2016

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host the Kanawha Valley Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in the James C. Wilson Student Union on the Institute, W.Va. campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University Board of Governors (WVSU BOG) today named Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins as the 11 President of West Virginia State University. Jenkins will assume the presidency on July 1, 2016.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – More than 270 students will graduate from West Virginia
State University (WVSU) on Saturday, May 14, during a commencement ceremony beginning at 10
a.m.
in the D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center.

Roslyn Clark-Artis, J.D., Ed.D., contacted the West Virginia State University Board of Governors, through its Chair, Dr. Ann Brothers Smith, to withdraw her candidacy from the University’s presidential search.

West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) College of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics will hold its 21st annual Research Symposium Friday, April 29, to share
information
and celebrate the scientific research being conducted by its students. The event will run from
9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Hamblin Hall on campus.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will present a free series of
workshops to help beginning and experienced gardeners learn a variety of agricultural growing
and harvesting techniques on Wednesday, May 4, beginning at 10 a.m. on the WVSU campus in
Institute.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) political science students received real world insight on Thursday, April 14, into issues affecting the Middle East during an innovative new type of briefing delivered to them by U.S. State Department officials.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 25,
with
a full day of activities taking place in and around the James C. Wilson University…

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will conduct its fourth annual Cares Day on Saturday, April 23, when hundreds of volunteers fan out to perform service work at sites throughout Kanawha and Putnam counties.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host an
American
Cancer Society Relay for Life event Saturday, April 16, beginning at noon at the James C.
Wilson
University Union.

WVSU Extension Service will present a free series of workshops to help beginning and
experienced gardeners learn a variety of agricultural growing and harvesting techniques on
Wednesday, April 13, and Thursday, April 14.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its annual
Career and Employment Expo on Wednesday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the James C.
Wilson
University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Department of
Education will have a special celebration on Thursday, April 14, in honor of the
department’s reaffirmation of accreditation through the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).