Media Advisories

The Statler College will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the week of July 23. Engineering the Grand Challenges will immerse middle school campers in activities related to the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges. Highlights include activities related to infrastructure, cybersecurity and virtual reality. Move and Improve, a camp for elementary school students, will feature activities ranging from building composite bones to constructing and assembling module houses.

The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the week of July 15.

The 2018 Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference brings together scientists and educators dedicated to the advancement of agricultural, food and biological systems engineering.

The West Virginia Water Research Institute, WVU Energy Institute and National Research Center for Coal and Energy Brief remarks on the research objectives, potential results and impending commercialization impact will be delivered by director of the WVU Energy Institute Brian Anderson, WVU President Gordon Gee, U.S. Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg, and Paul J. McRoberts, regional industry mining, metals and cement manager at Rockwell Automation, Inc. Representatives from the National Energy Technology Laboratory will also attend.

The Statler College will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the week of July 8. Engineering in Action, a camp for high school students, will include activities related to recreational activities like baseball, biking and boating. Also for high school students, Engineering in Coding will include activities related to application development, hacking and robotics.

The Statler College will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the week of June 24. Engineering in Sustainability, a camp for high school students, and Engineering the Grand Challenges, for middle school students. will immerse campers in activities related to the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges.

The West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, Adventure WV and the U.S. Geologic Survey will host the Appalachian Geoscience GeoCamp June 17 - 21

State of the Girl, a panel of women professionals discussing the landmark study conducted by the Girl Scouts of the USA will be held Monday, June 18; 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Two engineering camps hosted by the Statler College—Females in the Field, Middle School Engineering Challenge—will begin the week of June 17.

The WVU Alumni Association will honor the Class of 1968 and other classes of 50 years and older at the annual Graduate Emeritus weekend June 8-9.