With back-to-school season in full swing, parents might want to think twice about posting “first day of class” photos of their youngsters on social media, based on West Virginia University research.
While the posting of children’s photos — also known as “sharenting” — may seem like a fun and easy way to share, studies by Laurel Cook, a social marketing and public policy researcher, show that sharing such information poses significant risks.
Dedication to bettering the Mountain State earned six West Virginia residents the Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship helping them to continue graduate study in their chosen fields.
Data analytics is a team science and here at West Virginia University that is exactly what members of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics are instilling in the minds of our students, our community members and our state through our Business Data Analytics program.
At John Chambers College of Business and Economics, you can CLIMB– Connect, Lead, Innovate, Motivate, Belong–to the top.
College is often scary at first as you are settling into your new home with approximately 29,000 students on campus. However, it doesn’t have to be.
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Our faculty and staff are always doing amazing things. View the latest Department Digest to see what they have been up to and catch what they’re saying in the media.
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ryan Angus, had his research paper accepted for publication in Small Business Economics. The title of his paper is – "Distinguishing Unpredictability from Uncertainty in Entrepreneurial Action Theory.”
Twelve West Virginia University students will expand their educational horizons this summer through study abroad programs provided by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
Created and funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Gilman Scholarship is a competitive national award for undergraduate students interested in opportunities abroad. Since the scholarships inception in 2004, 88 WVU students have benefitted from the program.
The Hayhurst family is renewing its commitment to keep West Virginia students in
the Mountain State with three gifts to support full-ride scholarships at
West Virginia University's
John Chambers College of Business and Economics and
the new College of Applied Human Sciences.
The family’s latest contributions – totaling $873,000 – support one new and two existing scholarships established to honor brothers Robert, Robin and Ronald Hayhurst and their shared passion for WVU.
West Virginia University has released its Spring 2022 Dean’s and President’s lists, as well as the full list of graduates for the spring semester.
Altogether, 6,008 students earned honors during the spring semester.
In today’s post-pandemic world, strained global supply chains have emerged as a new norm. But in the case of prescription opioids, namely oxycodone and hydrocodone in the early 2000s, that supply chain flowed freely without any kinks.
This is in part due to the influence of supplier pool pressure on pharmacy participation in oversupply, according to research conducted by Ednilson Bernardes, professor and program coordinator of global supply chain management at the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.