MORGANTOWN – West Virginia University President Gordon Gee isn't going at it alone when it comes to implementing new campus carry rules. WVU is forming a Campus Safety Group to advise university leadership on implementation of SB 10, the Campus Self Defense Act. Gee announced the ...
WVU TODAY Morgantown is an arts community on the rise, and a recent gift from two WVU alumni is adding to that momentum. A $1.5 million fundraising effort by West Virginia University’s College of Creative Arts will make the Art Museum of WVU the home for the world’s premier collection of works by renowned American modernist and Mountain State native Blanche Lazzell. The effort is gaining steam thanks to a $250,000 gift from dedicated WVU alumni Alison H. and Patrick D. Deem, of Bridgeport. Their gift complements a recent $50,000 gift from George Lilley to support new ...
Food insecurity is a real problem for many residents of the Mountain State. To help combat the issue through garden-based education, the WVU Campus Food Garden invites the community to attend its spring workshops teaching how to grow a home garden in small spaces. The first workshop, focused on garden planning, will teach best practices for site selection, soils and planting techniques to prepare for warmer temperatures. The event will be at 6 p.m. Monday in Percival Hall, Room 316, on the WVU Evansdale Campus. It does not require prior registration, and attendees will receive a ...
Art exists not only to allow humankind to express itself, but also to help us understand problems and concepts that sometimes feel too large or heavy to grasp. A panel discussion today at the Museum Education Center in the Art Museum of WVU will look at pieces portraying a difficult issue that’s confronted people since the beginning of time: War. “Combat and Art: An Interdisciplinary Conversation” begins at 6 p.m. This is an in-person event. A recording will be posted to the Art Museum’s YouTube playlist in the days following the talk. The discussion is inspired by ...
WVU TODAY West Virginia University President Gordon Gee said service is the cornerstone of everything the university does. Not only is it a core value, but it reflects WVU’s commitment to people — not only to students who attend the school, but to everyone who calls the state ...
The WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance and the Center for Organ Recovery and Education encourages everyone to share the love by registering to be an organ donor this Valentine’s Day, which is also National Donor Day. Observed every year on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, National Donor Day is an observance dedicated to spreading awareness and education about organ and tissue donation. It was started in 1998 by the United Auto Workers and is supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a life-saving transplant. The ...
