West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson will be formally inaugurated as the 27th president during a ceremonial investiture ceremony focused on the future of the Mountain State’s flagship, land-grant, R1 higher education institution Oct. 15.
On Oct. 12, West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson will join Walter Washington, a fifth-great-grandson of George Washington’s younger brother Samuel Washington, for an America 250 conversation highlighting the Washington family’s deep roots in West Virginia.
The West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot, Reese Allen, will receive his flu shot to raise awareness about flu prevention on Oct. 14.
West Virginia University will welcome Assistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson from the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation to the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources on Sept. 29.
On Sept. 15, West Virginia University Institute of Technology President T. Ramon Stuart will announce a new scholarship program for high-achieving southern West Virginia students, supported by a major gift from Larry and Lisa Pack.
WVU President Michael T. Benson will discuss his goals and initiatives for the second year of his presidency during his State of the University address to the Faculty Assembly on Sept. 14. Putting a focus on the University’s academic mission, he will be joined by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beverly Wendland.
West Virginia University will recognize the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a vigil and memorial ceremony on the Downtown area of campus.
West Virginia University leaders will participate in the 2026 West Virginia Chamber Annual Meeting and Business Summit, joining business, government, and industry leaders from across the state Sept. 2-4.
West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beverly Wendland, and other University representatives are scheduled to attend the State Fair of West Virginia as part of West Virginia Day on Thursday (Aug. 20).
The Art Museum of West Virginia University invites media members to a preview of “Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist.” The first exhibition from the Art Museum of WVU to tour the nation, it celebrates University alum Lazzell, who was born in and lived just outside of Morgantown, and her revolutionary printmaking work.