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It’s cold in Beckley. The snow isn’t sticking, but it looks like it might soon. Even so, there’s a sense of warmth as students and employees make their way across campus with their bags and boxes of canned goods. It’s not the coffee in their cups. It’s not the layers of scarves and winter jackets and woolen hats. It’s that glow that comes from feeling like you’re part of something bigger. It’s the heart of service that beats in these Golden Bears.

Giving back has always been a cornerstone of the WVU Tech community. As 2019 winds down and the that community looks to a new decade bursting with possibility, they also mark a banner year in service.

After graduating from WVU Tech with a degree in Information Systems, Chedli Ben Hassine moved back to Paris, where he opened the country’s first e-sports gym. In the two years since, he’s earned a master’s in business and refocused his gaming efforts on a new hit app for competitive gamers. Here’s his update on life after Tech in this edition of Golden Bear Dispatch.

After I graduated from WVU Tech in May 2017, I started my company BeGame in France while studying toward a master's degree in one of the top business school in France, Grenoble École de Management. 

WVU Tech student Cody Walker attended a Council for Opportunity in Education study abroad trip to the Netherlands this summer. Here, he reflects on his experience.

Congratulations to the students who were honored with Dean’s or President’s List academic honors for the Spring 2019 term.

The President’s List honors students with an Institutional GPA for the term that is equal to 4.0. Students must have a term institutional GPA that falls between 3.50 and 3.99 to qualify for the Dean’s List. For either list, qualifying students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of coursework and cannot have a “W” and “I.”