Between them, faculty at West Virginia University have hundreds of degrees and areas of expertise. Some of them also have “hidden talents” they use to engage others through community service and create beauty in different ways.
With debate swirling around education – how it's delivered, who pays for it, its role and/or worth in society – would-be teachers need all the preparation for the part of teaching that isn't directly related to their subject matter. That's where education Teaching Performance Assessment, or edTPA, comes in, and this fall, most teacher candidates in WVU's College of Education and Human Services will be required to participate in the performance-based assessment that will help them be more prepared for the classroom.
As part of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy program, talented high school students from across West Virginia are at WVU this week to learn from University faculty (and each other) about research and health.
To help small communities manage their water utilities, West Virginia University is offering a free workshop entitled, “Sustainable Management of Rural and Small Water and Wastewater Systems.” The workshop will be held Friday, August 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Days Inn & Suites Conference Center in Flatwoods.
West Virginia University’s soon-to-be-open China Portal will be an academic embassy and promote WVU to interested groups, while working on research, alumni relations, education abroad, recruitment and academic development.
The Statler College will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the weeks of June 25. Growing Roots in STEM, a camp for female high school students, will give campers the opportunity to design and build hands-on engineering projects, tour industry facilities and work in teams and with professionals to learn about career paths and opportunities within STEM. Engineering Around the World, for middle school-aged children, will take campers from Japan to India to Brazil as they explore bridge building, dam construction and wind turbines.
To prevent summer learning melt, West Virginia University’s Outward Bound provided a three-week summer program, allowing local high school students a first-hand look at what college is really about. This Friday, students will present their case studies in Forensic Anthropology.
West Virginia students are studying the mix of STEM and humanities, good business practices and entrepreneurship at West Virginia University this summer in two three week programs, Governor’s Honors Academy and the Governor’s School of Entrepreneurship.
The Statler College will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the week of July 9. Engineering in Action, a co-ed camp for high school students, focuses on how engineering can be applied to the sports world. Also for high school students, Engineering in Sustainability will focus on energy problems and solutions.
A team of artists, chemists and engineers from WVU and three other universities used their talents to create an interactive rotating sculpture now on display at the WVU Evansdale Library. The piece is the result of the Community Engagement of Science through Art program.