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A West Virginia University alumna is expanding opportunities for future students to gain hands-on research experience with gifts to her alma mater totaling $2.15 million.

Teaching assistant professor Omar Al-Shebeeb, from the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has been named the North Central Section 2025 Early Career Outstanding Educator by the American Society for Engineering Education.

On Sunday May 18, 432 new Statler alumni join an elite group of innovators and leaders around the globe. The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources awarded diplomas to 371 undergraduates and 61 grad students, helping them begin their careers and transitions to creating positive change in the world.

Eight remarkable members of the West Virginia University Class of 2025 who have distinguished themselves through academic excellence and by making significant contributions on campus, across the Mountain State and beyond have been honored with the Order of Augusta, the most prestigious University student award.

The West Virginia University Student Employee Appreciation Committee proudly recognizes Chayce Hill, a junior chemical engineering major, and Nishat Alam, a doctoral student in industrial engineering, as the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year and Graduate Student Employee of the Year, respectively. 

A brotherly bond and desire to give back will provide scholarship opportunities for students at the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

Pedro Mago, Glen H. Hiner Dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, announced the winners of the College’s outstanding teaching, advising, faculty, graduate student researchers and staff awards for the 2024-2025 academic year on April 11, 2025.

Ashish Nimbarte, professor and chair of the industrial and management systems engineering department in the Statler College of Engineering Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, has been named director of Statler College Online Programs. His appointment began March 2025.

Beth (Gochenour) Correll, former supply chain and finance leader at The Hershey Company and founder of Step Function Coaching, will deliver the annual Gochenour Lecture in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering on Friday, April 4 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in room 414 of Evansdale Crossing on the Evansdale Campus. 

Pedro J. Mago has been reappointed to his administrative post as Glen H. Hiner Dean of the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University for another five-year term.