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It Starts at State – Jordan Bright
Jordan Bright, WVSU 4-H Volunteer Fourteen-year-old Jordan Bright has long been a part of the…
It Starts at State – Oddai Gharib
Oddai Gharib, Class of 2020 A native of Jordan, Oddai Gharib began his journey at…
It Starts at State – Jeff Thomas
JEFF THOMAS, CLASS OF 2005 It hasn’t been a straight path for Jeff Thomas to…
It Starts at State – Jeremiyah Hairston
Jeremiyah Hairston’s journey to a bachelor’s degree in political science has taken him from the…
Amanda Menendez Thomasson
Amanda Menendez Thomasson is a junior majoring in Communications and minoring in Marketing with an…
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Hannah Crum is a Buffalo, West Virginia, native who majors in Agri-Business in the Business…
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April 20, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will present a student production of the fast-paced comedy “Noises Off” Thursday, April 23, and Friday, April 24. Both performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Fannin S. Belcher Theatre of the Davis Fine Arts Building (building No. 8 on t…
April 20, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will participate in the upcoming National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, by hosting a drop-off site on campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This nationwide initiative offers free, safe, and anonymous disposal of unused or e…
April 11, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Poca Valley has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with West Virginia State University (WVSU) in support of its athletics programs. The announcement came today before the start of WVSU’s spring football game. In recognition of the new partnership, the athletic comp…
April 2, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its first hackathon, the MS-CC Environmental Sciences Hackathon, Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4. Across the two day event students will tackle real-world environmental and cybersecurity challenges using data science, AI, a…
April 1, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host an Out of the Darkness Walk Suicide Prevention Walk on Thursday, April 9. The walk will begin outside the James C. Wilson University Union at 12:30 p.m. Onsite registration will begin at noon. The Out of the Darkness Walk is a…
March 30, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – To celebrate Women’s History Month, West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host Kyla Summer Miller, manager for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as a featured guest speaker on Tuesday, March 31. The event will take place at the Erickson Alumni Center (buil…