Announcements
Survey invitation: Researcher experiences as a WVU faculty member
Message from James Field, assistant professor of management, John Chambers College of Business and Economics:
Call for Applications: Dr. James Stevenson Scholarships
Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Training Program scholarships are available for 2021. These scholarships are made in recognition of Dr. James Stevenson, former Chair of the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University. Two to three scholarship of up to $2,500 will be offered.
HSCommunity: Faculty Spotlight / Dr. Ivan Martinez
Dr. Martinez is an Associate Professor in the WVU School of Medicine and Cancer Institute. He is passionate about increasing the diversity of students and faculty at WVU. He recently answered a few questions about why he chose WVU, insights he offers to students and collaborations that have helped him to become a successful scientist.
Share with students: WVU gauging interest among students who would like to receive vaccine
The University is gauging interest among current WVU students who would like to receive the COVID-19 vaccine if it's made available by the end of the spring semester.
WVU gauging interest among faculty, staff aged 39 and younger to receive COVID-19 vaccine
West Virginia University is gauging interest among faculty and staff aged 39 and younger in the event COVID-19 vaccines are made available through the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Joint Interagency Task Force.
WVU issues Community Notice regarding hate group recruitment flyers distributed on Morgantown campus
West Virginia University was made aware on Tuesday, March 9, that a national hate group had distributed recruitment flyers on the Morgantown campus. An investigation has been completed, which included the University Police Department communicating with the FBI to gather additional potential information about the group.
Lessons from the pandemic: What WVU has learned, accomplished and shared in the year of COVID-19
Under the quiet surface of near-stilled campuses over the past year, West Virginia University researchers, faculty and administrators have scrambled to learn more about COVID-19 and mitigate its spread, calculated how to teach online and hybrid classes and figured out how to better ensure people on those campuses could remain safe from the virulent disease that has killed more than 500,000 U. S. citizens to date.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) hosts Instructor/Presenter Information Session
Learn more about teaching for OLLI during the OLLI Volunteer Presenter Information Session on Monday, March 29, at 2 p.m., on Zoom, including what type of programs are of interest to members, the proposal process, support provided to instructors, and the rewards of teaching for OLLI at WVU.
Students help scouts earn public health merit badge
Young people across the Mountain State have learned a lot about public health safety measures throughout the past year. Thanks to students in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, participants of Merit Badge University can now officially add the public health merit badge to their collection.
Opportunity for students to participate in HIV workforce development
The West Virginia Regional Partner (WVRP) of the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MA AETC) is in Morgantown and encompasses the entirety of West Virginia. The MA AETC provides HIV/AIDS education, consultation, technical assistance and resource materials to health care professionals throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.