2016

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The inaugural Fall Festival on the Quad (FQ) will take place on the campus of West Virginia State University (WVSU) Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The fifth annual West Virginia State University (WVSU)
Homecoming 5K Run/Walk will take place Saturday, Sept. 24, beginning at 9 a.m. on the plaza of
the James C. Wilson University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received a
nearly
$250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study removing selenium and nitrate
from wastewater produced in the electric power generation process.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Several West Virginia State University (WVSU) faculty
members have been recognized for their achievements in and out of the classroom through a new
faculty awards program.

INSTITUTE, W.Va.The fall season of West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Creators Program includes events featuring entertainer and “America’s Got Talent” winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. and W.Va. Poet Laureate Marc Harshman, among others.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) student chapter
of
Psi Chi, the International Honors Society in Psychology, has received a Model Chapter award
from
the organization’s Board of Directors.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Since flood waters destroyed communities throughout West
Virginia in late June, West Virginia State University (WVSU) Associate Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Micheal Fultz has been coordinating an effort to ensure science education remains a part
of
those schools that were impacted.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service is
hosting a free workshop to help gardeners prepare for the fall season beginning at 1 p.m. on
Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Charleston Veterans Affairs (VA) Outpatient Clinic.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) is preparing to
welcome the class of 2020 and all returning students to campus beginning this week and
culminating with the fifth annual State Stride on Thursday, Aug. 18.

INSTITUTE, W.VaWest Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Sports Studies program has again achieved the distinction as the only undergraduate program in West Virginia recognized by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Education Recognition Program (ERP).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A free orchestra and choir performance to benefit high
school music departments in West Virginia impacted by June’s flooding will take
place
at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston.

WVSU Extension Service is hosting a free workshop to help gardeners prepare for the
fall
season from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at the Arrowhead Bike Farm in Fayetteville.

WVSU Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Micheal Fultz has been named as a member of
the
2016 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society.

WVSU has received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to research seed
storage
compounds and bioenergy with the goal of enhancing crop growth on reclaimed surface mine
lands.

WVSU’s Creators Program will offer a series of workshops for graphic designers
beginning Saturday, July 16, at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) in Charleston.