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Donors to West Virginia University’s second annual Day of Giving on Wednesday, Nov. 14, could see their investment grow immediately thanks to other generous University supporters.

Our University community benefits when you give to WVU. Hear how private support is making a difference in the lives of our students by watching the video above.

You're encouraged to take part in WVU’s second annual Day of Giving this Wednesday – a simple and easy way to help ensure our students, faculty, researchers and patients continue to receive the support they need.

Members of Leah Berhanu’s family were looking for a way to honor her legacy of lending a helping hand to those who needed it. They chose to create the Leah Berhanu Financial Rescue Scholarship at West Virginia University, her alma mater.

In a unique agreement that will provide West Virginia University significant financial and intellectual resources, Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers today (Nov. 9) announced a gift of time, talent and treasure to support a recently announced start-up engine at the College of Business and Economics.

The West Virginia University Reed College of Media has received a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to help strengthen local journalism in West Virginia and preserve it for the future by creating a new ownership pipeline.

Support WVU by making a gift  November 14  during the second annual WVU Day of Giving.

Contributions made on WVU Day of Giving help faculty, staff and students, like Mountaineer Mascot Trevor Kiess.

WVU Extension Service Dean Steven Bonanno announced today the launch of the Centennial Campaign, a $2.8 million fundraising initiative to preserve the treasured history of WVU Jackson’s Mill while providing critical enhancements to ensure it continues to meet the camping, recreation and educational needs for future visitors.

Among the planned improvements are a 6,000 square foot Science Technology Engineering and Math building, designed by Vannostrand Architects PLLC, that will provide hands-on learning in STEM fields; three yurts and a bathhouse to increase capacity by 36 beds; river access points; a high ropes course and zipline; and skeet, trap and rifle ranges to enhance the opportunities for outdoor recreation. 

A scholarship that honors the memory of a young woman whose dream to be a professional dancer was shattered when she died at 25 will help students in West Virginia University's College of Creative Arts live out their own dreams. 

A Morgantown couple who has given back to the University, a successful alumnus engineer, an internationally-known professor, a dedicated residence life employee, and a late director of the Mountainlair are being honored as “Most Loyals” during the 71st Mountaineer Week, a celebration of Appalachian Heritage, Oct. 19-28, on West Virginia University’s campus.