INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The state’s sesquicentennial will frame West
Virginia State University’s (WVSU) College of Professional Studies convocation
program
on Tuesday, April 30.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – An expert in law enforcement and military affairs will be
leading a discussion of posttraumatic stress disorder beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April
30,
at West Virginia State University (WVSU).

INSTITUTE, W.Va – The West Virginia State University football coaching staff
and players will host a free Kids’ Day Camp on Saturday, April 27, prior to the
annual
Black and Gold Spring Game.

INSTITUTE, W.VaThe effect of nuclear radiation is the topic of the 19 annual Research Symposium and spring convocation of West Virginia State University’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics April 26 at 9 a.m. in the Ferrell Hall Auditorium on campus.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Volunteers will get their hands dirty in the garden when
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service’s SCRATCH Project hosts an
Earth Day celebration at three community garden sites in Huntington Saturday, April 27, from 9
a.m. to 1p.m. The event is being held in conjunction with the University’s
“WVSU Cares Day” of community service.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Students, faculty and staff at West Virginia State
University (WVSU) will have the opportunity to witness the workings of the state’s
highest court first-hand on Wednesday, April 24, when the Supreme Court of Appeals of West
Virginia will hear arguments on campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Hundreds of the state’s best and brightest math
students will come to the campus of West Virginia State University (WVSU) for the 2013 state
Math Field Day Competition on Saturday, April 27.

Four research students from West Virginia State University (WVSU) took top prizes at
the
1890 Association of Research Directors (ARD) Symposium held April 6-10 in Jacksonville, Fla.,
marking the most honors WVSU has received at the event. Another WVSU student took second place
at the Mid-East Honors Association (MEHA) meeting in Dearborn, Mich., April 4-6.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will be giving back
to
residents of the Kanawha Valley on Saturday, April 27, during the university’s first
Cares Day.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – More than a dozen groups with an interest in the
environment
will be on the campus of West Virginia State University (WVSU) from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on
Monday, April 22, for an Earth Day celebration.

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, Friday, April 19.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Seniors from across the state will “go for the gold” at the 26 annual West Virginia Geri Olympics Friday, April 19, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the South Charleston Community Center. More than 200 nursing home resident athletes are scheduled to compete in a series of low-impact activities.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A West Virginia State University (WVSU) professor, with
the
help of some his students, has created the latest installment in the popular
“Chillers” horror franchise.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The No. 25 West Virginia State University softball team
will
be hosting “Lil Sis Day” Thursday, April 18, when the Yellow Jackets play
Salem University at 4 p.m. in Institute.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) academic quiz
bowl
team reached the Final Four round of competition in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
National
Championship Tournament in Los Angeles.