It shaped our history. It charts our future.

Its the U.S. Constitution, and on Monday (Sept. 17), West Virginia University is joining with other schools and public entities across the country for the day that celebrates the document by which our country is governed: Constitution Day.

Members of WVU s Student Government Association will spend Monday in the Mountainlair where theyll hand out copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

In public schools across north-central West Virginia, student-teachers from the College of Human Resources and Education will present copies of the Constitution and other materials for their classes that day.

Dr. L. Christopher Plein, who chairs WVU s Division of Public Administration, will also discuss the Constitution in his PA 640 class on Monday.

Other background on the document and day is available online at two WVU -sanctioned Web sites:http://www.wvu.edu/constitutionday/andhttp://www.hre.wvu.edu/hre/college/ConstitutionDay.htm