To help reduce the number of musculoskeletal injuries among WVU employees, Environmental Health and Safety recently updated the Lifting and Material Handling Guidelines.
Announcements
Access to trained emergency response personnel, particularly in West Virginia where rural areas are abundant, can be a matter of life and death. Extension Service Safety and Health Extension’s Shirley M. Kimble Training Center is working to remedy that situation by providing individuals with EMT training, which will help grow West Virginia’s future emergency response workforce.
Monongalia County Health Department and West Virginia University were notified that 13 new cases were reported Thursday (July 2) with at least 10 WVU students who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
With summer in full swing and the Fourth of July quickly approaching, the Division of Talent and Culture recognizes many faculty and staff are considering whether it is safe to take a personal trip or vacation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most states have reopened, which may provide some semblance of normalcy. However, COVID-19 cases continue to rise in many areas across the country.
More than 7,000 West Virginia University students earned honors during the spring 2020 semester.
To help support WVU faculty and instructors with (re)designing their Fall 2020 courses, the Teaching and Learning Commons has developed an eight-module Fall Hybrid Teaching Institute.