The University is holding its second annual Day of Giving today (Nov. 14). The 24-hour online event raises money for scholarships and the greatest needs of WVU and individual colleges and schools. You’re encouraged to make gifts and sign donor thank you cards at the Mountainlair, Evansdale Crossing and Health Sciences Center pylons area from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today on the Morgantown Campus. A special Day of Giving event is also being held at WVU Tech in Beckley at the Chick-fil-a on Eisenhower Drive from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Events
Check out a Frontline Professionals Meeting today (Nov. 14) from noon -1 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room of the Mountainlair. Today's topics include updates and overviews on new initiatives from offices that focus some of our special populations - Veterans Affairs, Global Affairs and a new program for Underrepresented Minority Students - RiseWVU.
Join Blue Zones Project today (Nov. 14) at 5 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center for a presentation by national speaker Nick Buettner about improving well-being for citizens of Morgantown
The women’s basketball team will play host to Bryant Thursday (Nov. 15) in the WVU Coliseum at 10 a.m. The game will promote and support Education Day. An estimated 8,000 local elementary and middle schools will be in attendance for the 10 a.m. tipoff. Admission is free for all fans.
The Secular Student Alliance will host Jim Helton, national field organizer for American Atheists, for a presentation titled "The Time Is Now" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 14) in Oglebay Hall room 102
“Patriotism, Politics and the Playing Field” is planned today (Nov. 13) at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. The panel discussion, presented as part of the David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas, will feature national sports journalists, commentators and athletes discussing the intersection of sports, race and media during a time of intense political division and partisanship.