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Staff Writer The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley West Virginia Wesleyan College alum John McCuskey gifts the college $1.5 million Monday that will go toward the McCuskey Family Fellowship program. McCuskey speaks to the media while Wesleyan President Dr. Joel Thierstein looks on. BUCKHANNON — West Virginia Wesleyan College announced at a press conference Monday that alumnus John F. McCuskey was donating the largest one-time gift in the school’s 130-year history. The contribution totals $1.5 million and will go toward the creation of a new undergraduate summer research program that ...

Attorney donates $1.5M to WVa college for research program April 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia Wesleyan College alumnus has donated $1.5 million to the school for a new paid research program in science. Charleston attorney John F. McCuskey made the largest one-time gift in the private liberal arts college's 130-year history, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported. At least two freshmen and one sophomore will be chosen each year. Applicants for the summer program at the Buckhannon school must be involved in science programs with a focus on biolog...

W.Va. News Apr 26, 2021 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia Wesleyan College alumnus has donated $1.5 million to the school for a new paid research program in science. Charleston attorney John F. McCuskey made the largest one-time gift in the private liberal arts college’s 130-year history, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported. At least two freshmen and one sophomore will be chosen each year. Applicants for the summer program at the Buckhannon school must be involved in science programs with a focus on biology, chemistry and physics. They can include residents of Appalachia, m...

John F. McCuskey The campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon in the fall. (Photo Provided) CHARLESTON — West Virginia Wesleyan College received the largest one-time gift in its 130-year history for a new program aimed at students pursuing careers in science. John F. McCuskey, an attorney and former justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, donated $1.5 million to West Virginia Wesleyan, a private liberal arts college in Buckhannon, to create the McCuskey Family Fellowship Program. McCuskey, who earned a bachelor’s in mathematics and a minor in physics from ...