The university is partnering with Virginia Tech and other institutions for the Department of Energy’s Expand Appalachia Project, specifically to help characterize the region’s critical minerals.

West Liberty University and West Virginia University Extension Service have partnered on a grant project that will promote and expand urban forestry in Wheeling, West Virginia.

The grant comes via the Strengthening Community Colleges (SCC) Training Grant initiative of the US Department of Labor.

The $20 million grant, which was awarded to the Tickle College of Engineering, will go toward developing materials for nuclear fusion.

The grant comes from the National Institute of Mental Health and will give university researchers the opportunity to study what causes the neurological disorders that arise from long COVID.

The grant from the Mellon Foundation will provide the school with five years of funding to give humanities majors students paid internships.

The partnership includes reduced tuition for Town of Greeneville employees and their dependents to attend Tusculum University and many opportunities for the town to take advantage of university resources.

Motlow State Community College has been authorized as a Certified Training Center for Mitsubishi and can now offer Mitsubishi Electric Automation courses.

Participants in the teacher education pathway will receive a teaching license as well as a master’s degree, and then will become an educator in one of the Metro Nashville Public School district’s high-need areas.

Funding for the project comes via federal and state sources and the total cost of the project is $63 million.