This edition includes highlights of bills that are being considered such as campus carry, PEIA changes, tax reform and the budget, along with activities happening in Charleston as the Senate and House of Delegates enter the final week of the first session of the 86th Legislature.
Announcements
The Center for Community Engagement's annual Excellence in Community Engagement Awards honor extraordinary accomplishments in engaged learning and community impact.
Created by the West Virginia Assistive Technology System at the Center for Excellence in Disabilities, the “Adventure is for Everyone” project will increase ways for individuals with spinal cord injuries and other mobility impairments to participate in outdoor sports by hand cycling.
The PRT will be closed to passenger service beginning Saturday (March 11) through Sunday, March 19, during the University’s spring break. Starting Friday (March 10), faculty, staff and students can park their vehicles in the upper level of the Mountainlair parking garage or at Mountaineer Station for $10.
Mikel Hager, a West Virginia University senior from Madison, was announced as the 2023-24 Mountaineer mascot on Saturday (March 4) during the men’s basketball game at the Coliseum.
The Mary Catherine Buswell Award, established in 1978, honors a WVU faculty member, staff member, student or West Virginia resident who has provided outstanding service to women at WVU. Service should go above and beyond the individual’s regular assignment.