2014

West Virginia State University (WVSU) held its 19th annual Research Symposium on campus
Friday, April 25, to share information and celebrate the scientific research being conducted
by
students, including those participating in the American Electric Power (AEP) Research Rookies
Program, which provides hands-on research opportunities for undergraduates.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will pay tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and
“Love in the Time of Cholera,” in a free lecture by Dr. Miguel Zapata
Thursday, April 24, at 12:30 p.m. on campus. Marquez died Thursday in Mexico.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A short film co-produced by students and faculty from West
Virginia State University (WVSU) and the University of Sharjah (UOS) in the United Arab
Emirates
will premiere Monday, May 5, at 7 p.m. at the WVSU Capitol Center in Charleston.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Foundation recently held
elections for new officers and directors for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will celebrate Earth
Day, Monday, April 21, on its Institute campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State University (WVSU) 4-H Youth Mentoring
Program
is sponsoring a Money Matters program designed to help families create a budget on Tuesday,
April 15, at the Roosevelt Neighborhood Center in Charleston.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received an $86,386 grant to study the impact
behavioral health issues are having on businesses and organizations in the Charleston area.
Behavioral health issues to be studied include mental illness, substance abuse disorders and
illegal drug use.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Learn how to create your own digital worlds and simulate
life-like events in the worlds of your imagination. Join animator Steve Gilliland for his
workshop “Animation 101” at the West Virginia State University (WVSU)
Economic Development Center (EDC) Saturday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) academic
quiz bowl team will be one of 48 teams representing Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
competing in the 25th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship
Tournament April 12-16 in Torrance, Calif.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) College of
Business and Social Sciences in collaboration with the National Center for Human Relations
will
host the inaugural Human Rights Conference, “21st Century Agenda for Human Rights:
Theory and Practice,” April 10-12.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Following a nationwide search, West Virginia State
University (WVSU) today announced the appointment of Kumara L. Jayasuriya, Ph.D. as Provost
and
Vice President for Academic Affairs effective July 1, 2014.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its annual Career
and
Employment Expo on Thursday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Wilson University Union.

How hot do you like your peppers? Research conducted by scientists at West Virginia
State
University (WVSU) is taking that question one step further to determine the genetic factors in
peppers that control aspects such as heat and sweetness. This and other research led by WVSU
has
already been published in four leading scientific journals in 2014.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) students will be
presenting the popular musical “Little Shop of Horrors” April 16-19 at 8
p.m. nightly in the theater of the Davis Fine Arts Building.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will give back to
Kanawha Valley residents on Saturday, April 26, during the University’s annual Cares
Day.