Announcements
Diversity Week: MASH presents student panel on navigating health education as a person of color
As part of Diversity Week, the Multicultural Association of Students in Healthcare (MASH) will lead a student panel titled, "Navigating Health Professional Education as a Person of Color/Under-Represented Minority." The panel will be held Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom.
Diversity Week: School of Public Health announces keynote speaker, Dr. Della V. Mosley
As part of WVU’s annual Diversity Week, the School of Public Health will host Della V. Mosley, PhD, Black queer feminist, scholar, activist and healer committed to liberation, as its keynote speaker on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Lawn chairs available for students to use across Health Sciences campus
Starting Wednesday, Oct. 7, lawn chairs will be available for students to use across the Health Sciences campus to help promote social distancing in the outdoors.
RESULTS sponsoring survey to gauge 2020 candidates' support for health issues
The RESULTS chapters at WVU and New River WV are sponsoring a 2020 candidate survey in anticipation of the upcoming General Election in November.
WVU Global Health Week lectures to showcase importance of worldwide interconnectedness
West Virginia University will celebrate Global Health Week 2020 from Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 23. Sponsored by the WVU Global Health Program, six lectures will be offered via Zoom throughout the week. Faculty, residents, fellows, students, staff and the Morgantown community are invited to attend.
Diversity Week: Celebrate HSC Diversity with Social Campaign #IAmWVUHealth
As part of Diversity Week, Oct. 11-17, the Health Sciences community is invited to participate in a social media campaign, #IAmWVUHealth, to celebrate and showcase the diverse backgrounds throughout the Health Sciences campuses.
"Excellence in Gender-Affirming Care" virtual training set for Oct. 8-9
An upcoming virtual training and education seminar aims to expand health care at WVU Medicine to be responsive and sensitive to the needs of transgender and gender diverse patients.
Research funding for WVU hits all-time high at $195 million this past year
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing uncertainties in the higher education world, West Virginia University received $195 million in external funding for research and other sponsored programs this past fiscal year.
WVU Hardesty Festival of Ideas speakers to examine social justice issues through diverse lenses
Protecting the rights of others, exposing discrimination through entertainment venues, sharing the anxiety of recovering from substance abuse disorder and recounting the personal experience of escaping a war-torn country through refugee camps are the social justice themes woven among the four speakers at West Virginia University’s 2020 Hardesty Festival of Ideas lectures.
Faculty Mentoring Program available
The Faculty Mentoring Program offers the opportunity to identify the skills of our faculty and to determine the needs for faculty development. As a result mentors can be identified for short term mentoring on specific skills or even e-mentoring.