August

WVU Tech at the 2010 WV State Fair

The weekend of August 13-15, WVU Tech faculty, staff, and students joined WVU in the 2010 WV State Fair festivities. WVU Tech nursing students provided free blood pressure readings to fair spectators, while chemistry professor, Dr. Hasan El-Rifai, discussed renewable fuel alternatives with the audience. Tech volunteers distributed more than 1,200 drawstring bags (stuffed with WVU Tech major information) to students at the fair. The event provided a great opportunity to showcase Tech’s outstanding academic programs and upcoming alumni and athletic events.

WVU Tech receives $1.7 million federal grant to fund Student Support Services

West Virginia University Institute of Technology has once again been selected to receive federal funding from the Department of Education under the Student Support Services Program to provide academic and other support services to low-income, first-generation or disabled students to increase post-secondary educational opportunities.