Announcements
Faculty Development Zoom session: "Transformational Leadership in the Time of COVID-19"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation "Transformational Leadership in the Time of COVID-19" Thursday, April 8, 2021, from noon to 1 p.m.
Faculty Development Zoom session: "Medical Jeopardy and Interactive Lectures: Learning While Having Fun Simultaneously"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation "Medical Jeopardy and Interactive Lectures: Learning While Having Fun Simultaneously" Wednesday, April 7, 2021, from noon to 1 p.m.
WVU provides additional health, safety guidance for spring event planning
West Virginia University strongly encourages hosting virtual events, programs, activities and gatherings when possible to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The University has developed guidance for limited capacity events on campus during the remainder of the spring semester. This guidance may be modified based on factors such as the positivity rate on campus or in the community and increased hospitalization rates.
Under the Dome: March 23, 2021 Edition
Under the Dome delivers a review of the issues being considered by the 85th Legislature of West Virginia. It provides information on matters that affect WVU and higher education. This edition provides an update on the remote worker legislation and other issues, including several high-profile bills introduced and being debated, as the Legislature enters the final three weeks of regular session.
Pandemic Pedagogy: What Works Now and What We Can Keep Using Post-COVID
The Teaching and Learning Commons welcomes Jessamyn Neuhaus for an online workshop Pandemic Pedagogy: What Works Now and What We Can Keep Using Post-COVID Friday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Civil Rights Icon and Freedom Rider Virtual Campus Visit, March 30
As the WVU community celebrates Women’s History Month, the WVU ADVANCE Center is excited to welcome civil rights Icon and Freedom Rider Joan Trumpauer-Mulholland for a virtual conversation with Dr. Amena Anderson, assistant director of the WVU ADVANCE Center, on Tuesday, March 30 from 4-5:30 p.m. Register for the March 30 event on the WVU Advance Center's website. Trumpauer-Mulholland participated in over 50 sit-ins and demonstrations by the time she was 23 years old. Want to learn more before the event? Watch the documentary of her life, "An Ordinary Hero: The Story of Joan Trumpauer-Mulholland" (available on Amazon Prime) to catalyze ongoing discussions about social justice, resistance and conceptualizations of allyship.
STEM Ambassadors needed
WVU Extension is currently hiring undergraduate and graduate STEM majors to serve as WVU Stem Ambassadors.
WVU, CDC report week 4 results for 'MASCUP!'
The West Virginia University School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a slight increase in the number of people who wore masks and wore them correctly during the fourth week of 'MASCUP!', an ongoing mask observation study.
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2021 Transform This! Challenge Grants application due March 26
The Office of the Provost’s “Transform This! Challenge Grants” are back for another round of inspiring initiatives. In collaboration with a faculty team, the Provost’s Office announces a second round of competitive Transform This! Challenge Grants. Originally launched in Spring 2020 to build on the momentum of the 2019 grassroots Strategic Transformation efforts, each round of Transform This! Challenge Grants will focus on projects and activities that promote one of the Strategic Transformation goals.