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WVU Values Coin History

Background

The WVU Values Coin program is designed to recognize faculty and staff who embody our Mountaineer Values and go above and beyond to bring our land-grant mission to life.

  • The program began in 2017 as part of West Virginia University’s 150th anniversary celebration.
  • Throughout 2017, senior leaders awarded 150 commemorative coins to faculty and staff who make our campus community a better place by living our core values of Service, Curiosity, Respect, Accountability and Appreciation.
  • Although it originally was intended to last only one year, the program proved to be popular among faculty and staff, so it has continued in subsequent years.
  • Beginning in 2018, in addition to those coins presented by senior leaders, coin recipients from the previous year were provided a new coin and instructed to “pay it forward” to other faculty and staff who make a difference at our University. This process continues to this day.

Design Process

  • Beginning in 2020, the entire campus community was invited to select the following year’s coin design through an online voting process.
  • Three unique potential design choices are presented each fall, and faculty, staff and students choose their favorite.
  • The three design options are created with input from faculty and staff who were prior WVU Values Coin recipients.
  • Input for the design options is gathered as part of a Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM) Fellowship, which takes place each fall.

WVU Values Coin Designs

Blue background with the top of Woodburn Hall in icon format with 150 Years below

2017		 Blue background with a solid gold shape of WV inside and Mountaineer Values wrapped along the edge

2018		 Gold background with a blue shape of WV with the word Home inside and Mountaineer Values wrapped along the edge

2019		 Icon motif of someone helping someone else climb a steep cliff, with a sunrise in the background and Mountaineer Values wrapped around the edge

2020
Icon motif of Woodburn Hall on a sunny day and Mountaineer Values wrapping the edge

2021		 Gold geometric shape of West Virginia encapsulated by a blue geometric background

2022		 Gold etched background with the words Montani Semper Liberi above a mountaintop

2023