2015

WVSU Extension Service will celebrate the 11th growing season of its community garden
at
Carroll Terrace, a Charleston-Kanawha Housing residential facility, with a spring planting
event
Friday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A trio of West Virginia State University business students
finished among the top 100 teams in the world in a recent computer-based business simulation.

WVSU Extension Service will present a free series of workshops to help beginning and
experienced gardeners learn a variety of alternative growing and small fruit production
techniques on May 19-20.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Kanawha Valley residents who are interested in learning
English as a Second Language (ESL) are invited to attend one of two upcoming informational
sessions at West Virginia State University (WVSU).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – More than 260 students will graduate from West Virginia
State University (WVSU) on Saturday, May 16, during a commencement ceremony beginning at 10
a.m.
in the D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — More than 500 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.

WVSU will celebrate “1890 Day” Thursday, April 23, on the Institute
campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Economic
Development Center (EDC) will host a Charleston Solar Co-op information session Tuesday, May
19,
at 5:30 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will dedicate a new
Public Relations Research Laboratory for student and community marketing research on
Wednesday,
April 22.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University will present
“Funny
Bones: The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin” on Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Fannin S. Belcher Theatre of the Davis Fine Arts Building as part of Essential Stages: The
Donna
Skeen Visiting Theatre Artists Series.

WVSU Extension Service’s SCRATCH Project will celebrate Earth Day at
Huntington’s Kitchen Saturday, April 18, from 2 to 4 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The annual West Virginia State University (WVSU) Black and
Gold Gala will take place, Saturday, May 9, at the Charleston Marriott Town Center.

WVSU College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will hold its 20th annual Research
Symposium and Spring Convocation Friday, April 17

Youth participating in WVSU Extension Service’s SCRATCH Project will
“Run the Ramp” Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wild Ramp
farmers market in Huntington.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension
Service
in conjunction with West Virginia’s Promise – VISTA will co-host a Bubble
Wrap Bead Jewelry workshop on Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Habitat for
Humanity ReStore in Charleston.