2014

A different kind of youth summer camp is launching at the West Virginia State
University
(WVSU) Economic Development Center (EDC) in Charleston. Designed to introduce and encourage
interaction with emerging technology, problem solving and entrepreneurship, the DigiSo Tech
Girls Maker Camp will begin on Monday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Students at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary in Charleston are becoming young farmers
thanks to a partnership between West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service and
the
Keep Your Faith Corp. that led to the installation of gardens at the school.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) graduate student Alejandra Alvarado has been
accepted into a doctoral program at the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial
Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, part of a world-leading research organization with more than
30 Nobel Prizes awarded to its scientists.

The annual Summer Transportation Institute (STI) 4-H camp for students entering the
sixth
through ninth grade is now accepting applications for the June21-July 3 camp hosted by West
Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service.

A supernatural horror story intertwined with environmental issues so timely
they appear to come from the day’s headlines, just barely scratches the surface of
“Carbon” the latest graphic novel from West Virginia State University
(WVSU)
Assistant Professor of Communications Daniel “Danny” Boyd.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will celebrate the 10th growing
season of its community garden at Carroll Terrace, a Charleston-Kanawha Housing residential
facility, with a spring planting event Wednesday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – More than 230 students will graduate from West Virginia
State University (WVSU) on Saturday, May 17, during the first commencement ceremony to take
place in the new D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
(HEPC)
approved a new five-year contract for West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Brian O.
Hemphill.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Brian O.
Hemphill today announced Robert J. Barney, Ph.D. will serve as Acting Dean for the College of
Natural Sciences and Mathematics effective July 1, 2014.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service, the Bob Burdette
Center and PRO-Kids Inc. are partnering to strengthen after-school programs in Kanawha
County.

“Made from SCRATCH” lemonade and garden seed packets will be sold
during Lemonade Day at Huntington’s Heritage Station Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to
2
p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Department of
Art
and the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia are collaborating on a
free
art exhibit opening Friday, May 2, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the WVSU Capitol Center.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Department of
Communications and Media Studies will present its annual Media Summit on Tuesday, April 29,
beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the theater of the Davis Fine Arts Building.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Join well-known Kanawha Valley Sports Director Mark Martin for the
workshop, “Sportscasting in the Digital Age” at the West Virginia State
University (WVSU) Economic Development Center (EDC) Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More than 400 West Virginia State University (WVSU) students, staff, faculty and alumni
spent Saturday giving back to the Kanawha Valley through the University’s annual
Cares
Day.