The West Virginia University’s Center for Excellence in Disabilities’ Mentoring and Oversight for Developing Foster Youth Project is highlighting successful West Virginia foster youth during May, National Foster Care Month. of all ages transitioning out of the foster care system this month. More than 6,000 children are in West Virginia’s Foster Care System.
More than 4,450 West Virginia University students are expected to graduate during Commencement ceremonies May 11-13 at three venues across the Morgantown Campus.
A dedication ceremony will celebrate the completion of upgrades to the Davis College’s poultry research feed.
The West Virginia University Department of Forensics and Investigative Science will be hosting an open house celebrating the department’s first 20 years. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 25 starting at 10:00 a.m.
Two events at WVU's Statler College will celebrate Engineering Grand Challenges and Mother Jones' birthday
The West Virginia University School of Design and Community Development will host its annual Day of Design on April 25, giving students in the landscape architecture program and fashion, dress and merchandising program an opportunity to showcase their work and learn from prominent design practitioners who will provide critique and serve as guest lecturers.
The WVU Institute of Water Security and Science, in collaboration with the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and the WVU Media Innovation Center, will host a seminar led by Michael Hoffmann. The seminar, titled “Climate Change and Our Changing Menu,” is free and open to the public.
Students and faculty across various disciplines and colleges will have the opportunity to showcase their innovative ideas, cutting-edge inventions, working prototypes and unique business ventures throughout the day. Demo Day’s focal event will be a Student & Faculty Expo on the fifth floor of the Evansdale Crossing from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A West Virginia University professor who has actively worked on the cause of advancing women’s issues both in the U.S. and abroad has earned the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, which recognizes recipients for excellence in their field of study as it relates to the advancement of WVU women. Presha Neidermeyer has addressed the under-representation of women in leadership and academic positions and trained entrepreneurs in Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, New York, West Virginia and Bulgaria.
U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, of California’s 17th Congressional District, will meet with WVU Tech and WVU representatives on campus Monday (April 23) to discuss STEM education and industry in West Virginia.