2022

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will welcome Step
Afrika! to its campus on Thursday, February 10. The dance company is dedicated to the art form
of stepping, and integrates dance, song, storytelling, humor, and audience participation.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension
Service’s monthly Ag Talk Tuesday series continues Tuesday, February 8, at 7 p.m.
EST
with a discussion of Geographic Information Services (GIS) applications for landowners and
farmers.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A trailblazing librarian and teacher who earned her
bachelor’s degree from West Virginia State University (WVSU) in 1924 and became one
of
the first Black women to earn a degree in library science will be the namesake of a new
elementary school under construction in Westerville, Ohio.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) is participating in
an
overdose prevention initiative, created for West Virginia college and university campuses,
entitled, “Be The One.”

The State Capitol building will be swarmed by hundreds of Yellow Jackets on Wednesday,
February 16, for West Virginia State University Day (WVSU) at the Capitol. The event will
bring
WVSU students, administrators, faculty and staff to Charleston to meet with West Virginia
lawmakers, university alumni and the public from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University’s Professor of
Chemistry Dr. Micheal Fultz has been named a finalist for the 2021 Professor of the Year by
the
Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University’s Department of
Social Work has been awarded a grant for more than $300,000 to help address COVID-19
disparities
in rural areas of West Virginia.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will host Opening Soon, Inc., a free virtual entrepreneurial program starting Saturday, January 15, at 9 a.m. that will consist of 10 weeks of training on various aspects of creating and maintaining a business.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension
Service’s monthly Ag Talk Tuesday series continues Tuesday, January 11, at 7 p.m.
EST
with a discussion of Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) landowner assistance
programs.