The West Virginia University workplace will shave off a few years Thursday (April 27) when some of the children of University employees take part in national �€?Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.�€?


The campus event, sponsored by WVU ’s Council for Women’s Concerns, will run from 8 a.m.-noon in the Mountainlair student union on the Downtown Campus. The day is an offshoot of the Ms. Foundation for Women’s popular �€?Take Our Daughters to Work Day.�€?


After the 8 a.m. breakfast and registration at the Gluck Theatre, students will head to a series of fun, hands-on workshops at various locations in the �€~Lair.


They’ll learn how to take fingerprints from forensic students. They’ll see cells up and close and personal during a microbiology session. They’ll learn about steel drums and puppetry, and even spin a tune or two at U92 , the campus radio station.


The rotating sessions run 25 minutes in the Mountainlair’s Monongahela, Rhododendron and Laurel rooms.


�€?It’s a way to let young people know about all the academic opportunities WVU has to offer,�€? said Kathy Fletcher, a WVU Office of Information Technology manager who is helping coordinate the day through the Council of Women’s Concerns.


�€?When they see what’s out there, they start working toward a goal,�€? Fletcher said. �€?That’s what this is all about.�€?


WVU Hospitals is also participating in”Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,”including a full morning of activities ranging from learning the Heimlich maneuver to touring Flight Services and seeing the helicopter. Tours of the Radiology Department, Linen Services and Rehab Services are also planned.


Some 16 million youngsters across the country are expected to accompany their parents to work for the day, the Ms. Foundation said.