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WVU Libraries thanks retiring librarians & celebrates their combined 70 years of service

Hilary Fredette, Director, Access Services; Martha Yancey, Associate Director, Access Services and Virginia Desouky, Student Success & Instruction Librarian, will retire after a combined 70 years of service as librarians to WVU Libraries.

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Wrap the semester at WVU Libraries with wellness tools & resources

Release end of semester stress and take advantage of our spaces, self-care resources, streaming portals, games and more.

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WVU Libraries welcomes digital collections archivist

Patrick Burden has joined the West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) as the Digital Collections Archivist.

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Two Students Receive Dean of Libraries’ Student Arts Award

The Art in the Libraries Committee and Dean of Libraries Karen Diaz selected Lilly Adkins, a junior double majoring in painting and sculpture, and Kieah Hamric, a sophomore majoring in graphic design, to receive theDean of Libraries’ Student Arts Award.

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WVRHC Receives Sixth NEH Grant to Digitize Historical Newspapers

The West Virginia and Regional History Center received a $162,155 grant — its sixth from the National Endowment for the Humanities — to continue digitizing newspapers published in West Virginia from 1791 to 1927.

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Neal Museum opens exhibit on the resilience of WV’s healthcare workers

Neal Museum invited West Virginia healthcare workers to submit objects that represented their personal story of resilience and avoiding burnout. The resulting exhibit, “Getting Through: Healthcare Worker Resilience in West Virginia,” is now on display.

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