MORGANTOWN — Four promising West Virginia University doctoral students, including one from Wetzel County, are continuing their academic journeys with support from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program.

Proctor resident Dylan Nice joins Ayers Aguiar, Abyss Halley and Damon LeMaster as this year’s fellows. Each student will receive a $34,000 stipend, a $2,000 travel grant and a tuition waiver to allow them to advance their research at WVU.

Established in 2011 by the Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust, the fellowship provides financial support that allows incoming doctoral-level scholars to dedicate themselves fully to expanding their studies and using their research to benefit the people of WVU, the nation and the world.

Since the Ruby Fellows program’s inception, a total of 57 stud

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