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Despite a future that is becoming increasingly automated, we know that it’s people who still make a difference. That’s why the College of Applied Human Sciences provides a holistic education that is designed to enrich the whole person – physically, emotionally and intellectually. Our graduates lead the way in impacting the quality of life in the communities in which they live and serve.

The College of Applied Human Sciences is comprised of two schools: the School of Education and Counseling and the School of Sport Sciences. Both schools are committed to academic excellence, a supportive environment focused on student success and pioneering research. The schools combine to create academic programs that are highly relevant in today’s environment which emphasizes personal quality of life.

Applied Means Action

A complete student experience means learning outside of the classroom.

100% of sport management students are placed in professional internships

1000+ hours of experience is what elementary education students gain in real classrooms

600 All School of Counseling students complete a 600-hour internship

In the News

Group photo of participants at a Zimbabwe international sport event, most wearing matching black federation T-shirts, posed in front of a branded S.L.I.Z. and CUT Move banner.

CAHS faculty lead sport management workshop in Zimbabwe

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Gonzalo Bravo and Cindy Lee, professors in the sport management program at West Virginia University, recently delivered a one-day continuing education workshop for sport administrators, teachers, and coaches in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Dominic Viani referees a basketball game, wearing a striped official’s shirt and holding a whistle while watching the court.

Viani returns home to teach but calls his own game

Monday, March 09, 2026

Growing up 20 minutes from Morgantown, Dominic Viani always imagined himself as a Mountaineer. Now a senior in the Physical Education and Kinesiology program, he's preparing for a career in education inspired by a former coach and his grandfather, a longtime physical education teacher. At the same time, Viani is building his own reputation by logging up to seven nights a week as a basketball official while completing his student teaching residency at the very elementary school he once attended as a kid.

Hannah Decanio smiles while holding a West Virginia School Counselor Association Graduate Student of the Year award plaque.

Decanio named WVSCA Graduate Student of the Year

Monday, March 02, 2026

Hannah Decanio, a master’s student in the school counseling program at West Virginia University, was named the 2026 Graduate Student of the Year by the West Virginia School Counselor Association and received the award at the organization’s annual conference Feb. 26–27 at the Waterfront Hotel in Morgantown.

Kelly Ross stands smiling beside a large yellow “P” Pittsburgh Pirates sign at PNC Park, wearing a black dress and posing on a wooden deck near stadium seating.

From PRSA: Kelly Ross Spotlight

Sunday, March 01, 2026

West Virginia University alumna Kelly Ross has built a career in professional sports communications, now serving as manager of internal communications for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In this PRSA feature, she shares insight into how she approaches messaging, audience awareness, and storytelling at the highest level of sport.

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