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WVU's eighth annual Colloquium for Aspiring Doctoral Candidates runs Sunday through Tuesday (Sept. 14-16) on the Downtown Campus. Some 40 students from Ohio to Ghana are expected for the gathering. Jason Staples, a doctoral student in education leadership, made his first visit to campus two years ago during the colloquium. "When you come to WVU, you going to be really surprised at all the degree offerings, and you're going to be amazed at the diversity," he said.
Seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the University community is uniting today to remember victims. Following student tradition, a West Virginia evergreen and bronze 9/11 plaque near the Downtown Campus Library will be illuminated. Students, employees and community members are invited to post messages of remembrance at http://sga.wvu.edu/blog2. The WVU Division of Theatre and Dance, meanwhile, will present a play with 9/11 and Iraq war themes Sept. 12-21 in the Creative Arts Center.
John Carlos, who staged a "silent protest" against racism at the 1968 Summer Olympics, will headline the "Re-examining the Place of Race in Sports" forum at 11 a.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom of the WVU College of Law. The WVU College of Law Sports and Entertainment Law Society is sponsoring the event. "Who better to talk about the important role that sports can play in combating discrimination and inequality than Dr. John Carlos, who famously risked his athletic career by raising a black-gloved fist on the medal stand during the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City to protest the oppression of African-Americans in the United States?" said andré douglas pond cummings, WVU professor of law, who will also take part in the discussion.
"WE GO!" is the name of a new initiative aimed at reducing traffic congestion and parking demand on campus and helping students and employees save on fuel costs. During Transportation Week Sept. 15-19 at WVU, the University will roll out different activities to promote alternative forms of getting around WVU. Services include free use of Mountain Line buses and the PRT, an online car-pooling site that matches employees who commute to campus and an employee van-pool program for long-distance commuters. A car-sharing program for students and employees to rent cars on a short-term basis will be implemented at the start of the spring semester.
A panel of nationally known media professionals will discuss the impact of digital media on the 2008 presidential election in an interactive, public forum, "The Bloggers, the Campaign and the Future of Journalism," Monday, Sept. 15. The event, sponsored by the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism and the National Press Club, will begin at 7 p.m. at the club's Holeman Lounge in Washington, D.C. It will be broadcast live via satellite to WVU's National Research Center for Coal and Energy building (Room 101 A&B), where students and others can take part in a two-way discussion.
