WVU in the News: Exercise physiology conditions first-generation student to give back to the Mountain State

Alexis Cipoletti’s fears of attending college as a first-generation student from a rural West Virginia community evaporated when she toured West Virginia University as a high school student. Now ready to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology (December 2025), she’s excelled beyond her expectations and is prepared for her next WVU journey — a seat in the physician assistant graduate program.

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