As Independence Day approaches, a West Virginia University fireworks expert suggests people attend a public fireworks show where trained pyrotechnists are in charge of ignition. But Mark Lambert, Fire Service Extension and State Fire Training Director, offers tips for those purchasing their own fireworks, including avoiding alcohol and having viewers stand at least 50 feet from the display.
A five-week program that immerses incoming African American freshmen to West Virginia University begins this week with a cohort of 14 Academic STARS. Students Achieving and Reaching Success offers academic activities designed to help foster cultural adjustment on campus, while building a solid academic foundation. The program boasts degree completion for more than 200 students since it began in 2008.
WVU Extension will host a four-day conference for technologists and educators from land-grant institutions around the country to share strategies and solutions to the unique technology-related issues these universities and cooperative extension services face.
Although many people believe that summers are slow on college campuses, 37 percent of students enrolled at West Virginia University take a summer course. Of these students, 68 percent use the term to complete general education courses, and 52 percent intend to use the summer course to graduate early or get ahead in their classes. The first term ends today, and the second term will begin on Monday (June 24).
Philosophy is a little discussed area of our lives, but we live out our ethics in daily decisions. West Virginia University will host a three-day international conference focusing on the relationship of human beings to each other and also to the world. Beginning Thursday (June 20) the Department of Philosophy and the Emmanuel Levinas Center at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences will focus on existentialism in Oglebay Hall, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily.
West Virginia University Reed College of Media students interviewed formerly incarcerated women, most of whom had suffered from substance use disorder, over the last year. According to Mary Kay McFarland, West Virginia Uncovered Project Coordinator, the project challenged her students’ perception of people who are different from them, which in turn helped them become empathetic storytellers who can connect their audience with their subjects.
Giving teenagers from across the country first-hand experience in live fire simulations, search and rescue, vehicle and airplane rescue and first aid, the WVU Extension Service Junior Firefighter Camp allows a true firefighter experience under supervision of industry professionals, while inspiring teens to be community volunteers and leaders.
Civil War era photography program hosted by West Virginia University Libraries and the WVRHC. The program features an exhibit of early photographs from the WCRHC historical photography collection following the keynote address.
The West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program, housed in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will host a Pedestrian Safety Symposium and Summit June 11-13.
The WVU Extension Service will join AmeriCorps for swearing in ceremony for members who will be serving as mentors and community coordinators for the Energy Express summer reading and nutrition program.