Category: Academics

June 19, 2017

Nearby Kentucky and Tennessee students pay in state tuition beginning in fall

Students from Kentucky and Tennessee may attend The University of Virginia’s College at Wise under in state tuition rates if they live within 50 air miles from the Wise campus.   UVa-Wise officials said the move makes geographical sense because more than just state borders connect the region. The counties in Kentucky that are included in the in state tuition area are Bell, Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and Pike. The Tennessee counties include Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and Washington. The cities of Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City are also in the geographical region.   “Our…

June 15, 2017

Norton Community Hospital Auxiliary gifts nursing scholarship to UVa-Wise

Norton Community Hospital Foundation and Norton Community Hospital Auxiliary have provided a boost for a scholarship fund that benefits nursing students at…

December 14, 2016

UVa-Wise, VHCC sign Reverse Transfer Agreement

A reverse transfer agreement that makes it easier for students to complete an associate’s degree after enrolling in a four-year program was…

July 19, 2016

UVA Selects Recent Grads to Boost High School Students Toward College

Those who have just finished their own college experiences are some of the best to guide slightly younger peers to higher education. This idea undergirds the mission of the Virginia College Advising Corps, through…

June 1, 2016

UVa-Wise announces 2016 Dean’s List

VIRGINIA Abingdon Jessica Lauren Barrett Joshua Wayne Blackburn Lauren Leigh Bonney Alexandria Natalie Gayle Battaglia Madison Paige Callis Rachel E Wicks Altavista Donavan James Montague Appalachia Gabriel Lee Dillon Kelcie Jordan Freeman Kody Hunter…

March 21, 2016

Clark to lecture on Legacy of Fascism and War in the Work of Ignazio Silone

Mark W. Clark, the Kenneth P. Asbury Professor of History, will lecture on “The Legacy of Fascism and War in the Work…

August 5, 2015

Compliance Office to launch online reporting system

The UVa-Wise Office of Compliance and Conduct is launching an online reporting system, called “Be Wise, Report It,” for incidents of sexual or gender-based violence. “The system, which will go live on August 7,…

July 27, 2015

UVa-Wise senior begins language research

Madison Adams, a rising senior at UVa-Wise, is spending her summer investigating ways that contact between Mayan and Spanish in the Yucatan…

March 28, 2015

Professor Scalia work in Wall Street Journal

UVa-Wise Professor Christopher Scalia has written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on the value of liberal arts education. In the piece, Scalia asks conservatives to stop bashing the liberal arts. http://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-scalia-conservatives-please-stop-trashing-the-liberal-arts-1427494073?ref=%2Fnews-opinion-commentary

March 27, 2015

UVa-Wise student surveys water treatment and health

Biology major Ran Tao could not locate statistics documenting the relationship between drinking water sources and gastrointestinal disease in the region, so she did her own study as part of undergraduate research. “I have…

March 17, 2015

Message from Provost regarding questions on the modified class schedule

The following message from Provost Sanders Huguenin addresses many  questions regarding the modified class schedule: Q: My classes are all caught up.  Why do I have to have longer class days? Presently, we have…

March 16, 2015

Modified course schedule for UVa-Wise classes

UVa-Wise will utilize a modified schedule for the month of April (March 30-May1.) This schedule will add back lost class sessions due to inclement weather closure. Please view the images below or the .pdf…

March 11, 2015

Investigation of water filtration technique provides clearer educational picture to UVa-Wise student

by Lanna Monday Lumpkins After researching new ways to filter heavy metals from water, senior Dalton Robinson of Woodlawn, Virginia is considering…