WVU Esports has announced the launch of its Game Changers: Alumni Achievements Series, a speaker series featuring a lineup of University alumni and experts from the esports industry and other related professional fields. The series will kick off at 1 p.m. Friday (Nov. 8) and will feature an online discussion with Rebecca Burkhardt, a 2014 graduate of the Sport Management program.
Events
Join the WVU Center for Black Culture in honoring the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Tiffany Dena Loftin, activist and community organizer, is the keynote speaker.
FirstGen Initiatives invites the University community to help celebrate its FirstGen faculty, staff and students now through Friday (Nov. 8). The celebration kicks off today (Monday) in the Mountainlair to spread awareness about the support available for FirstGen students.
The Native American Studies Program will hold its annual ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 6) at the WVU Peace Tree, and Guest of Honor Kody Grant will present “Trading Jackets: Historical Perspectives to Modern Connections” at 5 p.m. in the Mountainlair, Gluck Theatre.
The Miftaah seminar will include a guest speaker, film screening and dinner from 5-8 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 9) at the Evansdale Residential Complex, Blue and Gold Ballroom.
West Virginia University celebrates its rich Appalachian roots each year with a week of activities that showcases music, food, and arts and crafts from the Appalachian region. Mountaineer Week, now in its 77th year, begins Monday (Nov. 11) and continues through Sunday, Nov. 17.