WVU alumnus Charles Vest is President of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
WVU alumna Vivien Woofter led the restoration of the Hôtel de Talleyrand for the U.S. State Dept. The building is used for diplomatic meetings, receptions, conferences, and cultural events.
WVU students Nicco Campriani and Petra Zublasing have both earned spots to compete in shooting for Italy at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Let’s Go Mountaineers!
Check out the statue of basketball icon Jerry West. He has left his mark as a Laker, an Olympian, a West Virginia University Mountaineer, and as the silhouette of the NBA logo. Pretty impressive.
West Virginia University has produced 24 Rhodes Scholars. WVU alumnus Charles Brooke was a member of the first group of American Rhodes Scholars in 1904.
Official commemorative bowls for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing were made by WVU art students in China. WVU has a strong partnership with the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute.
A member of WVU’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni, Dr. Kimberly Weaver is an astrophysicist at Goddard and a noted national and international expert in the field of X-ray astronomy.
