INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, beginning at

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Claudia Workman Wildlife Center

December 4, 2025

ALUM CREEK, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will host a free Woodlot Management Series workshop at the Claudia L. Workman Wildlife Education Center in Alum Creek on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. Participants will learn practical techniques for identifying trees in wint…

Commencement ceremony at West Virginia State University.

December 4, 2025

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, beginning at 10 a.m. in the D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center. The ceremony will recognize the university’s approximately 230 summer and fall 2025 graduates.  The…

From left, West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Ericke S. Cage has been elected chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Council of 1890 University Presidents and chair of the 1890 Universities Foundation Board of Directors. He succeeds Dr. Heidi Anderson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in both roles.

November 12, 2025

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Ericke S. Cage has been named chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Council of 1890 University Presidents and chair of the 1890 Universities Foundation Board of Directors. Cage will also serve as a mem…

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