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In Remembrance: Jay Hartwell Coats
Dr. Jay Hartwell Coats – former professor of accounting and dean emeritus of the Chambers College – passed away peacefully on May 4, 2025, in Florida.
“The Cycle of Success”: Community Support Empowers WVU Student Experience
In Reynolds Hall, almost every learning space, student fellowship and research center is named for a donor who gave their time and money to help Chambers College students go further. In fact, Reynolds Hall itself is named for two of those donors.
Securing the Cyber Spotlight
What do cybersecurity and social media have in common? Your first thought may be computers or the internet, but Chambers College alumna Fanta-Marie Toure would have to disagree.
The Legwork of Leadership: A Conversation With Josh Hall
Josh Hall is a hard man to keep up with.
Front of the House: Hospitality Empowered
Eventually, everyone has to relax – and when we do, someone else's work makes that possible.
Assets to the State
This opening line is normally where we’d include a hook to reel our readers in. But you don’t need us to tell you how important money is.
In Remembrance: Jim Denton
Dr. James William Denton, retired professor and longtime Chambers College supporter, passed away on May 14, 2024.
Brad Price: Bringing the Tech Workforce to West Virginia
Less than 100 years ago, a successful business could get by with only pencils, paper
and the occasional calculator. Now, you can’t order a pack of staples without the
help of millions of microprocessors located around the world.
Unchained
These days, a lab filled with computers may not amount to much in the grand scheme of discovery and real-world application.
Chambers College Alumni, Donors Accelerate WVU’s Access Mission Through Career Support
Why do we give?
In the Driver's Seat
Motivation can come from anywhere – from a person, a word of advice, a dream. Sometimes you find it, and sometimes it finds you. It's like the engine in a car: without motivation, the wheels don’t move.
“Let your journey inspire others”: Honoring Albert Lewis
Homecoming is about revisiting the places, the people and the memories that shaped
and inspired us.
Gold and Blue Make Jade
It’s not often that you see a student email with a signature like Jade Porter’s:
In Remembrance: Adolph "Ade" Neidermeyer
The Mountaineer family lost one of its own on May 18, 2023, when Dr. Adolph “Ade” Neidermeyer passed.
Centered on Success: The Becker AeSC gives students their wings
New to West Virginia University as a freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, Bella Randle anticipated one class not fitting too nicely into the equation.
Motivating Mountaineers: Q&A with Morris Morrison
As a prolific public speaker, writer and entertainer, Morris Morrison has come a long way from New York City, where he was adopted and raised before being orphaned again and winding up in Fairmont, West Virginia.
At the Center of It All
In very different ways, four separate centers at the Chambers College keep their vision trained on the future and their priorities laser-focused on career success.
She/Her/Hers
In May 2022, the female students majoring in Management Information Systems at the Chambers College achieved something exceptional: every single one of them got a job by graduation day.
Providing a Fresh Outlook on Life
The Appalachian Region boasts natural, year-round beauty, hardworking individuals and unique cuisine.
The Future of Business is Here
The cycle of life – and rejuvenation and renewal - is not limited to living beings.
Home for the Holidays... and Every Day Thereafter!
An employee’s office space is often a treasured space. Shelves full of literature and research, diplomas and University paraphernalia decorating the wall, and family photos and personalized items from loved ones scattered across the desk. It’s home away from home. No matter how big the room or what color the wall, it’s a comfortable place for no one other than the individual.
Not Your Average Business School
We are not like other business schools. And we don’t want to be.
Driven by Data, Hungry to Help
Have you ever walked into a local business and thought, “Gee, this place sure could use a data scientist?”
The Scoop on Annie Cui
No matter how you slice it, Pizza Hut puts global marketing into perspective.
Bringing a Peace of England to Morgantown
If you live, work or attend college in Morgantown, West Virginia, you immediately think of the Mountaineers when you hear someone mention “football.”
The Economy of Healthy
Nobody gets through childhood without a few scraped knees and sprained ankles. But
could all those injuries determine how much you earn as an adult?
Call on a Business Student When You Need a Hand
A mentor can be many things: an adviser, a supporter, an educator, a cheerleader, a helping hand, a shoulder to lean on, and a friend.
DataRobot gets gritty in West Virginia
Dan Wright has always been a risk taker—"calculated risks,” as he specified.
Steering the Ship to Shore and Beyond
When I came to study for my doctorate at West Virginia University in the mid-2000s as a tall, lanky dark-haired kid with a knack for Pearl Jam (which persists), I never imagined I’d be here more than 15 years later – as the leader of the very college where I earned my stripes.
How Sweet it is... to be a WVU Business Alumna
It is 2015 and a young woman sits in her high school classroom in Willoughby, Ohio, thinking about her college plans. Friends to her left talk about Case Western Reserve University, while friends to her right chat about the University of Cincinnati. It’s almost Halloween and she reaches in her pocket for a mini–Almond Joy candy bar. She eats it and thinks, “maybe biomedical engineering and a career in prosthetics” would do. With scholarship aid, she soon discovered that her college career would take her over the mountain to West Virginia University.
More Than Bricks and Mortar
Real-World Learning to Become the New Norm for Business Education at Reynolds Hall
Tomorrow is what you dream about
The namesakes for Reynolds Hall are driven to push West Virginia and its flagship university over the cusp of transformation.
