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A special fundraising initiative launched this week urges West Virginia University alumni, donors and friends to help boost emergency unrestricted scholarship support for students facing unprecedented need due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

^{WVU's 2020 Order of Augusta honorees (top row, left to right): Noor Dahshan, Thaiddeus Dillie, Abigail Kaufman, Caroline Leadmon. (Bottom row, left to right): Morgan McCardell, Kristin Ruddle, David Sokolov, Lindsey Zirkle.}

An anonymous donor’s gift will ensure that, although they aren’t on campus, students enrolled at West Virginia University can reach out to the Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services through a 24/7 crisis text line to receive immediate assistance from a live, trained counselor – especially if they feel overwhelmed by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

West Virginia University supporters are being asked to step up for students Tuesday, May 5, during #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity created to help meet the unprecedented need caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three exceptional West Virginia University faculty members have been honored with the University’s 2020  Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching . This year’s honorees are: 

The Art Museum of West Virginia University will soon transition one of its two galleries into a dynamic, rotating installation of objects from its nearly 5000-object permanent collection.