2012

INSTITUTE, W.Va.- For the first time, two West Virginia State University
staff
members have received national recognition for outstanding service in 4-H Youth Development
from
the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University is hosting an open house
for
all area high school seniors beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, on the school’s
campus at Institute

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- Educating young people about gardening and sustainability
is
the focus of West Virginia State University Extension Service’s Junior Master
Gardener
(JMG) training session Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Barnett Center in
Huntington.

INSTITUTE, W.Va.- They’re growing industry tycoons from the
schoolyards in Wyoming County where the Youth Entrepreneurship Education Program is providing
business education to students at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Wyoming
County
high school students are receiving college credit from West Virginia State University in a new
youth entrepreneurship program being piloted in the region.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – For the first time in 30 years, a musical will be
presented
by students on the campus of West Virginia State University.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Leaders in the Kanawha Valley’s business
community
will conduct mock interviews with West Virginia State University students at the fourth annual
College of Professional Studies Convocation on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

INSTITUTE, W.Va.- A graphic novel created by a West Virginia State University
professor with the help of his students is a finalist for a prestigious award recognizing the
best and brightest in the comic book industry.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A West Virginia State University professor has been
appointed a municipal court judge by the town of Gilbert. Dr. Michael Kane, assistant
professor
of Criminal Justice, was appointed by the Gilbert Town Council Oct. 15.

INSTITUTE, W.Va.-Building creative communities for the new economy is the
focus
of the annual Create West Virginia Conference in Charleston, and West Virginia State
University
is playing a larger role than ever before in the two-day event.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The highly debated Electoral College process and the National
Popular
Vote bill will headline a public forum at West Virginia State University Wednesday, Oct. 31,
at
2 p.m. in the McGhee Suites Banquet Room at the Wilson University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A juried exhibition of student artwork will be on display
at
West Virginia State University’s Capitol Center Theatre in Charleston, beginning
with
a grand opening celebration Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 6-8 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va.- More than 20 law enforcement agency representatives will
participate in West Virginia State University’s Criminal Justice Career Fair
Thursday,
Oct. 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Wilson University Union

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
(ROTC) at West Virginia State University will host the Ranger Challenge Scrimmage Friday,
Oct.
12, at 9 a.m. on campus and at Shawnee Park in Dunbar.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — As this country observes the 150 anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, one historian raises the question of whether the Civil War was a just war.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Aspiring filmmakers are
encouraged to submit a short film or video to West Virginia State University’s
Student
Film Festival. The event, which will take place Nov. 28, is open to current high school
students, as well as WVSU undergraduate and graduate students.