* WHO :* David Hardesty, President, West Virginia University

Eugene Cilento, Dean, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Mary Ellen Mazey, Dean, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Jim Rye, Interim Dean for Research and Technology, School of Human Resources and Education

Lydotta Taylor, President, EdVenture Group

* WHAT :* Announcement of a federal grant designed to focus on the nationwide decline in the number of high school students entering the science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

* WHEN :* Thursday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m

* WHERE :* Mountaineer Room, Mountainlair