2020

Dr. Nicole Pride, the president of West Virginia State University (WVSU), will offer
keynote remarks at the 2020 Women & Technology Conference. The event, which aims to
address the under-representation of women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering,
and
Mathematics (STEM), will be held virtually on October 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.

A 4-H program by West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service is inspiring a
generation of young gardeners to design, develop, tend and harvest their own school gardens
and
fruit tree orchards at three Raleigh County schools.

Thank you to everyone who took part in surveillance testing for COVID-19 on campus this
week. Working together to keep one another safe, we met our goal of testing 10 percent of the
campus population by Wednesday!

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Dr. Bryle Henderson Hatch has been named Vice President
and
Chief of Staff for West Virginia State University (WVSU), effective Oct. 12, 2020.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Dr. R. Charles Byers has been named Interim Provost and
Vice
President for Academic Affairs at West Virginia State University (WVSU), effective Oct. 12,
2020.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service’s monthly Ag Talk
Tuesday series continues Tuesday, October 13, at 6 p.m. EST with a discussion about low tunnel
season extension for at-home growers. WVSU Extension Service personnel will share information
and answer questions with participants live via Zoom.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the first week of surveillance testing on
campus.
Working together to keep one another safe, we met our goal of testing 10 percent of our campus
population for COVID-19.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will begin surveillance testing for COVID-19 next
week on Tuesday, October 6, that will continue throughout the remainder of the fall
semester.r.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University’s Department of
Criminal Justice has been ranked as one of the best in the country by University Headquarters,
an industry-leading educational organization.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The dean of the West Virginia State University (WVSU) College of
Natural Sciences and Mathematics will be a featured panelist in the White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) 2020 virtual conference.

The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Center for the Advancement of Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CASTEM) is accepting applicants to a new cohort of
the
STEM Scholars Academy, a virtual program that pairs high school students with college mentors.
The Academy is open to all West Virginia high school students and will run from October 2020
through May 2021.

Schedule of activities for the Virtual Homecoming 2020 Celebration.

Constitution Day, also known as Citizenship Day, is observed each year on September
17th
to commemorate the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787, and “recognize
all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.” Hear from our
WVSU student leaders about the significance of this day.

West Virginia State University celebrates Constitution Day 2020, commemorating the
signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Department of
Biology has been ranked the No. 3 program for a biology degree in the country by Best Value
Schools, a national online college rating service.