The event scheduled for January 22, 2018 at WVU Tech with Congressman Ro Khanna has been postponed due to a conflict with the Congressman’s schedule. A new date for the event has not yet been determined, but will be shared when details are finalized.
West Virginia University is a diverse campus for students who come from all 55 counties in West Virginia, all 50 states and more than 100 different countries. To celebrate that diversity, linguistics professor Kirk Hazen and journalism professor Mary Kay McFarland have created WVU Voices, a mini-documentary that highlight the many dialects and languages found on campus.
In his second State of the State address, Gov. Jim Justice will present his vision for West Virginia today (Jan. 10), as the regular session of the 2018 West Virginia Legislature begins. Several West Virginia University faculty, administrators and staff members will be available to offer insights and expert commentary to the media tomorrow night, in the days following Justice’s speech and throughout the legislative session.
West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research and Center for Service and Learning to hold 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast and Day of Service. Following the breakfast, volunteers will walk to Christian Help to assist in sorting donations and other daily operations.
Dr. Pollini joined West Virginia University’s Injury Control Research Center earlier this year, and has been conducting research on drug overdose since 2003.
The tax reform bill passed by Congress Wednesday (Dec. 20) and signed into law by President Donald Trump doesn’t eliminate enough loopholes to simplify the system, but it does increase the U.S. budget deficit to “troubling” proportions, according to one West Virginia University economic expert.
Six West Virginia University Army ROTC Cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants during a Dec. 14 ceremony.
More than 2,870 West Virginia University students are expected to graduate in two ceremonies Friday (Dec. 15, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.) at the WVU Coliseum. WVU Provost Joyce McConnell and Northrop Grumman Corp. chief executive officer and president Wes Bush. Bush will also be awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering at the 2 p.m. ceremony. College of Business and Economics and Eberly College of Arts and Sciences students will graduate at the 9 a.m. ceremony, where McConnell will speak. Students from all others colleges and schools will graduate at 2 p.m.
The West Virginia University Fire Service Extension is giving firefighters, police, emergency medical service workers, emergency room nurses and others the opportunity to learn about how to protect themselves from fentanyl exposure, which has been closely linked to responding to opioid overdoses.
The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in STEM Education will celebrate Computer Science Education Week with 400 students at Mylan Park Elementary School.