INSTITUTE, W.Va. – While ghosts, ghouls and goblins are common creepy sights
during the Halloween season, West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service is
focusing
its agricultural efforts on creepy crops.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Blue Ridge
Community and Technical College met today, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, to sign a new
articulation agreement for students seeking a degree in Criminal Justice.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Department of
Communications & Media Studies will present a special topics course during the spring
2016 semester that will enable students to adapt a Stephen King short story into film.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) and the Friends of
Old
Time Music and Dance (FOOTMAD) will present an appearance by Andes Manta, a group specializing
in the music of the Andes Mountains, on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. at the WVSU Capitol
Center
Theater in downtown Charleston.

WVSU will host an Arbor Day themed tree planting on campus Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9
a.m.
to 11:30 a.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host a Criminal Justice
Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Wilson University Union.

The WVSU Creators Program will host a free “Creators Dialogue” and
screening with W.Va. filmmaker Jacob Young Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at the WVSU EDC in
Charleston.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — A West Virginia State University (WVSU) researcher is part of a
national team of 20 scientists awarded a $6.5 million grant to accelerate the development of
disease-resistant crops using applied genomics.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Two new members will be added posthumously to the West
Virginia State University (WVSU) ROTC Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony Friday, Oct.
9,
at 11 a.m. in the auditorium of the Davis Fine Arts Building on the school’s
Institute
campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Brian O.
Hemphill will deliver his fourth annual State of the University address at 12:30 p.m.
Thursday,
Oct. 8, in the P. Ahmed Williams Auditorium, located on the second floor of Ferrell Hall.

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

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The fourth annual West Virginia State University (WVSU)
Homecoming 5K Run/Walk will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, beginning at 7:30 a.m. on the plaza
of
the James C. Wilson University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will celebrate its
2015 Homecoming with a variety of activities held at the school’s Institute campus
beginning Oct. 8 and concluding Oct. 10.

WVSU Creators Program will host a free “Creators Talk” about
bringing
local stories to stage and screen Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at the WVSU Economic Development
Center (EDC) in Charleston.