On Match Day, the graduating class joins family, faculty, staff, administrators and fellow students to share in the celebration. Just before noon, envelopes are unveiled and drawn randomly, and each student has the opportunity to step to the podium (some with families in tow) and open their envelope to share the news about where their residency program will begin.
Lionel Marshall lost the bet that resulted in his becoming a West Virginia University cheerleader, but the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources student has no regrets-except that he didn't join the team sooner.
One hundred performance-tested bulls will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The sale is the culminating event of the Wardensville Bull Evaluation Program. The sale will be broadcast live online, giving buyers the opportunity to bid online without a buyer's premium.
The 2018 Aerial Symposium and Association for Experiential Education Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference will focus on the various aspects related to the field of experiential education
During Space Day, (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) children and adults can enjoy a tour of the constellations in the NASA StarLab planetarium and space-related activities and crafts. Participants will make and launch a stomp rocket; design, build, pack and deploy their own model space telescopes; and more. Emily Calandrelli, WVU almuna, host of Xploration Outer Spack and correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, will take part in Space Day from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.
West Virginia University will hold the Appalachian Freshwater Initiative Do-It-Yourself Environmental Sensor Workshop with the goal of introducing K-12 STEM educators, state government employees, community groups and researchers to innovative, open-source environmental monitoring systems that provide a low-cost alternative for monitoring water quality, quantity and climate in real-time.
The last Saturday in February has been designated by Congress as National TRIO Day to encourage students to give back to their communities through service. The volunteers at this event are 231 undergraduate students and staff from the TRIO programs (Upward Bound, Student Support Services and McNair Scholars), along with 60 high school students in the Upward Bound program.
More than 40 businesses and organizations will celebrate our state's entrepreneurial spirit at the Capitol. Exhibitors and attendees work in fields ranging from energy efficiency to advanced manufacturing and robotics. Entrepreneurial support services include business and financial planning, pitch competitions for start-up companies and assistance with business plan development. Exhibits will be set up in the House and Senate Hallways and around the Capitol Rotunda.
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee will deliver a State of the University address Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.
A generation raised on the Hunger Games and Harry Potter is using those examples of children who organize themselves to fight corruption and cruelty, according to a communications expert. The West Virginia University researcher says teens are using their collective social media acumen to address what they see as injustice in their own world. Although the issue for survivors of a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, is gun control, it's not the only one causing teenagers across the country to find their political voices before they can vote, Elizabeth Cohen says.