Announcements
Soul food potluck planned to support QTBIPOC students
The LGBTQ+ Center and its campus partners invite QTBIPOC students, faculty and staff to attend this community-building event from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Maple House.
Working in service: WVU embedded in fabric of West Virginia communities
In West Virginia’s hills and hollows, its larger cities along interstates and smaller communities on country roads, at ground levels and from broader 365-degree views, West Virginia University students, faculty and staff are working each day in service to the Mountain State.
Under the Dome: January 30, 2023 Edition
“Under the Dome” delivers a review of issues members of the West Virginia Legislature are considering. It provides information on matters that affect WVU and higher education, as well as other hot topics being addressed that impact the Mountain State and its citizens.
Fostering peer-to-peer learning: An online STEM Learning Community meeting
Bring your practical tips, best practices and some of your favorite peer-to-peer moments to share at our next online Teaching and Learning Commons STEM Learning Community meeting on Feb. 10 from 12-1 p.m.
Information session on reusable menstrual products offered
The Women’s Resource Center is partnering with GladRags to offer faculty, staff and students the opportunity to learn more about nondisposable menstrual products through various virtual activities, including the Menstrual Cup Module, developed by Tower and students from the public health prevention and intervention course, taught by Assistant Professor Elizabeth Claydon and Associate Professor Danielle Davidov.
WVU in the News: Geographic-Level Disparities Reported in Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines
Christiaan G. Abildso, associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, and colleagues examined the prevalence of meeting the aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and combined aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity guidelines during leisure time among adults aged 18 years and older by rural-urban status and U.S. Census Bureau region using National Health Interview Survey 2020 data.
Beckley nursing student highlights importance of prevention
During 2023 Prevention Day at the West Virginia Legislature, a WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus student helped bring awareness to prevention efforts around suicide and substance use.
HSCommunity: Service
Last week, after moving into the new year and following special celebrations with our loved ones, we were given another opportunity to celebrate and reflect. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed annually on the third Monday of January, is not only a time to honor the civil rights leader’s life and legacy.
Network maintenance scheduled for HSC-North
HSC Information Technology Services will complete maintenance on the Health Sciences Center network Friday, Feb. 3.
Fostering service dogs: A way of life
A post about a new litter of puppies on the Hearts of Gold Facebook page struck a chord with Ashlee McMillan, clinical associate professor in the WVU School of Pharmacy.