2018

WVSU has received its fifth consecutive designation as a Tree Campus USA® from
the National Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will sponsor a
Health
Expo and Interpersonal Violence Summit on Tuesday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
James
C. Wilson University Union.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host the annual Dow Chemical “You be the Chemist Challenge” beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 13, in the James C. Wilson University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its annual
Career and Employment Expo on Wednesday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the James C.
Wilson
University Union.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The fifth annual Human Rights/Human Relations Conference
will be held April 11-12 at West Virginia State University (WVSU) and explore the theme of
increasing human understanding.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will be one of only
48
colleges who earned the opportunity to compete at the 29th annual Honda Campus All‐Star
Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament in Los Angeles, April 7-11.

The fifth annual West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference, previously scheduled for April, will now be held May 11-12 on the campus of West Virginia State University (WVSU) in Institute.

WVSU will launch a new series of its Healthy Grandfamilies initiative, specifically
targeting grandfathers who are raising one or more of their grandchildren, Monday, April 16,
from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Roxalana Annex in Dunbar.

WVSU Vice President for Research and Public Service Dr. Orlando F. McMeans has been
named
to the Board of Directors for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The annual West Virginia State University (WVSU) and West
Virginia State University Foundation (WVSU Foundation) Black & Gold Gala will take
place, Friday, April 6, in the D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center on the
school’s Institute campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Anthony L.
Jenkins as well as noted alumna Katherine Johnson were honored Saturday as
“Champions
of Change” by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Charleston-Institute Alumnae Chapter.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State University (WVSU) College of Business and
Social Sciences will host its annual Business, Economics and Government Summit March 26-28,
2018, at the University’s Erickson Alumni Center.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Anthony L.
Jenkins and members of his administrative team, as well as University admissions
representatives
and academic program representatives, visited McDowell County on Thursday, March 15.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) President Anthony L. Jenkins
and members of his administrative team as well as University admissions representatives and
academic program representatives will be visiting McDowell County on Thursday, March 15.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University will host a special Founders Day
celebration Wednesday, March 14, at 12:30 p.m. in the Wilson University Union lobby near the
dining hall.