Announcements
Faculty development session on Zoom set for Sept. 14
A WVU Health Sciences faculty development program is being offered via Zoom — "Gaming in Action: An Educational Approach to Innovative Learning" — will be held Monday, Sept. 14 from noon to 1 p.m.
Gee Mail: Welcome home…and mask up!
In a call unifying the West Virginia University family to embark safely and resiliently into a new academic year, President Gordon Gee welcomed faculty, staff and students back into the fold in his latest Gee Mail.
Women's Leadership Initiative new member drive for 2020-21 underway
The Women’s Leadership Initiative membership campaign for the 20-21 academic year kicked off Aug. 17. Self-nominate or nominate WVU women who you believe would benefit from the opportunities, resources and networking the initiative provides.
Payroll tax holiday
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 8 directing the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to defer the withholding, deposit and payment of the Social Security tax for pay dates paid between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. The deferral does not apply to all payroll taxes (only the Social Security payroll tax).
Welcome & Ask Us Event for first-year students
The School of Public Health Welcome & Ask Us Event will take place on Monday, August 24, from 2-3 p.m. for first-year students, including freshmen and new transfer students. If you're a first-year student and haven't done so already, please RSVP and we'll have an SPH ‘swag bag’ prepared for you.
Reminder for Faculty about Annual Consulting Disclosure Form
As a friendly reminder, all University faculty and non-classified staff must complete an Outside Consulting Arrangement Annual Disclosure detailing their outside consulting arrangements undertaken during the past fiscal year (July 1 to June 30), in accordance with the provisions of WVU Board of Governors (BOG) Governance Rule 1.4 – Ethics, Conflict of Interest and Outside Consulting.
Guidelines for food preparation and consumption
Shared common kitchens may be used for food preparation, but not for food consumption. We ask that users wear masks during all food preparation (retrieving items from refrigerators, microwaves, making coffee, etc.) and wash their hands before and after any common equipment use. Kitchen users should keep their own utensils and dishware. High touch surfaces should be wiped down by each user (door knobs, buttons, touchscreens, coffee pot handles, faucets, etc.) after use. Departments must ensure that adequate cleaning supplies are on-hand in these common areas.
Save the Date: Undergraduate capstone poster presentations, Dec. 2 and 4
This semester, 17 undergraduate Public Health students will present their capstone posters virtually via Zoom sessions on December 2 and 4. Five or six students will present during each session. All School of Public Health members and stakeholders are invited to participate. Faculty and staff should have received an Outlook Calendar invitation, which includes the link to the Zoom sessions.
COVID-19 policies, guidance for Health Sciences and WVU Medicine employees
As the University is welcoming students and employees back to our campuses for the fall semester, varying policies and guidelines have emerged from WVU, including the Health Sciences Center Morgantown, Charleston and Eastern campuses, and WVU Medicine.
Opportunities in governmental public health webinar
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center is offering an opportunity to learn about careers in governmental public health on Friday, October 16 from 1-2:15 p.m. The presentation is appropriate for students, site supervisors, faculty and HRSA Public Health Training Center personnel.