The John Chambers College of Business and Economics and the College of Law will hold a joint Distinguished Speaker Series featuring WVU alumna Kimberly A. Reed, president and chairman of the Board of Directors of the federal Export-Import Bank of the United States. The event will be held Monday (March 2) from noon to 1 p.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the College of Law.
Events
A WVU Libraries’ workshop will cover Open Textbooks, an Open Educational Resource that can help make college more affordable March 5 at 10 a.m. in the Downtown Campus Library, Room 104.
In cooperation with The Daily Athenaeum and WWVU radio, “Behind the Bowtie: A student conversation with President Gee” will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Gluck Theatre in the Mountainlair. A panel of students, moderated by DA Editor Douglas Soule, will ask Gee to discuss issues of importance to students.
In this free Research Commons workshop, you will learn about the benefits of publicly sharing your teaching materials online, including how doing so can help demonstrate your effectiveness and excellence as a teacher. You will also learn how to use Creative Commons licenses to allow others to reuse and build on your materials while maintaining their ownership and getting credit for creating them. Join us March 5 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Downtown Campus Library, Classroom 104.
The conference will be held April 28-29 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston and will offer 12 sessions centered around two hot topics in the industry: drug management in the workplace and transportation safety.
As part of Women’s History Month, the Downtown Campus Library will host a reception for the Women of Appalachia exhibit March 6, from 4-6 p.m. in Room 1020. Women of Appalachia Project founder Kari Gunter-Seymour selected works from the organization’s 10th anniversary exhibit.