2021

West Virginia State University celebrates Constitution Day 2021 on Friday, September
17,
commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.

The WVSU Healthy Grandfamilies program, which provides information, education and
resources to grandparents raising their grandchildren, has received an honorable mention as a
2021 Exceptional Local Program from the Association of Northeast Extension Directors.

WVSU Extension Service’s monthly Ag Talk Tuesday series continues Tuesday, September 14, at 6 p.m. EST with a discussion on hide tanning with Dr. Annette Ericksen of Twin Maples Farm.

West Virginia State University has created a Vaccination Incentive Program to encourage the campus community to get vaccinated. Students, faculty and staff who submit their proof of vaccination will be enrolled for a random drawing to take place each Wednesday throughout the month of September.

WVSU Extension Agent Chris Zeto’s everyday duties range from community outreach and marketing assistance to explaining the history of the pepperoni roll.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. Dr. Ami M. Smith has been named interim vice president for research and public service and dean and director of land-grant programs at West Virginia State University (WVSU), effective immediately.

In observance of the Labor Day Holiday, campus offices will be closed Monday, September
6.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced Monday a new
vaccination incentive program for the state’s grandparents who are raising their
grandchildren. Eligible participating households in West Virginia State University’s
(WVSU) Healthy Grandfamilies program can receive a $150 voucher for providing proof of
receiving
the COVID-19 vaccine.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) has announced nearly $2
million
in upgrades to its football stadium that will include installation of an artificial turf
field,
lights and new bleachers.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has been awarded
$100,000 in federal funding from NASA for a research project that will investigate the
efficacy
and adaptability of sweet potatoes as a potential crop that could be grown on Mars.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) students
participated
in the successful launch of a NASA suborbital rocket at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on
Wallops Island, Virginia, on Thursday, August 19.

West Virginia State University Extension Agent Adam Hodges has been named president of the West Virginia Agrarian Commons.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has been awarded a
nearly $200,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS) as part of a program to assist in
the
preservation of historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
(HBCUs).

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has paid off the
account balances for more than 2,900 students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension
Service’s monthly Ag Talk Tuesday series continues Tuesday, August 10, at 6 p.m. EST
with a discussion of “Agricultural Opportunities in Appalachia – Bridging
the Gaps in Food Deserts.”