What WVU Learned from the Pandemic
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
WVU Today
MORGANTOWN - Under the quiet surface of near-stilled campuses over the past year, West Virginia University researchers, faculty and administrators have scrambled to learn more about COVID-19 and mitigate its spread, calculated how to teach online and hybrid classes and figured out how to better ensure people on those campuses could remain safe from the virulent disease that has killed more than 500,000 U. S. citizens to date.
In keeping with its land-grant mission, WVU shared its findings with the state of West Virginia and has discovered paths for future endeavors so that ultimately, students on the Morgantown, Keyser and Beckley campuses will benefit from the pandemic’s lessons.
Berea City School District begins diversity, inclusion efforts Beth Mlady, cleveland.com
BEREA, Ohio In compliance with a Board of Education resolution passed unanimously last July, the Berea City School District has begun creating task forces to address diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ).
Marissa Wissman of the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio began partnering with the district in January and spoke at the board’s March 1 work session.
The first DEIJ steering committee meeting took place Feb. 18. Efforts in March include determining the scope of work and discovering the unique qualities of the city and district. The design phase is slated for May, with a plan to guide future actions anticipated for June.
West Virginia University leaders, as well as representatives from Kroger Mid-Atlantic and Kraft Heinz, met in the Great Room of the Morgan House on Wednesday to unveil the relocation and