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Through the Community Leadership Academy, leaders come together to enhance their skills on a variety of topics aimed at helping their communities. Topics range from education and volunteerism to financial management and economic development. David C. Hardesty Jr., WVU president emeritus, will share his leadership experiences and tips with attendees as the keynote address (May 2).

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The University’s commitment to effective urban forest management was fast-tracked throughout the last year. The work has earned WVU a Tree Campus USA designation, making it one of 364 campuses to have the title. To celebrate this achievement and mark its 2019 Arbor Day, the Tree Campus committee invites the entire campus community to a tree planting April 24 at 2 p.m. on the east side of the Agricultural Sciences Building, facing Percival Hall.

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UTVs rushing up secondary roads, riding along forest trails and running across the hills. Given their popularity, the West Virginia University Extension Service is teaming up with the Polaris Foundation to improve safe riding practices and help reduce injuries and accidents. This initiative is of importance as West Virginia leads the nation in the number of ATV- and UTV-related deaths per capita with rates eight times the national average.

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For the third time in four years, teams from West Virginia University finished at or near the top in the Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe competitions at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Virginias Conference and the American Institute of Steel Construction Competition held recently at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia.