Proceeds from ticket sales and auctions benefit the Remember the Miners Scholarship Fund and the Norma Mae Huggins Endowment Fund, which supports clinical trials at the WVU Cancer Institute.
West Virginia University students, faculty and staff will participate in a variety of projects and events to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 20.
Col. John Fenzel (U.S. Army, Retired) will be the keynote speaker at the Army ROTC commissioning of officers Friday (Dec. 20) at 10:30 a.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center.
More than 2,600 West Virginia University students are expected to graduate in two ceremonies.
WVU Extension Service will help lead the community in the Hour of Code for Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 14 from 1-3 p.m. in White Hall) with Code.org, a global movement that helps students in more than 180 countries. Participating students will have the chance to learn from a variety of technology-based activities.
The inaugural Industry 4.0 Workshop in Advanced Manufacturing (Dec. 11 in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources) is hosted by the Department of Industrial and Management Systems and the Statler Office of Outreach and Enrollment at West Virginia University.
FFA Career Development events (Dec. 12-13 on WVU's Morgantown Campus) help prepare students in grades 7-12 for careers in agriculture by fostering meaningful connections between classroom instruction and real-life scenarios.
The Second Chances Breakfast & Simulation (Dec. 10 at Evansdale Crossing) is part of the larger effort that aims to document the problem of women’s incarceration, offer evidence-based solutions and create awareness that could lead to changes in policy and practice.
The WV Food Desert Summit (Dec. 10 at the Bridgeport Conference Center) is the third installment of an ongoing effort to generate collaborative strategies to build on the assets and activities already underway in the region. Recognizing the importance of food access to human health and community well-being, the objective of this convening is to understand how food systems efforts can work together toward the same goals, share resources between key players, and build a community-driven plan of action.
Like Lemonade Day, the hot chocolate sale (Dec. 10 in the J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Cafeteria) will teach children how to run a profitable business while supporting a great cause. All proceeds go to WVU Medicine Children’s. Cash and Venmo accepted.