2013

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host a special
Constitution Day presentation on the creation of the state constitution Tuesday, Sept. 17,
from
11 a.m. to noon.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The Upward Bound program at West Virginia State University
(WVSU) will begin its fall program with the Annual Leadership Summit Saturday, Sept. 14,
beginning at 9 a.m. in Wallace Hall.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Dr. Brian O. Hemphill will be inaugurated as the 10th
president of West Virginia State University (WVSU) on Saturday, Sept. 21, during an
investiture
ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. in the P. Ahmed Williams Auditorium of Ferrell Hall.

Learn the techniques of hydroponic and aeroponic plant production at a free workshop hosted by West Virginia State University Extension Service Thursday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Barnett Center in Huntington.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Athletic Director
and
Assistant Baseball Coach Sean Loyd has been named the Head Coach in Waiting and will take over
the reins of the Yellow Jackets following the retirement of long-time Coach Cal Bailey after
the
2014 season.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Dr. Jenelle N. Robinson, assistant professor and Health
Sciences program director at West Virginia State University (WVSU), will present two sessions
at
the upcoming 2013 Strengthening Families in West Virginia conference Friday, Sept. 6, from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Charleston Town Center Marriott.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The number of first-time freshmen attending West Virginia
State University (WVSU) this fall surged nearly 50 percent over fall 2012 enrollment numbers.

INSTITUTE, W.Va.The second season of West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Creators Program workshop series will kick off with the West Virginia Film Office’s “Business of Film – Working with the Film Office” at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) Saturday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – When the West Virginia State University (WVSU) Yellow
Jackets begin play in their newly renovated surroundings in 2014 the court where the
basketball
and volleyball teams will seek their first Mountain East Conference titles will be named for
long-time Kanawha Valley athletic booster Lester Raines.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Chapter of the
NAACP has received a national award for the largest membership increase among college chapters
in the organization.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – An internationally acclaimed gospel choir will join in a
special First Friday Mass to celebrate the first anniversary of West Virginia State
University’s (WVSU) Catholic Campus Ministries on Sept. 6 at noon in the P. Ahmed
Williams auditorium in Ferrell Hall.

A leading renewable energy expert is working with West Virginia State
University’s (WVSU) Agricultural and Environmental Research Station to evaluate the
use of biochar as a value-added product for the biomass-to-energy industry. Ken Moss, founder
and CEO of Piedmont BioProducts LLC in Gretna, Va., has served on forums alongside clean
energy
experts and Tom Vilsack, U.S. secretary of agriculture, to explore bioenergy and energy
opportunities for rural economic development.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) and the Herbert
Henderson Office of Minority Affairs are partnering to sponsor a ceremony on Wednesday, Aug.
28,
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington D.C. and Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The 2012-13 West Virginia State University (WVSU)
women’s tennis team has been named a national NCAA Division II All-Academic Team by
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A group of West Virginia State University (WVSU) students
gained firsthand experience with international agriculture during a recent research trip to
Africa.