2017

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A new era in West Virginia State University (WVSU)
athletics
will launch in September with the premiere of “The Yellow Jacket Nation”
television show on Saturday, Sept. 2.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service is
partnering with representatives from a variety agricultural agencies, including the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to host a meet-and-greet session with farmers at the
Armed Forces Reserve Center in Eleanor, W.Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host a free solar
eclipse
viewing event for students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community Monday, Aug. 21,
outside of Hamblin Hall near the University’s iconic Clock Tower.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Come hear favorites like George Gershwin’s
“Rhapsody in Blue” and Bedrich Smetana’s “Die
Moldau” on Saturday, Aug. 26, as musicians from all walks of life volunteer their
talents to raise money to treat opioid-dependent infants born at Charleston Area Medical
Center
(CAMC) Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) is preparing to
welcome the class of 2021 and all returning students to campus beginning this week and
culminating with the annual State Stride on Thursday, Aug. 17.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Following a national search, Dr. Yvette Underdue Murph has
been named Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at West Virginia State
University (WVSU). She will start her new role Sept. 5, 2017.

WVSU Extension Service will host a free workshop on composting methods Saturday, Aug.
19,
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Welch Armory in Welch, W.Va.

WVSU Extension Service will host a free workshop on culinary mushroom production
Tuesday,
Aug. 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Sprouting Farms in Talcott, W.Va.

WVSU President Anthony L. Jenkins has been selected to serve on the Council of 1890
Universities Executive Committee of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
(APLU).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University Vice President for Research
and Public Service Dr. Orlando F. McMeans is the Association of Research Directors (ARD)
recipient of the 2017 Leadership Award from the Experiment Station Committee on Organization
and
Policy (ESCOP), a division of the national Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
(APLU).

WVSU will host its annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program
symposium Friday, July 28, at 9 a.m. in the Hamblin Hall Auditorium on campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Anthony L.
Jenkins has been appointed to a statewide team whose mission is to increase college completion
rates.

Tennessee attorney L. Vincent Williams has been elected Chair of the WVSU Board of Governors for the 2018 fiscal year that began July 1, 2017.

WVSU will receive grant funds totalling more than $894,000 from the United States
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
for research projects addressing food security.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The 2017 West Virginia State University (WVSU) television commercial, produced by the Barnes Agency, has been recognized by the 38 Annual Telly Awards.