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West Virginia University Extension’s Energy Express program has been awarded a $50,000 Sparking Early Literacy Growth grant, a statewide initiative to enhance literacy instruction for elementary-aged children. The grant was made possible by the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.  

The West Virginia University Extension Fire Service is bringing crucial training to first responders in the region with the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Training Educator (HEVTE). The HEVTE is a heavily modified hybrid vehicle used to demonstrate proper safety protocol for first responders in emergencies.

As a new academic year starts, West Virginia University Jackson’s Mill invites homeschool youth to attend “homeschool days”, an event for homeschool youth in grades K-12 in West Virginia.  

A West Virginia University Extension 4-H camp received a donation of 52 complete bed sets including mattresses, head and foot boards and bed frames valued at $33,000 to be used at Camp Barbour, a 4-H camp in Barbour County. The donation came from Battlers Knob LLC, a rental space company that took over the old campus of Alderson Broaddus University. 

Jamie Carrier, nutrition outreach instructor with the West Virginia University Extension Family Nutrition Program, never knows who will walk into her Thursday class at Harrison County’s SPOKES program.  

It’s time to fly our West Virginia University flags in Fairlea at the 2024 State Fair of West Virginia. Together, WVU and WVU Extension will be showcasing the best of our state’s flagship during the Fair on Aug. 8-17.

Carrie See recently began her position as the West Virginia University Extension agriculture and natural resources agent and assistant professor in Preston County. Growing up in Preston County and having previously worked for WVU Extension, See brings knowledge and experience to this position.

See previously worked as the agriculture and natural resources agent, program assistant and visiting instructor for Preston County, and as a program coordinator for the WVU Extension Small Farm Center .

A familiar face among West Virginia University Extension, Jesica Streets has returned as the agriculture and natural resources agent and assistant professor in Tucker County.

After a stint working outside of the county, Streets was eager to return to work in the community where she and her family live and continue serving those around her.

Jessica Hoover is the newest addition to the West Virginia University Extension team in Pendleton County, where she recently began her position as an agriculture and natural resources agent and assistant professor. 

While Hoover comes from a career as an underwriter, she has agricultural roots that span much further. Growing up on a beef cattle farm in Franklin, West Virginia, and being raised in both 4-H and FFA, she knew she wanted to work in the agriculture industry her whole life.