2013

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) athletic
booster organization, the “W” Club, will induct eight of its alumni into the
University’s Sports Hall Fame with a brunch at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, in the
Wilson University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A seminar will be held Friday, Oct. 4, at West Virginia
State University (WVSU) on encouraging giving to non-profit organizations through a will or an
estate.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) ROTC Hall of
Fame
will add three new members Friday, Oct. 4, during an induction ceremony beginning at 11 a.m.
in
the auditorium of the Davis Fine Arts Building.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Thousands of West Virginia State University (WVSU) alumni
from around the country are expected to descend on Institute Oct. 3-5 for the
school’s
annual Homecoming celebration.

Charleston West Side Main Street will hold its ninth annual OktoberWest celebration
Saturday, Oct. 12, from 4 to 9 p.m. on Bigley Avenue, between Washington Street and
Pennsylvania
Avenue on Charleston’s West Side.

The use of vertical garden systems to increase fruit and vegetable production is the
focus of a free seminar by James Coffman, president of Future Growing, LLC, Thursday, Oct. 3,
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the West Virginia State University (WVSU) Economic Development Center
(EDC).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
at West Virginia State University (WVSU) is receiving its second consecutive Outstanding
Chapter
Award for its 2012-2013 activities.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service is
teaming with the Kanawha County Public Library for a series of free workshops on tree care and
maintenance at various library branches throughout October.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has partnered with
the
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO) to present the first concert of the 2013 WVSO Fall
Tour
Thursday, Sept. 26, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Davis Fine Arts Building auditorium.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at West
Virginia State University (WVSU) will hold its Fall Convocation Thursday, Sept. 26, at 12:30
p.m. in the Hamblin Hall Auditorium featuring keynote speakers Dr. Mary Kirchhoff, director of
the Education Division for the American Chemical Society, and Dr. Tom Barton, president-elect
of
the American Chemical Society (ACS).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will offer a new,
fully accredited Master of Education degree in Multicultural Instructional Leadership
beginning
with the spring 2014 semester.

The second season of West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Creators Program
workshop series continues with “The 10 Commandments for Creative Success”
at
the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Noted
photographer Steve Payne will speak as part of the program’s new Creators Talk
Lecture
Series.

Growing shiitake mushrooms is the focus of a West Virginia State University (WVSU)
Extension Service workshop at the Rock Lake Community Life Center in South Charleston
Thursday,
Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to noon.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) students will
conduct
a food drive at the Yellow Jackets first home football game of the season Saturday, Sept. 21,
as
part of the Governor’s Day to Serve.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A groundbreaking ceremony will take place Friday, Sept.
20,
at 12:30 p.m. to mark the start of construction of the first new residence hall to be built on
the campus of West Virginia State University (WVSU) since 1969.