Announcements
New Faculty Justice Network launches for racially minoritized faculty, membership enrollment open
The Office of the Provost is excited to announce the launch of the new Faculty Justice Network, offering an inviting space for racially minoritized faculty members to gather and engage in programs and events that address members’ unique social, cultural, academic and professional development needs and interests.
BeWell Blog — "Try This Tuesday: ACCEPTS"
The BeWell team is offering a series of helpful tips for mental health and wellbeing called "Try This Tuesday." This week, Layne Hitchcock discusses ACCEPTS — an acronym for a distress tolerance skill used to help cope with intense and unpleasant emotions. Each letter represents a way to distract yourself in difficult emotional situations.
RESULTS National Advocacy and Organizing Fellowship seeking applications
In this 11-month experience, RESULTS Fellows advocate at the intersections of poverty and anti-oppression and learn how to work with the media, their communities, and policymakers to create change.
WV STEPS Center to host Healthcare Simulation Week Sept. 13-17
The David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety (WV STEPS Center) will host Healthcare Simulation week Monday, Sept. 13 through Friday, Sept. 17.
Virtual Faculty Engagement Event: "Peer Feedback"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program Virtual Faculty Engagement Event "Peer Feedback" on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, from noon to 1 p.m.
New West Virginia health survey aims to better inform policy makers to help deliver resources to communities in need
A new, biennial West Virginia population-based health survey—the Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health—will gather information to help health officials and policy makers better understand the critical health needs of all 55 West Virginia counties, with the goal of directing resource allocations to communities that need them most.
Faculty Development Zoom session: "Leadership in Health Sciences Academic Affairs"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation "Leadership in Health Sciences Academic Affairs: We’re All in this Together" Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, from noon to 1 p.m.
BeWell Blog — "Try This Tuesday: Yoga"
The BeWell team is offering a series of helpful tips for mental health and wellbeing called "Try This Tuesday." This week, Seth Haxel discusses the mental health benefits of yoga. Studies have found that engaging in yoga can help improve your sleep, increase your energy, improve your mood, and help you manage stress.
Guidance for WVU Health Sciences faculty, staff and students working in patient care environments
While West Virginia University is not requiring COVID-19 vaccination at this time, all students, residents, faculty, and staff practicing, working, or serving on clinical rotations will need to follow COVID-19 vaccination mandates issued by healthcare organizations where these activities occur.
COVID-19: Where We Are and What We Can Do
We are in the longest sustained pandemic in our lifetime, and there is no clear end in sight. We are currently being confronted with the most severe strain of COVID-19, the Delta variant we have seen to date. Many people are tired, scared and frustrated by COVID-19.