WVSU Graduate and Professional Students Association Sponsor Leadership Conference

2/26/2019

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Contact: Jack Bailey
(304) 766-4109
Jbaile19@wvstateu.edu
 
     
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Graduate and Professional Students Association is sponsoring a leadership conference on Friday, March 8, in the Dr. Anne Brothers Smith Conference Room of Keith Scholars Hall on the University’s Institute campus.

The theme of the conference is “21^st Century Impact Leader, making a difference” and will feature presentations from a variety of business professionals including:

• Anne Barth, executive director of TechConnect of West Virginia;
• Dr. Mickey Blackwell, coordinator for Graduate Programs and assistant professor of education at WVSU;
• Lisa Moten, director of the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center and Allied Health Wing; and
• B.J. Roberts, speaker and author of the bestselling book “Recharge.”

WVSU President Anthony L. Jenkins will provide a welcome message to open the conference.

The leadership conference is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Registration is available online at https://connect.wvstateu.edu/wvsu-gpsa.

Early registration, before March 2, is $5. Afterwards it will be $10. Onsite registration will also be available and lunch is included.

For more information, contact gpsa@wvstateu.edu.

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West Virginia State University is a public, land grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.