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^{Slated for completion in 2021, the 150-bed, nine-story hospital is under construction next to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, which houses existing WVU Medicine Children’s services on its sixth floor.}

^{WVU students Charde De Lestre (left) and Amanda Hammons (right)}

Five of the state’s young emerging leaders have been named to the 2020 cohort of  West Virginia University  Foundation Scholars, the highest academic scholarship the University awards. 

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.}