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    WV STEM Database Collection

    Sean Harwell 2020-07-28
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    Student Voice: Front and Center at First2

    Since the beginning of the First2 Network, students have been full partners in figuring out how improve student success in STEM. Just as they inform…

    Sue Ann Heatherly 2020-07-08
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    Using Data to Guide Strategic Activities for the Network

    Making sure that our activities are evidence-based and data driven is a First2 Network priority, and folks have been working hard to make sure that…

    Sue Ann Heatherly 2020-06-19
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    First2 Newsletter June 2020

    First2 Network announces new members, student successes, news, happenings and opportunities for you in this edition of the Newsletter. Read on! Table of Contents Statement…

    First2 Network 2020-06-10
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    Statement of Solidarity from First2 Network

    First2 Network is dedicated to the success of rural, first-generation STEM students and other underrepresented populations in STEM. In light of the unrest arising from…

    First2 Network 2020-06-09
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    Dr. Gay Stewart Authors Physics Text

    First2 member and WVU Professor Dr. Gay Stewart was recently recognized for long-form scholarship at WVU in her authorship of the textbook "College Physics for the…

    Michelle Richards-Babb 2020-04-28
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    Dr. Rita Rio wins Outstanding Student Club Advisor!

    Congratulations to Dr. Rita Rio for winning WVU Outstanding Club Advisor! She leads the First2 Network Campus Club!

    Kathryn Williamson 2020-04-28
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    WVU First2 Club Advisor Professor Rita Rio recognized for protecting living collection during quarantine

    Read The Conversation on how WVU Biologist and Faculty Advisor to the WVU First 2 Club, Dr. Rita Rio, is keeping important biodiversity alive during…

    Kathryn Williamson 2020-04-27
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    First2 Students Present at WVU’s Virtual Symposium

    Hello: West Virginia University's 4th Annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium is now live! The symposium is an opportunity to celebrate undergraduate scholarly activity (research/creative endeavors) from WVU students and…

    Michelle Richards-Babb 2020-04-16
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    Successful Virtual Conversation on First Gen Issues (See the Video)

    First-generation college students and their student allies enrolled in the WVU Honors College's Ambassadors for Change class at West Virginia University hosted a Virtual Conversation…

    Michelle Richards-Babb 2020-04-14
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