What do you Bring to the Table?
Much like our business students, our faculty and staff have overcome many challenges during the last two years.
Leading with Empathy
A nation is engulfed in a mental health crisis yet few people are talking about it in the workplace; a pattern that one Chambers College professor is hoping to change.
Going the Distance
Olufunmilayo “Fumi” Odeniyi thought she was leaving Lagos, Nigeria and heading to the western part of Virginia for college. However, where she landed instead was Almost Heaven.
Numbers + People = Success
Growing up in Charleston, West Virginia, Rob Painter (B.S. Finance, '93) flipped through the local paper to check the stock prices.
Wisdom from the Trenches
Ann Marie Hibbert, associate professor and finance Ph.D. program coordinator, looks at the world of finance through a different lens — one tinted by psychology as much as math.
The Finance Fast Track with Naomi Boyd
The Chambers College Finance department is on the fast track to the future. Fred T. Tattersall Chair and Center for Financial Literacy and Education Executive Director Naomi Boyd explains five ways her team is moving mountains to propel WVU students and West Virginia Forward.
A Businesswoman with a Briefcase and a Bed Sheet
Sierra Wallizer, a 2011 marketing alumna, has you covered with her new product: Kite Linens, bed sheets that never get untucked.
Running with Reyes: Imagineering Through Uncertainty
Milan Puskar Dean Javier Reyes knows we can learn a thing or two in a post-pandemic world from Disney and the Imagineers.
The Plan is a Moving Target
This recent business graduate aimed high for a job in the field of his first love. Will Anti earned the designation of youngest rifle coach in NCAA history.
Topping off the Future
Construction of Reynolds Hall chugged along despite the pandemic as the final beam was placed atop the structure in September.
Mr. Smith Goes Home
We captured a day with Intuit executive Brad Smith, who roamed campus in early March. The visit made a lasting impression – so much that he and his wife gave WVU $25M.
Iconic: The Entrepreneurial Engine of the Chambers Ecosystem
Carnes doesn’t shy away from revealing his propensity for “nerdy engineering stuff” – 3D printers, drones, coding and the like. Gillis, meanwhile, views himself as the pitchman, or salesman, of the tag team.
Coming Back from COVID
When the pandemic hit and left frontline workers and small business owners scrambling for resources, our faculty, staff and students answered the call.
Pursuing Every Passion
After settling into ‘Almost Heaven’ from Pakistan, sophomore double major Pareera Uqaily traded in her rowing uniform for a closet full of power suits.
Gardening, Grilling and Quilting...Oh My!
Here’s how some of your favorite faces around the Chambers College picked up new hobbies and passions this past year.
Managing the Storm
Management expert Olga Bruyaka dishes the details on how businesses big and small can manage the storm of the 2020 pandemic.
Stand Out to Employers in Four Easy Steps
Each year, our Center for Career Development (CCD) guides students to find career support and opportunities that best fit their interests and skills.
In Remembrance: Tim Pearson
The Chambers College honors a former chair and professor of accounting who passed away over the summer.
Global Classroom
Hear from a couple of our students who are taking their education across the world
For Free or Not for Free
Does it pay to offer a free app? That’s the question Stephen He, assistant professor of marketing, is exploring in “Speaking for Free: Word of Mouth in Free- and Paid- Products Settings,” recently published in the Journal of Marketing Research.
A New Story of Economic Hope: Vantage Ventures
ON OCT. 4, 2019, A NEW ENERGY SOURCE LAUNCHED IN WEST VIRGINIA. It isn’t the kind of energy source that fires up your furnace or keeps the lights on.
Reinvention Revolution
John Chambers has a plan to transform WVU and the state of West Virginia: Disrupt, or be disrupted.
Richard Riley
After 15 years spearheading the Chambers College’s forensic and fraud examination program and working on high-profile cases involving everything from terrorism financing to Enron, Richard Riley knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a financial sleuth.
The Cybersecurity Sergeant
A native of Erie, Pa., Paul Coffy is now proud to call himself a Mountaineer.
Running With Reyes: A New Hope
Dean Reyes explains why his ally is the Force and how it might guide the future of the College.
Mountaineers of Silicon Valley
Our alumni leave impressions across the globe, including the tech capital of the world
Anything but Camouflaged
Khadidja Diouf is a daughter, sister, friend, daycare teacher, volunteer, student, mentor, tutor and a specialist in the West Virginia National Guard.
Building Beyond
The year is 1929 and the West Virginia University Downtown area of campus is filled with students, professors and community members watching as they unveil the Field House – the new, on-campus sporting venue.
Greeting Every Opportunity with Open Arms
After growing up in her parents’ business, Emmy Severs was inspired to start her own business halfway through her college career. As an entrepreneurship major, she leaned on her passions and creative skills, and launched a stationary company called Lemon Milk Paper Co.
Need help? Just AeSC!
The Becker Academic Engagement Success Center (AeSC) – named after alumni W. Marston “Marty” and Katherine Becker – supports students through peer-assisted tutoring, mentoring and career coaching, equipping them with real-world professional soft and hard skills so they have a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
On The Board
Rodney Williams, an alumnus of the Chambers College, has been named one of the newest members of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Elected during the November 2022 meeting, Williams will serve a six-year term expiring in 2028.
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