Reporting on Addiction co-directors Ashton Marra and Jonathan J.K. Stoltman have officially launched journalism school curriculum at WVU and four other universities to train students on how to talk about substance use disorders to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with addiction and recovery.
Colleges
Join the WVU Reed College of Media and the WVU College of Law at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the Mountainlair Ballrooms for a panel event on free speech and censorship.
The Pathways to Academic Student Success for biology majors project aims to recruit and retain West Virginia students for Potomac State College’s two-year biology program, as well as help interested project participants transfer to the four-year biology program on the Morgantown campus.
The WVU Department of English and MFA program will host WVU Press authors Tom Bredehoft and Natalie Sypolt for a reading and book signing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Betty Boyd Lounge of Elizabeth Moore Hall.
The Chinese Studies program at WVU and the West Virginia Department of Education will host STARTALK, a federal grant program managed by the National Security Agency to promote critical language learning among ninth through 11th-grade students. Students will learn the Chinese language and culture through activities related to science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Mandarin language knowledge is not required.
Chris Stirewalt, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former political editor at Fox News, will be interviewed by Hoppy Kercheval of WV MetroNews at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the WVU Mountainlair Ballrooms.