spurs innovation at WVU Cancer Institute
Inspired by friends who battled cancer, Don Hoylman and his wife, Marcella, first
began giving to the WVU Cancer Institute in the 1980s. Following his passing at the age of 91, the Hoylman family’s generosity continues
to spur innovation at the WVU Cancer Institute.
WVU boosts nursing education to meet workforce demands with $2.6M grant from Bedford
Falls Foundation
The West Virginia University School of Nursing is boosting nursing education opportunities
with a $2.6 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation to address workforce
challenges within the Mountain State and across the nation.