2021

West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received its eighth consecutive designation
as
a Tree Campus from the National Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban
forest management.

West Virginia State University offices will operate on a summer hours schedule of 8
a.m.
to 4 p.m. beginning Monday, April 26, and continuing through Friday, July 30.

West Virginia State University will hold spring 2021 commencement exercises in-person
on
Saturday, April 24, in the D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker Convocation Center.

Get registered for summer and fall courses this Thursday, April 15, at the Wilson
University Union, room 134, during Registration Celebration. There will be two registration
sessions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

West Virginia State University students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to wear
jeans
with a purpose on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, to support survivors, raise awareness, educate
ourselves about rape and sexual assault, and show our solidarity for all those who are
survivors
of rape, assault or harassment of any kind.

WVSU Extension Service’s monthly Ag Talk Tuesday series continues Tuesday,
April 13, at 6 p.m. EST with a discussion and demonstration of proper butchering
techniques.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Department of Criminal Justice has been ranked the 12 best bachelor of criminal justice degree program in the United States by online educational resource Study.com.

Research conducted by a recent West Virginia State University (WVSU) graduate has been
published in The Plant Journal, a peer-reviewed journal with an impact factor of 6.14
publishing
exciting, high quality science that addresses fundamental questions in plant
biology.

For the second consecutive year, West Virginia State University (WVSU) and the
University
of Charleston (UC) are going head-to-head in a blood drive battle, a challenge to see which
school can garner the most participants for the American Red Cross April blood drive.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service
will
host hands-on training in proper tree pruning techniques Friday, March 26, and Monday, March
29,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the WVSU campus in Institute, as part of a hybrid workshop that
includes a virtual presentation covering basic biology concepts relating to pruning cuts and
methods.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) received donations of more
than
$480,000 on Wednesday, March 17, during its Day of Giving Challenge, the single largest one
day
fundraising total ever in the university’s history.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) is expanding its agricultural and environmental research portfolio with research, extension programming and potential new curricula development in food science.

When Dr. Ami Smith, Director of Extension at WVSU, first set foot on the campus in
1998,
she was a single mother with a full-time retail job and a goal of obtaining an undergraduate
degree. Two decades later, her path as a Yellow Jacket has led her from the classroom to the
laboratory to leading outreach efforts that are impacting people all over the state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, West Virginia State University (WVSU) announced
they
will join Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), the Bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus, and
numerous members of Congress and leaders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) for the fourth annual HBCU STEAM Day of Action, to be held virtually March
8-12.

Last year, West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Center for the Advancement
of STEM (CASTEM) shifted face-to-face youth science outreach efforts to the virtual arena in
the
wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, rolling out multiple virtual STEM programs that
targeted
middle and high school students from rural and underserved regions of the state.