Announcements
Virtual 'Mindful Steps' series scheduled to begin Sept. 20
Led by a team of expert instructors, this free six-week series is designed to assist in developing and maintaining mindful resilience, mental fitness and relaxation. The 'Mindful Steps' series will take place virtually from noon to 1 p.m. every Monday, Sept. 20 to Oct. 25.
Sept. 7, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Sept. 7, 2021.
New Faculty Justice Network launches for racially minoritized faculty, membership enrollment open
The Office of the Provost is excited to announce the launch of the new Faculty Justice Network, offering an inviting space for racially minoritized faculty members to gather and engage in programs and events that address members’ unique social, cultural, academic and professional development needs and interests.
HHOMA takes listening tour to North Central West Virginia
The Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) continues its statewide listening tour with stops in Wetzel, Monongalia, and Marion counties
BeWell Blog — "Try This Tuesday: ACCEPTS"
The BeWell team is offering a series of helpful tips for mental health and wellbeing called "Try This Tuesday." This week, Layne Hitchcock discusses ACCEPTS — an acronym for a distress tolerance skill used to help cope with intense and unpleasant emotions. Each letter represents a way to distract yourself in difficult emotional situations.
‘This is important,’ WVU law professor remembers 9/11 in Manhattan ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attacks
Twenty years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an associate professor in West Virginia University’s College of Law still has “the most vivid pictures” in her head of that morning in New York City.
WVU in the News: The unvaccinated are a risk to all of us
In this week's edition of the Covid Q&A, we look at the impact unvaccinated people are having on the pandemic. In hopes of making this very confusing time just a little less so, each week Bloomberg Prognosis is picking one question sent in by readers and putting it to experts in the field. This week's question comes to us from Robert in Northridge, California. Robert asks:
Sept. 6, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Sept. 6, 2021.
RESULTS National Advocacy and Organizing Fellowship seeking applications
In this 11-month experience, RESULTS Fellows advocate at the intersections of poverty and anti-oppression and learn how to work with the media, their communities, and policymakers to create change.
Sept. 3, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Sept. 3, 2021.