More than 50 West Virginia University students and seven area professionals will spend 24 hours developing strategic communication campaigns benefitting three local organizations.
The evening event is part of a national 30-day promotional tour crisscrossing the U.S. The film’s writer Dayton Duncan and producer Julie Dunfey will showcase an exclusive selection of excerpts from the film specific to West Virginia’s rich country music heritage. Kathy Mattea and Charlie McCoy, both of whom are featured in the documentary, will perform live with the Mountain Stage Band.
WVU students will participate in the Keeping the PROMISE Day of Service April 6 and Big Greek Day of Service April 13.
At African Night, Saturday April 6 at 7 p.m., Damilola Fasinu, a design and merchandising graduate student, will launch her clothing brand, Gbajumo Fashion. The event is a celebration of diversity as well as the culture, traditions and people of Africa and will feature African food and music, dancing, a fashion show and skit.
West Virginia University Creative Arts Center celebrates its 50th anniversary with cake that will be served at noon in the lobby. Limited edition ceramic mugs, handcrafted by the WVU Ceramics Studio, will be available for purchase.
Community members can learn more about the WVABLE Program, enroll on site and speak to community agencies that assist people with disabilities in all areas of life at this event April 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the WVU Health Sciences Center Pylons area.
WVU invites the community to celebrate the high volume and caliber of research on campus during the inaugural Research Week Celebration April 1-5. Signature events will highlight the University’s engagement with Fulbright, student research, long-form scholarship and research support resources.
The LaunchLab Network encourages students to present their innovative ideas, business models or inventions in up to three tightly-timed rounds to a panel of judges. The LaunchLab Network will award $2,500 prize money, which will help further fund the students’ concepts, product development or business ventures. The competition will be held Wednesday (March 27) at the WVU LaunchLab from 5 -7 p.m.
The conference aims to move people past their differences to find common ground using best practices from the design field to improve participants hearing, seeing and community building skills. Five colleges with WVU have teamed up to cohost the project, along with the city of Morgantown. The conference will be held at the WVU Creative Arts Center Thursday through Saturday (March 28-30).
Annual mining and reclamation symposium hosted by WVU and the West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force. Researchers and experts will present on the latest regulations and practices pertaining to acid mine drainage, surface and underground mining, and land reclamation techniques.