Join the Office of the Provost and WVU’s most recent Benedum Distinguished Scholars for an evening of dialogue about research, passion and purpose. Scheduled for Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m., the 2022 Benedum Scholars Showcase will be an in-person event for a limited audience at the Gladys G. Davis Theatre of the WVU Creative Arts Center. A live-streaming option will also be available for virtual viewers.
Events
The Black Student Union at West Virginia University will host its first Black History Month Convocation Sunday, Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. in the Gluck Theatre of the Mountainlair. This event aims to gather as a community to reflect upon, celebrate and exalt the Black presence in West Virginia, both historically and contemporarily.
The Office of the Provost will continue its monthly Campus Conversations focused on academic transformation topics and initiatives to engage the wider University community in dialogue about these efforts. The second session “Academic Transformation: Student Success and Academic Advising” is scheduled for tomorrow (Feb. 24) at 11 a.m.
Join RefreshWVU as it brings back Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars with 11 couples composed of faculty, staff and students who will compete to become the 2022 champions Friday (Feb. 25) at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to celebrate the book launch for one of WVU’s very own, Jason Kapcala, the assistant director of the Office of Accessibility Services. Kapcala will debut “Hungry Town” Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Robinson Reading Room of the Morgantown Library and on Zoom.
In this online session, two faculty members will discuss some of the lessons they’ve learned over the course of the pandemic March 9 from 2:30-3:30 p.m.