The annual Homecoming Parade, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. tonight (Oct. 24) on High Street, will feature Dr. Clay Marsh, chancellor and executive dean for WVU Health Sciences, as the grand marshal, along with the other recipients of the 2025 Homecoming and Alumni Service Awards. Following the parade, the men’s and women’s basketball teams will kick off the 2025-26 season with “Ballin’ at Woodburn” in Woodburn Circle.
Events
“Hope, Hopelessness and the Meaning of Life,” led by David Cerbone, chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Sharon Ryan, director of the Humanities Center, is slated for 4 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 28) in the Downtown Library Complex, Robinson Reading Room.
The Office of Compliance and Prevention Education in collaboration with UPD is sponsoring a hands-on self-defense session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Evansdale Residential Complex Blue and Gold Rooms.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in a variety of Sustainability Week activities through Friday (Oct. 24).
The WVU Alumni Association truck will be on hand with mum buttons and other giveaways, as well as a WVU Bookstore pop-up shop, food trucks and more for a special Homecoming edition of Mountaineer Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday (Oct. 24) outside the Mountainlair.
The WVU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Committee of Retired Faculty will host a presentation by Nirmeen A. Sabry, Egyptian Cultural and Educational Attaché in Washington and director of the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau, at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 5 on Zoom.