President Gordon Gee talks with a WVU student at the State Fair of West Virginia. (WVU Photo/Jennifer Shephard)
UPDATE 08/18/2022: President Gee’s planned trip to the State Fair of West Virginia today (Aug. 18) is canceled.
WHAT: WVU President Gordon Gee travels to the State Fair of West Virginia this week to celebrate the University’s deep roots throughout the Mountain State.
WHO: Joining Gee are Jorge Atiles, dean and director of WVU Extension, Dr. Clay Marsh, chancellor and executive dean of WVU Health Sciences, and Mary Roush, the 68th Mountaineer Mascot.
WHERE: State Fair of West Virginia Fairgrounds, Lewisburg
WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 18, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
NOTES: Gee will participate in State Fair activities held in the WVU Building, visit the WVU Extension 4-H exhibits in the Cecil H. Underwood Youth Center and attend a luncheon celebrating farm families that make West Virginia a tremendous agricultural state.
Read more about WVU Extension and WVU Day at the Fair.
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