MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A combination of Morgantown residents across multiple generations and West Virginia University students joined together to celebrate a time-honored tradition in the heart of the downtown campus.

Close to 1,000 people gathered around Woodburn Circle early Tuesday night despite temperatures reaching near below freezing, where they celebrated the lighting of Woodburn Hall, which took place for the first time in over a decade.

WVU President Michael T. Benson was on hand for the ceremony, where he was joined by a patient from WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s, to take part in the ceremony.

Hundreds of students who were not even in middle school the last time holiday lights covered Woodburn Hall were in attendance, as well as Morgantown area families that brought their chil

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