WVU has removed references to sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, and gender expression from its non-discrimination statement.

Old statement: safety.wvu.edu/safety-on-ca...

New statement: campusengagement.wvu.edu/compliance

Wheeling Intelligencer/Ogden Newspapers editorial on the lack of transparency in the WVU presidential search process www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/edit...

The new WVU president is very much a professional college president in the mold of Gordon Gee.

Remember a week and a half ago when the @WestVirginiaU BOG VP talked about getting the presidential candidates to answer questions from Faculty Senate?

WVU's legislative priorities this year seem poorly aligned to the issues the university is facing. governmentrelations.wvu.edu/under-the-do...

WVU killed Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This e-mail just went out to all employees.

USPS is releasing an Appalachian Trail series of stamps on February 28. WV stamp is Harpers Ferry. VA one is McAfee Knob.

WVU College of Applied Human Sciences dean Autumn Tooms Cypres out, apparently abruptly. They've got a new interim dean.

WVU's #1 accomplishment in 2024: strong credit ratings. wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2024...

Don't have specific campus breakdowns, but enrollment between Potomac State and WVU Tech has fallen 28% this year. Total of 1849 this year versus 2591 last year per www.wvu.edu/about-wvu/wv...

WVU's enrollment numbers were worse than what they used in building their budget projections. Budget assumed 24,990 across system and 23,017 in Morgantown, but actuals were 24,788 across system and 22,939 in Morgantown. First-time freshmen 300 below expectations.

PennDOT traffic camera on I-90 at NY state line has a semi plowed into a snowbank.

I'm not a fan of legislative term limits in general, but the way they've been done in Ohio is a particularly bad example. There's no limit on total terms, just consecutive terms, so you've had legislators bouncing back and forth between houses for 30+ years. www.cantonrep.com/story/news/p...