A global pandemic, ongoing concerns about racial injustice and continued debate about the value and relevance of higher education in our daily lives set the virtual stage for West Virginia University President Gordon Gee’s annual State of the University address on Monday, Oct. 12.
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WVU President Gordon Gee will deliver a State of the University address today (Oct. 12) at 3:15 p.m.
In the midst of Diversity Week, W. Kamau Bell, a sociopolitical comedian and the host of the Emmy-winning United Shades of America, will share his “gimmick,” the intersectional progressivism with which he treats racial, gay and women’s issues as inseparable (according to “The New Yorker”) on Wednesday (Oct. 14) at 7 p.m.
WVU Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Meshea L. Poore, Esq., will deliver a State of Diversity address Thursday (Oct. 15) at 10 a.m. as part of this year’s Diversity Week.
Greg Graham, associate professor in the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, will discuss the value of citizenship on Oct. 13 at noon.
In September, musical theatre students got the opportunity to speak to Emmy-nominated Broadway actress Sarah Bolt about careers in the musical theatre industry.