Wheeling Jesuit University News

Some eighth grade students at Youngsville Elementary/Middle School learned of the pressures of a time-sensitive, real life situations as they evaluated a volcano and hurricane and, in the end, saved the residents of Montserrat Tuesday morning.

Interim Wheeling Jesuit University President Davitt McAteer and Teamsters Local 175 official Grover Marion have been honored by the West Virginia Labor History Association.

They are often referred to as the "donor unit," as its members are picked to serve with so many other military units around the world.

Joseph Khoury of Parkersburg is learning about the global market while working in Dubai, a Middle East desert city-state in the news recently for its debt problems.

Wheeling Jesuit University is partnering with a community college to expand its adult higher education programs to southwestern West Virginia.

Dec. 1 is globally recognized as World AIDS Day. It was established by the World Health Organization in 1988.

DILLONVALE a ' Michael and Jada Becher of Dillonvale announce the engagement of their son, Nicholas Jordon, to Jennifer Braum, daughter of David and Susan Braum of Uniontown, Pa.

Patrick Tribett gazed through a jail cell window in the spring of 1993 and watched his Concord University classmates receive their diplomas - just he as thought he would.

Thomas Aquinas College is freezing its tuition rate for next school year, a move colleges across the country are making because of the flagging economy and parents' anxiety about the costs.

Charleston lobbyist Steve Haid plans to withdraw a planned $650,000 gift to his alma mater, Wheeling Jesuit University, because he objects to the abrupt firing of the school's former president, the Rev.

Charleston lobbyist Steve Haid says he's withdrawing a planned gift of $650,000 in money and property to Wheeling Jesuit University, his alma mater.

When Janice Raheem asked City Manager Robert Herron about the best way to contact him, he told her all she needs to do is call or stop by his office.

The Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce recently selected 30 local high school students to take part in this year's Youth Leadership Weirton program.

Kimberly Fox, a certified family nurse practitioner, has joined the medical staff of DirectCare, located at 307 Main St.

Faced with a dwindling field of contenders as well as time constraints, Wheeling Jesuit University's board of directors has pulled the plug on the school's search for a new president.

The Wheeling Human Rights Commission and YWCA Wheeling are hosting a town hall-style meeting titled "Calling for Justice for a Better Wheeling" at 7 p.m. Nov.

In the 1990s, Fr. Thomas F. Gleeson and two other priests were sued for allegedly sexually harassing a seminarian at Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley CA.

Newt Gingrich believes quality universities and hospitals - as well as close proximity to Pittsburgh International Airport - should allow the Upper Ohio Valley's economy to grow over the next 20 years.

A support group for victims of clergy abuse wants Wheeling Jesuit University to suspend one of the school's board members.

West Virginia University's obesity study checked up on local fifth graders today.