2013

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A food pantry for West Virginia State University (WVSU)
students in need has opened on the school’s Institute campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) students and guests
entering the workforce this spring will hear real world advice from young professionals on how
to launch their careers Monday, March 18, in the Wilson University Union on campus beginning
at
12:30 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Students from West Virginia State University (WVSU) will
lead a Family Fun Night for students and parents Thursday, March 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
Malden Elementary School.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The state capitol building will be swarmed by hundreds of
Yellow Jackets on Tuesday, March 19, for West Virginia State University Day. Both the House of
Delegates and the state Senate are expected to pass resolutions proclaiming the day as West
Virginia State University Day.

Development of the nervous system, the part of the body that coordinates action, is the
focus of a free seminar at West Virginia State University (WVSU) Thursday, March 14, at 12:30
p.m. in 107 Hamblin Hall on campus.

Fruit farmers and others interested in small fruit production, particularly grape
production, are invited on a vineyard tour at Kirkwood Winery in Summersville hosted by West
Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service Saturday, March 23

Learn the proper technique for pruning fruit trees at a workshop hosted by West
Virginia
State University (WVSU) Extension Service Friday, March 22, from 1-3 p.m. at WVSU’s
campus orchard in Institute.

A free networking meeting for local businesspeople will be held at the West Virginia
State University (WVSU) Economic Development Center in Charleston Saturday, March 9, from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Black Business Association
Supporting
Entrepreneurs (BBASE).

Underprivileged youth at a small school in Central America received supplies and
materials recently from a group of West Virginia State University (WVSU) students as part of
an
international service project.

The history and development of West Virginia’s natural gas liquids (NGL)
industry is the subject of a Careers in Science seminar at West Virginia State University
(WVSU)
Thursday, Feb. 28, at 12:30 p.m. in the Hamblin Hall auditorium on campus.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Dr. Robert L. Harrison, dean of the College of Professional Studies at West Virginia State University (WVSU), has been honored with a 2013 Governor’s Civil Rights Day Award. Harrison was recognized today at the West Virginia Culture Center at the Governor’s 10 Annual Civil Rights Day awards ceremony. Also recognized was Christopher Jackson, interim program coordinator of the Wilson University Union at WVSU.

Dr. Barbara E. Liedl, an associate research professor and scientist at West Virginia State University, is an editor for the newly published book

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Well-known actor and West Virginia State University
(WVSU)
alumni Lou Myers passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Charleston.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Immediate admission decisions will be available to
students
interested in attending West Virginia State University (WVSU) in the fall of 2013 during
On-the-Spot Decision Day, Saturday, Feb. 23.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) Associate Professor of
History
Dr. Billy Joe Peyton will present “The History of Charleston” at a
Tuesday,
March 5, evening lecture in the Archives and History Library in the Culture Center in
Charleston.