2022

West Virginia State University (WVSU) will sponsor a screening and panel discussion of
“Tipping the Pain Scale,” a film that explores the systems that have been
ineffective in curbing the opioid epidemic and the solutions addiction professionals have
started to implement.

The West Virginia State University (WVSU) community is invited to share their thoughts
for the university’s future on Wednesday, September 7, as part of the launch of a
comprehensive strategic planning process.

A West Virginia State University (WVSU) computer science student is weighing her
options
for life after earning her undergraduate degree after spending most of her summer doing
research
at Stanford University.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service has been chosen as a Project
Fellow to receive $10,000 from The Extension Foundation to support the WV Coalfields Trail
Town
Program.

West Virginia State University and The Chemours Company (Chemours), a global chemistry
company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the advancement of chemistry and
chemical engineering education, and workforce development.

WASHINGTON, DC – August 23, 2022 – Today, Student Freedom
Initiative
announced the next round of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) that will participate in its
program including West Virginia State University.

In observance of the Labor Day Holiday, campus offices will be closed Monday, September
5.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Two West Virginia State University (WVSU) students have
been
selected as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1890 National Scholars.

As part of West Virginia State University (WVSU) Welcome Days activities on Thursday,
Aug. 18, beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the P. Ahmed Williams Auditorium in Ferrell Hall
WVSU President Ericke S. Cage will welcome new and transfer students to campus. Following his
brief, welcoming remarks, Cage and the university’s executive leadership team, will
lead freshmen and transfer students on a walk from Ferrell Hall to the Student Plaza outside
the
University Union..

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service’s Healthy Grandfamilies program hosted the first Grand Conference Aug. 8-9 at the Bridgeport Conference Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

West Virginia State University is planning an exciting welcome back to campus for the
start of the fall 2022 semester. Click here to see the full Welcome Days schedule.

West Virginia State University (WVSU) Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities Dr. Robert Wallace has been named to the Board of Directors for the Kanawha County Public Library. Wallace’s appointment to the board was effective in early August.

West Virginia State University will host a Katherine Johnson Day Observance on Friday,
Aug. 26, at 10 a.m. at the site of her statue on campus. Aug. 26 was Johnson’s
birthday
and the day has previously been declared Katherine Johnson Day in West Virginia. The program
will feature a wreath laying and also brief remarks about Johnson’s life and legacy.

There will be a COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinic Tuesday, August 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the James C. Wilson University Union conducted by the Partnership of African American Churches (PAAC). No appointments or registration are necessary. The clinic is free and open to all students, faculty, and staff as well as the surrounding community.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The final New Student Orientation session for incoming
freshman and transfer students at West Virginia State University (WVSU) will take place on
Wednesday, August 10.