Tom Hansell of Appalachian State University will discuss After Coal: Stories of Survival in Appalachia and Wales at the College of Law Jan. 28 from 4-5:30 p.m. Hansell will be joined by panelists Caity Coyne (Charleston Gazette-Mail) and Nicholas Stump (WVU College of Law). Ashton Marra (Reed College, WVPB, 100 Days in Appalachia) will moderate this discussion.
Events
The Department of Communication Studies invites all faculty, staff and students to Professor John Shibley's retirement celebration Wednesday (Jan. 30) from 3-4:30 p.m. in E. Moore Hall. Brief remarks will be made at 3:30 p.m.
David O’Sullivan, the ambassador of the European Union to the United States, will speak Thursday (Jan. 31) at 4 p.m. in the Milano Reading Room of the Downtown Campus Library. His lecture, titled “Europe and the United States: A Relationship under Strain in a World of Crises,” is hosted by the Department of Political Science and the International Studies Program. The talk is free and open to the public.
WVCTSI, the Mountaineer Health Initiative, and the WVU Council of Women’s Concerns will host a panel discussion on foster care in West Virginia in Salon A&B of the Erickson Alumni Center from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 7.
Hosted by the Teaching and Learning Commons, this workshop will take place Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Room 104 of the downtown library. Lunch will be served. Presenters: John Oughton, Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Commons; Malayna Bernstein, Director, Learning Sciences Programs, Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development.
The University will hold a bell-ringing ceremony, coordinated by the Office of Campus and Community Life and Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity, today (Jan. 25) at noon in remembrance of students Alexander Gray and Austin Cole Stratton.