2022

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Presidential Search Committee has selected three higher education leaders as the finalists to become the 13 president of the University.

There will be a COVID-19 vaccine and testing clinic Tuesday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to
2
p.m. in the James C. Wilson University Union conducted by the Partnership of African American
Churches. No appointments or registration are necessary. The clinic is free and open
to all students, faculty, and staff as well as the surrounding community.

The West Virginia State University men’s basketball team qualified for the NCAA
DIvision II Championship for the first time since 2010 when selections were announced on
Sunday
night. This will be the sixth time that West Virginia State has made the dance since joining
the
Division II ranks in 1997.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The building on West Virginia State University’s (WVSU)
campus that houses the administrative offices of the university’s land-grant
programs
has been renamed in honor of long-time professor and administrator Dr. R. Charles Byers.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) 4-H is currently
holding a World Butterfly Day Species Design Contest, open to youths aged 5-18 statewide.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will mark its Founders Day on
March 17 with a Day of Giving Challenge designed to support student success.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service
and
the Agricultural & Environmental Research Station are hosting a number of listening
sessions to understand how they can better serve communities throughout the state.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University’s athletic training program has
partnered with West Virginia State University (WVSU) to establish an articulation agreement
for
a more efficient transfer of students from undergraduate studies at WVSU to
Marshall’s
graduate athletic training program.

If you have not already applied for spring 2022 graduation, please do so by the
deadline
of this Friday, March 4. Please click here for more information about spring graduation,
including the application.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia Tree Minders will be hosting a series of
tree
pruning workshops on the campus of West Virginia State University (WVSU) on the following
dates:
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 1-3 p.m.; Saturday, February 26, 2022, 1-3 p.m.; Wednesday,
March
2, 2022, 1-3 p.m.; and Friday, March 4, 2022, 1-3 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Agent
Caroline Copenhaver is helping students at Ebenezer Community Outreach Center in Huntington
become Certified Wildlife Gardeners through the Junior Master Gardener Program.

Two West Virginia State University (WVSU) graduate students have been selected as
fellows
for West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Inside Appalachia Folkways Project.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A 2005 communications graduate of West Virginia State
University (WVSU) is a writer and story editor for a new TV drama premiering later this month
on
The CW.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service
will
host Opening Soon, Inc. (OSI) Writing the Business Plan, a free virtual entrepreneurial
writing
workshop starting Wednesday, February 9, at noon that will consist of four weekly training
sessions to help both experienced and novice entrepreneurs create a comprehensive business
plan.