2018

WVSU senior Edgar Lopez-Torres was one of 15 undergraduate students in the world to
receive the 2018 Student Leadership Award from the American Chemical Society.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will conduct its
sixth
annual Cares Day on Saturday, April 21, when hundreds of volunteers fan out to perform service
work at sites throughout Kanawha and Putnam counties.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia higher education leaders committed Tuesday,
Feb. 27, to the state’s Momentum Pathways Project, a program that uses proven
strategies to improve student success during the first year of college and sustain that
momentum
through to graduation.

WVSU Extension Service will host a workshop on fruit tree pruning and backyard orchard
management Saturday, March 10, at 10 a.m. at the WVSU campus orchard in Institute. The event
is
free to attend.

WVSU will host an art exhibition, artist’s talk and reception for
“We
Wear the Mask,” a reconceptualization of African-American racial identity by artist
and educator Clifford L. Gordon, Thursday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Della Brown Taylor
Hardman Art Gallery on campus.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A Howard University professor and author will be the
keynote
speaker at the West Virginia State University (WVSU) Black History Month Convocation Thursday,
Feb. 22, 2018, at 12:30 p.m. in the P. Ahmed Williams Auditorium of Ferrell Hall.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University President Anthony L. Jenkins will
conduct a series of open forums during the month of February to hear concerns and ideas from
students, faculty and staff.

WVSU Extension Service will host a workshop on fruit tree pruning and backyard orchard
management Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 3:30 p.m. at Hometown Elementary School in Putnam County.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission will host its
sixth annual Celebration of Diversity on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at 4 p.m. in
the Wilson University Union at West Virginia State University.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The State Capitol building will be swarmed by hundreds of
Yellow Jackets on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for West Virginia State University Day (WVSU) at the
Capitol.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Students, faculty and staff are invited to a meeting of the West
Virginia State University Board of Governor’s on Wednesday, Jan. 24, beginning at 4
p.m.
in the Erickson Alumni Center.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Dr. DeNeia Thomas has been named the Chief of Staff of
West
Virginia State University (WVSU).

Students at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School in Charleston are helping to guide
their own science-based lessons and activities with a new after-school initiative led by West
Virginia State University Extension Service.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. The Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission will host the annual commemoration and celebration of the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.