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Foot and ankle pain no longer means a long drive. Vandalia Health Foot & Ankle now treats patients in four central West Virginia towns — Buckhannon, Cowen, Elkins and Philippi — part of the network long known as Davis Health System. Read more →
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Melody Calkins and Tyree Archer were crowned West Virginia Wesleyan College’s 2026 homecoming royalty before the October 10 game against Fairmont State. The Bobcats won 34-16.
Buckhannon’s Graci Ketterman ’27, a nursing major, was among the senior attendants on the court, according to a release from the college.
Wesleyan President James Moore and first lady Jessica Moore presented the crowns at center field. Both honorees, members of the class of 2027, belong to the Bobcat Competitive Dance Team.
Calkins, of Elkins, studies graphic design with a minor in dance. Her campus roles include layout editor of The Pharos and vice president for communications and campus relations in Zeta Tau Alpha.
Archer, of Clayton, Delaware, studies public service and sociology. He holds vice presidencies in Student Senate and Chi Phi Delta Xi Fraternity and belongs to the Black Student Union.
The senior attendants also included Belington’s Emily Dennison ’27, who studies accounting with a criminal justice minor, and Elkins’ Sophia Shoemaker ’27, who studies biochemistry with minors in psychology and human biology.
Fort Ashby’s Kent Niland ’27 joined the court as a triple major in political science, criminal justice and sociology.
Fellow senior attendant Laura Gatewood ’27 studies psychology and religious studies, focusing on Christian formation and liturgy. Kanaan Abbas ’27, of Marysville, Ohio, studies exercise science.
Two applied physics majors rounded out the senior attendants: Robert Bailey ’27, of Tacoma, Washington, and Sneha Sundaraneedi ’27, of India.
Three students served as class attendants: Madelyn Lambert ’30, of Elkins, studying nursing; Heath Gilliam ’29, of Fayetteville, studying marketing; and Trey Greer ’28, of Ripley, studying political science and public service administration.
