Hear “Women Speak” on diverse Appalachian identities-- from gender and sexuality, to race and ethnicity, class and ability and religion and region at the Downtown Campus Library’s Milano Reading Room on October 6 from 1-3 p.m. The annual event, created by the Women of Appalachia Project and hosted by West Virginia University Libraries, invites residents of all 420 Appalachian counties to submit writing to be featured.
“Our highly recognized event is in its 25th year, and thousands of business and community leaders from across West Virginia have attended Economic Outlook Conferences hosted by WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research,” said John Deskins, BBER director and WVU economist. “Our conferences provide detailed and reliable forecasts for the national and state economies, analyses of recent national and state trends, and discussion of economic issues of interest. Our standard of excellence for these events is higher than ever, as is our commitment to producing dependable economic forecasting and economic analysis.”
The events are part of the Healthy Living Fair series offered by West Virginia University. Healthcare practitioners and professional students from WVU schools of pharmacy, audiology, speech and language pathology, music therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy will be available at various stations to offer screenings and answer health-related questions.
Participants in the Raising Capital Workshop will learn about the legal options for funding their West Virginia-based business and how to meet regulatory requirements. They will also learn more about crowdfunding and free legal services and resources.
The West Virginia University Women’s Business Center will host entrepreneur, Matt Nelson, owner of @WeRateDogs, who will speak about his start-up success story.
PARK(ing) Day, an annual, global event that promotes the importance of urban green spaces by encouraging students, designers and community members to transform metered parking spaces into temporary small parks, or parklets.
A West Virginia University student and his international team are working to develop a new source of natural gas that would allow local production. By-products of the source materials—wheat straw, mushrooms and beans—could be used as fertilizer, making the product both environmentally friendly and sustainable. Hasan Ul Banna, an electrical engineering student, and his team won first place at the third annual Student Congress hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Power and Energy Society for their innovative idea.
The West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and WVU Extension Service are working together to launch West Virginia P20, a pilot program that establishes an early college and STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics) academy in Boone County’s Van School District.
Witness a live simulation where students and emergency responders will demonstrate caring for a patient suffering from cardiac arrest.
Hurricane Florence can destroy more than roads, homes and land according to West Virginia University economist John Deskins. Communities affected by the severe weather may expect their economies to be distressed, as well.