Ashton Marra and Jonathan Stoltman officially launched Reporting on Addiction in September 2021 – during National Recovery month. Since then, they have developed curriculum and delivered trainings and presentations to dozens of students and organizations.
Staying in West Virginia wasn’t part of Jenna Stewart’s post-college plan, but advice and opportunities provided by mentors in the WVU Reed College of Media have helped the Fairmont native find her calling in the Mountain State.
It happened just like that. One day after class, "Prof Scat" invited Maria Boyle and Ethan Moore on the adventure trip of a lifetime - interning for the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado.
Emily Corio and Elizabeth Oppe are promoted to full teaching professors, and Joseph Jones was promoted from a visiting assistant professor to a tenure-track position.
Carolyn Bailey Lewis is a native West Virginian who, in 1971, became the first Black woman to graduate from the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism. She reflects on a nearly 40-year career in public broadcasting that includes many "firsts" in this Q&A.
When Mike Clowser (BSJ, 1978) retired last year as the executive director of the Contractors Association of West Virginia, members raised more than $175,000 to fund a scholarship endowment in his name.