The origins of the rolling hills and valleys of West Virginia is detailed in a new book by two West Virginia University professors, Joseph Lebold and Christopher Wilkinson. “Roadside Geology of West Virginia” will lead you through the state’s wild and wonderful landscape.
West Virginia University Extension Service is challenging West Virginians to put down their phones and eat a healthy, home-cooked meal on December 3. “Dine In,” or National Family and Consumer Sciences Day, began in 2014 and this year will focus on the emotional and social benefits of family mealtime.
The third annual West Virginia Legislators’ Forum on Education and the Economy will be held in Morgantown Dec. 4. Using West Virginia Forward as a blueprint, the non-partisan Forum convenes policy experts, corporate leaders and educational practitioners to discuss the state’s economic opportunities and challenges and to engage legislators on how best to address the current landscape of public education in West Virginia.
West Virginia University will host Hour of Code, a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science and demystify “code.” The event is held on Dec. 1 from 1-4 p.m. at WVU’s Downtown Campus White Hall. Morgantown locals ages four and up are welcome to attend.
West Virginia University brings athletics and academics together to help improve the lives of West Virginians as the School of Nursing and College of Physical Activities and Sport Sciences join with the women’s basketball team to provide 8,000 Morgantown area elementary and junior high school students with health and wellness education. Topics include nutrition, stranger/predator danger, oral health, the impact of electronics and skin/acne care and more. This is another way WVU fulfills its land-grant mission of education, service and research.
The West Virginia University LGBTQ+ Center is hosting its inaugural Transgender Advocacy Month in November to recognize the transgender community at WVU, raise awareness of transgender rights and celebrate a culture of inclusiveness across campus. To commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the LGBTQ+ Center will host a candlelight vigil and name-reading ceremony before Thanksgiving break Thursday (Nov. 15) at 6 p.m. in Woodburn Circle. The vigil will honor the trans people who have been killed this year from transphobic violence.
The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities is expanding its programming to offer a new program, Behavior and Learning Intervention Services. This program will help children ages 18 months to 21-years-old build communication and daily living and play skills, while decreasing challenging behaviors like tantrums, aggression and self-injury. Clients can be involved in social skills group and parents can learn how to increase desired behaviors.
“Missing Voices: Diversifying the News,” a collaborative social hackathon focusing on improving the lack of diversity in newsrooms and news coverage, will begin on Friday (Oct. 26) at West Virginia University. The event joins students from WVU’s Reed College of Media, Brigham Young University and Morgan State University—three schools separated by race, religion and geography but united in a commitment to bridge those divides.
Female involvement in West Virginia’s agriculture industry continues to expand, and each year, West Virginia University Extension Service serves this growing population through the West Virginia Women in Agriculture Conference.
The West Virginia University Collegiate Horsemen’s Association will host Halloween with the Horses from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 27, at the J.W. Ruby Research Farm in Reedsville. Families and children of all ages are invited to visit the farm, meet the horses that make up WVU’s teaching herd, and trick-or-treat their way through the barn. The horses will be dressed in costume - and kids are encouraged to do the same.