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Meet Our Students and Alumni

Our students are driven to be successful and channel that energy into the many opportunities available to them — internships, organizations, and more. Best of all? They do it while being supported by our top-tier faculty.

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Grady King

Data Science Major

"Data science allows us to extract insights from all kinds of data and analyze it in a way that we can improve how we conduct medicine."

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Nya Feinstein

Data Science, International Studies, and Russian Studies Majors

"The data science program has more than prepared me for graduate school, as well as given me experience transferable to internships."

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Cole Newland

Mathematics and Civil Engineering Dual Major

From Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, Cole was awarded the Herman and Kathryn Moses Scholarship for his work as a student assistant with Campus Recreation.

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Gabriel Cardella

Mathematics Major

"The mathematics major at WVU has allowed me to understand the true complexity, abstractness, and theoretical nature of mathematics."

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Carter Michael Leadmon

Mathematics and Computer Science dual major

"WVU has afforded me with so many opportunities I would not have received at other institutions, and, because of this, I am grateful I chose to be a Mountaineer."

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Luke Hawranick

Mathematics and Computer Science and minor in Statistics

This aspiring math professor and promising researcher has dedicated his summers to exploring techniques to enhance supercomputer efficiency and speed to help solve complex research problems.

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Olga Hawranick

Mathematics Major

"Yes, math has its ups and downs. We hear it all the time. But that’s the learning process. You must first go through a productive struggle..."

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