List Of West Virginia University Alumni
This list of West Virginia University alumni includes notable people from published sources that previously attended West Virginia University. Arts and entertainment * Michael Ammar – world-renowned magician; WVU Distinguished Alumni Award winner 2003 * Emily Calandrelli – science communicator, host and producer for Netflix's Emily's Wonder Lab and children's STEM science programming block ''Xploration Station'' * Paul Dooley – actor, writer, comedian * Conchata Ferrell – actress; known for playing Berta the housekeeper on the CBS sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'' * Antoine Fuqua – director of ''Training Day'', ''Shooter'', ''Replacement Killers''; attended, but did not graduate * Steve Harvey – Emmy-winning host of ''Family Feud''; attended, but did not graduate * Cheryl Hines – actress, ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''; attended but did not graduate * Mike Hodge (B.A. in journalism, minor in theater) – actor and actors' labor union executive; former President of SAG-AFT ...
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West Virginia University
West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser, and clinical campuses for the university's medical and school at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston and thEastern Divisionat the WVU Medicine Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Centers. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all 55 West Virginia counties. Enrollment for the Fall 2021 semester was 25,474 for the main campus, while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 28,267. The Morgantown campus offers more than 350 bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs throughout 13 colleges and schools, including that states' only law andental schools The university has produced 25 Truman Scholars, 47 Goldwater Scholars, 88 Gilman Scholars, 70 Fu ...
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Taylor Kinney
Taylor Jackson Kinney (born July 15, 1981) is an American actor and model. He has played Mason Lockwood in ''The Vampire Diaries'', Jared in ''Zero Dark Thirty'', Phil in '' The Other Woman'', and Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Kelly Severide in '' Chicago Fire'', ''Chicago P.D.'' and ''Chicago Med''. Early life and education Taylor Jackson Kinney was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 2000, he graduated from Lancaster Mennonite School. Kinney studied Business Management at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Career Kinney played Luke Gianni on ''Fashion House'' (2006) on MyNetworkTV, and played Glenn Morrison on ''Trauma'' on NBC. Kinney had a recurring role on the supernatural drama ''The Vampire Diaries'', joining the cast during the second season as Mason Lockwood. In 2011, Kinney was featured in Lady Gaga's music video for the song " You and I". In 2012, Kinney landed a starring role on '' Chicago Fire'', a drama series that follows the lives o ...
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Kathleen Noone
Kathleen Noone ( O'Meara; January 8, 1945) is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, ''As the World Turns'' (1975–1976). From 1977 to 1989, Noone played Ellen Shepherd Dalton on the ABC daytime soap opera, ''All My Children''. For this role, she won Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1987. In 1990, Noone moved to prime time, starring as villainous Claudia Whittaker in the CBS series, ''Knots Landing'' (1990–1993). She returned to daytime television as Bette Katzenkazrahi on NBC's '' Sunset Beach'' (1997–1999), for which she received another Daytime Emmy Award nomination. She has had recurring roles on ''L.A. Law'', ''Party of Five'', ''According to Jim'', and ''Dexter''. Life and career Noone was born in Hillsdale, New Jersey to a professional baseball player father. She graduated from University of M ...
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As Seen On TV (marketing)
As seen on TV is a generic nameplate for products advertised on television in the United States for direct-response mail-order through a toll-free telephone number. ''As Seen on TV'' advertisements, known as infomercials, are usually 30-minute shows or two-minute spots during commercial breaks. These products can range from kitchen, household, automotive, cleaning, health, and beauty products, to exercise and fitness products, books, or to toys and games for children. Typically the packaging for these items includes a standardized red seal in the shape of a CRT television screen with the words "AS SEEN ON TV" in white, an intentional allusion to the logo of ''TV Guide'' magazine. Prominent marketers of ''As seen on TV'' products include As Seen on TV, Inc., Time-Life, Space Bag, K-tel, Ronco, and Thane. There are also retail brick-and-mortar and online stores that specifically sell ''As seen on TV'' products. In 1996, "As seen on TV" then moved on to retail, according to A. J. K ...
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PitchMen
''PitchMen'' (original name: ''But Wait...There's More'')"All-New Discovery Series Celebrates the Ingenuity of Inventors and the Art of Selling Their Products – "BUT WAIT… THERE’S MORE" (wt) Premieres in Spring 2009"
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Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channel was the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States, behind now-sibling channel TBS and The Weather Channel; it is available in 409 million households worldwide, through its U.S. flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally. It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment. , Discovery Channel is available to approximately 88,589,000 pay television households in the United States. History John Hendricks founded the channel and its parent company, Cable Educational Network Inc., in 1982. Several investo ...
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Billy Mays
William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, and Zorbeez. His promotions aired mostly on the Home Shopping Network through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc., although they aired on various other syndicated networks. Mays and his business partner, Anthony Sullivan, were also featured on ''PitchMen'', a Discovery Channel television series that documented their work. His distinctive beard, attire, loud voice, and impassioned sales pitches made him a recognized television presence in the United States and Canada. Early life Mays was born on July 20, 1958, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Pittsburgh. He was a student at Sto-Rox High School, and later West Virginia University, where he was a walk-on linebacker on its football team during his two years there. Career ...
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Raue Center For The Arts
Raue is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brigitte Raue, German rower * Christian Raue (1613–1677), German orientalist and theologian *Charles Gottlieb Raue (1820–1896), American homeopathic physician *Tim Raue Tim Raue (born 31 March 1974) is a German chef. He is currently head chef at ''Tim Raue'', a Michelin two-star restaurant in Berlin. Biography Tim Raue grew up in modest circumstances in the Kreuzberg Wrangel neighbourhood in West Berlin. ...