2018

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The American Electric Power Foundation has awarded a
$250,000 grant to West Virginia State University (WVSU) to help equip laboratories in the
University’s new bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering program.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – When West Virginia State University (WVSU) honors
distinguished NASA mathematician and WVSU alumna Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson on Aug. 25
with
a statue dedicated in her honor, it is fitting that the work was created by a fellow Yellow
Jacket alum.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A selection of artwork produced by West Virginia State
University (WVSU) students and faculty will be on display at the Robert C. Byrd United States
Courthouse in Charleston through October.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) and the WVSU
Foundation have undertaken a fundraising campaign to honor distinguished NASA mathematician
and
WVSU alumna Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson with the establishment of an endowed scholarship
and
the erection of a bronze statue on campus.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Director of Advisement Programs Sharon Smith Banks has been appointed as the International Human Resources Chair for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) mathematics
professor
Dr. Sonya Armstrong will be honored by the Open World Leadership Center at a ceremony
Saturday,
July 28, in Bluefield, W.Va.

WVSU will host its annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program
symposium Friday, July 27.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Two West Virginia State University (WVSU) biology majors
have been selected to participate in international research opportunities this summer.
Students
will be traveling to Costa Rica and France to conduct hands-on research alongside accomplished
scientists.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has been awarded a
$19,995 grant from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to
implement a Collegiate Recovery Program on campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Dr. Robert M. Wallace has been named to the Board of
Directors of the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia.

Multiple WVSU Extension Service marketing projects have won awards from the Association
for Communication Excellence (ACE) in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human
Sciences, the national association for communications professionals working within the
Cooperative Extension System.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received a
significant financial commitment from a 1950 alumnus to establish a new high-tech learning
center for students in the Education Department.

West Virginia State University offices are operating on a Summer Hours schedule of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning on Monday, May 14, 2018, and continuing through Friday, August 3, 2018.

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) has approved an extended
five-year contract for West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Anthony L. Jenkins.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) online
bachelor’s degree in criminal justice has been recognized as one of the most
affordable online criminal justice programs in the country by TheBestSchools.org.