The Athenaeum (Athe-a-nay-um) has a long tradition of serving the students, faculty, and staff of West Virginia University.
The publication began in 1887 as a literary magazine when classics were popular in college study, hence the name which refers to the forum in ancient Athens where oratory and debate took place.
[4] Over the years, the Athenaeum has improved and grew larger, and hundreds of journalism students worked as reporters and editors.
This announcement came not long after WVU hired Adell Crowe to head up student media at the school.
In 2022, Madison Fleck Cooke was hired as the current director of WVU Student Media and main advisor to the paper.
Appointments to these positions are made by a committee of journalism professors at the school, full-time staff members at the newspaper and students.