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April 11, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – Poca Valley has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with West Virginia State University (WVSU) in support of its athletics programs. The announcement came today before the start of WVSU’s spring football game. In recognition of the new partnership, the athletic comp…
April 2, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its first hackathon, the MS-CC Environmental Sciences Hackathon, Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4. Across the two day event students will tackle real-world environmental and cybersecurity challenges using data science, AI, a…
April 1, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host an Out of the Darkness Walk Suicide Prevention Walk on Thursday, April 9. The walk will begin outside the James C. Wilson University Union at 12:30 p.m. Onsite registration will begin at noon. The Out of the Darkness Walk is a…
March 30, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – To celebrate Women’s History Month, West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host Kyla Summer Miller, manager for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as a featured guest speaker on Tuesday, March 31. The event will take place at the Erickson Alumni Center (buil…
March 17, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The Maier Foundation has given $150,000 to West Virginia State University (WVSU) to support scholarship funding for students at the university. The grant was announced today as part of the university’s Day of Giving and Founders Day celebrations. Part of the grant, $50,000, w…
March 17, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Wellpoint West Virginia has donated $100,000 to West Virginia State University (WVSU) to establish healthcare scholarships aimed at strengthening West Virginia’s rural health care workforce and expanding opportunities for students pursuing careers in the medical field. The inves…