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Discover Maritimes Coastal Wonders
August 25 - September 4, 2024

Here's our group of retirees at dinner upon their arrival in Nova Scotia on our Collette Tour.  Two are missing from our photo. The tour started in Halifax where they visited Peggy’s Cove, Mahone Bay, and the beautiful Lighthouse Route to Lunenburg.  On Cape Breton Island, they explored the Cabot Trail and enjoyed a picnic lunch in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. From there they traveled to Prince Edward Island where they visited the Anne of Green Gables museum along with the Prince Edward Island National Park. Then to New Brunswick where they saw Hopewell Rocks and the flowerpot-shaped rocks carved by the Fundy times. The tour ended in Saint John with a traditional lobster feast. And that’s just the highlights.  There was lots more to see in between and several options along the way.

FireFly Farms
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Retirees visited FireFly Farms in Accident, Maryland, on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.  FireFly Farms offers artisan cheeses, fine wines, and more.  They use goat's milk and cow's milk from local farmers to produce the cheeses. There was also  an opportunity to check out the wines and the market cafe.
There were other things to do along the way like the Rolling Pin Bakery and an ice cream shop.

Black Bears Game
Friday, July 26, 2024

Retirees saw the ballgame and enjoyed fireworks at the Kendrick Family Ballpark at the Monongalia County Baseball Complex on Friday, July 26, 2024.  Association members and their families watched the West Virginia Black Bears as they took on the New Jersey Trenton Thunder. A discounted ticket and a section of seats was reserved for WVURA members and their guests to sit together to watch the game and cheer on the team.

Campus Tour
Monday, July 8, 2024

On July 8, retirees went on a campus tour that included the new Business and Economics building, the Health Sciences museum, and the School of Pharmacy museum. 

Retirees met at the Mountaineer Mall to board the tour bus that took them to their first stop at Reynolds Hall.  Dean Josh Hall  led the tour of the new B&E building and did an excellent job in describing the progressive building and programs.  You can see the ticker tape in the photo running above a room in the new building. 

After the tour, retirees traveled to their lunch stop before continuing on to the William A. Nash Museum of the Health Sciences and then the Cook-Hayman Pharmacy Museum.  Both museums represent their areas exceptionally well and our guides were very well versed in explaining what was their.  We could have spent more time at both places.  

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