With more than a decade of experience as a secondary music educator, Cheldon Williams has been named the associate director of bands at West Virginia University.
Williams will become the 13th director of the Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band, effective August 1. He will follow Stephen Lytle, who resigned from the position on May 1.
To the class of 2020, you really know how to make a memorable exit!
Though we cannot share the celebration of your tremendous achievement in person, I want you to know that we are proud of you. We are proud of how you have developed, grown and inspired us. During your somewhat short time on campus, you have witnessed a seismic change in our culture and our world. Now that you have a head-start on life after WVU, I hope you take a moment to reflect on how you are now ready to be a needed catalyst for change in our society. A catalyst that will make meaningful contributions to your new communities.
West Virginia University College of Creative Arts and its schools have selected outstanding seniors from the May 2020 graduating class.
Each school selects their top senior based on merit. The top outstanding senior for the college is then voted on by administrators.
West Virginia University College of Creative Arts has selected the winners of the College’s annual Faculty/Student Mentored Research Awards.
“With 17 applicants across all the Creative Arts disciplines, our students showcased stunning scholarly and creative research at both the graduate and undergraduate levels,” said Mikylah Myers, assistant dean of student artistic achievement. “This yearly exhibit highlights the behind-the-scenes research mentorship of our world-class faculty, and reinforces the goal of a professional mind-set that we want all of our students to have the moment they set foot in the Canady Creative Arts Center.”
West Virginia native singer-songwriter Bill Withers died Monday, March 30, in Los Angeles from complications related to heart disease.
Known for such songs as “Lean on Me,” “Just the Two of Us,” and “Lovely Day,” Withers was born in Slab Fork, West Virginia on July 4, 1938, and spent much of his young life in Beckley. Withers received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University in 2017.
When students return to campus, the beloved home of the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts will have a new name in honor of a leadership gift from the Valerie Canady Charitable Foundation. Beginning today, the former Creative Arts Center on WVU’s Evansdale campus will be known as the Loulie, Valerie and William Canady Creative Arts Center.
The newly established Canady Fund for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts will provide for arts programming, educational enrichment opportunities, building improvements and discretionary support to benefit students, faculty and staff within the College of Creative Arts.