Announcements
WVU-led initiative engages West Virginia youth in their communities
The West Virginia University School of Public Health and Health Sciences & Technology Academy are collaborating on a project that will facilitate another relationship across West Virginia — connecting the state’s youth with their communities.
STAR, related systems will be down Sunday for critical security update
Banner (STAR) and STAR-related applications will be unavailable from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 11) for a critical security update that requires more time than our normal maintenance window allows.
Blood Drive set for Dec. 14 at Ruby Memorial Hospital
The next American Red Cross blood drive for employees, facility and onsite students is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. in WVU Medicine J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Bruce McClymonds Conference Room.
VIDEO: December 2022 Dean's Colloquium: "Total Worker Health® Strategies for the Future of Work"
As a part of the West Virginia University's School of Public Health's Dean's Colloquium Series, Chia-Chia Chang and Dr. Casey Chosewood, two experts from the CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Office for Total Worker Health® were invited to share their expertise with the community. Their presentation explored the importance of understanding how work affects an individual’s health and well-being is key to advancing worker safety and overall health.
WVU in the News: Girl Scouts, WVU School of Public Health launch program to help sick kids
Hospital Helpers is a new community service project co-developed and sponsored by the West Virginia University School of Public Health that enables Girl Scouts to collect and donate items in need to health care systems, along with notes of well wishes to children who are spending time in the hospital.
Help fulfill wish list for Rosenbaum Family House
To provide support to family and loved ones who are coping with a medical crisis, Rosenbaum Family House is always in need of all the items that you use when you’re at home.
‘Sunset Meditation’ at the WVU Planetarium
Attend a free 24-minute guided meditation session in the dome of the WVU Planetarium and Observatory Thursday, Dec. 8, and Monday, Dec. 12.
MAP, Applaud and related services will be offline this weekend
MAP, Applaud and related services such as Web Clock, Leave Request and MyReports will be unavailable from 5 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 10) through noon Sunday (Dec. 11) for important system updates that require more time than normal maintenance windows allow.
WVU in the News: Many nursing homes are poorly staffed. How do they get away with it?
School of Public Health chair and professor, Nicholas Castle, weighs in on care failures at nursing homes across the U.S. in reporting from USA Today.
WVU in the News: Father, son career paths converge at VA hospital
WVU School of Public Health graduate Dr. Gerard DeGuzman works alongside his father, Dr. Placido DeGuzman, at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Salem, Va. While they began their journeys into medicine from very different starting points, each believes their day is made all the better for being able to spend it with family.