Archives for October 2010

• One Proud Moment
• WVU professor, students to launch interactive exhibit honoring state's African-American veterans
• WVU research helps parents of children with autism through therapy video
• Peace Corps partners with WVU, pairing graduate school with volunteer service
• WVU Snowboarding Club helping to change the face of men's health
• WVU celebrates science and fiction with Isaac Asimov Day

• WVU professor of physics publishes "magnetic" research results in prestigious journal
• Marcellus Shale community education and information session to take place Nov. 16
• WVU's Board unanimously approves WVU Tech's final report to Legislature
• Atkins' book offers rare insight into lives of WVU student-athletes

• WVU Music ensembles to perform Scholarship Fundraiser at CAC on Nov. 4
• WVU Choral program presents 'Myths, Mystics & Magic' on Oct. 31
• WVU opens 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' at Metropolitan Theatre in Morgantown Oct. 28
• WVU freshman inducted into National Gallery for America's Young Inventors
• Focus of Veterans' Summit II is on integrating vets into community
• Finalists for WVU's 2010 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer announced

• WVU's Strategic Planning Council invites input on draft strategic plan at upcoming forums
• WVU music faculty, guest artists to present a 'Concert of Vocal Chamber Music' Oct. 30
• WVU to show film on life of Argentinean football player Diego Maradona
• WVU presents guest artists from SUNY Potsdam with recital of works for viola & piano
• WVU to host University of Kentucky music faculty in voice, piano recital Oct. 29
• WVU and United Way partner to sponsor Make a Difference Day
• WVU Department of Geology and Geography receives $11.8 million software grant
• WVU Alumni Association invites alumni and fans to pre-game event
• WVU alumni find athletic success off the field as well as on
• 23rd Annual Pumpkin Drop is Oct. 29; Annual WVU engineering event encourages students to drop pumpkins more than 100 feet
• Climate Change and the Future of Coal: A Legal Perspective presented at WVU College of Law
• "Legally Blonde" to bring delightful comedy to WVU Creative Arts Center Nov. 14

• WVU, SGA hold Meet the Candidates Tuesday
• WVU Press announces Marie Manilla's latest book, literary arts program
• Farm and Food Conference to show how to keep millions in state

• Wazir and Speilman crowned 2010 WVU Homecoming king, queen

• WVU's Sperow looks into carbon costs of farming practices
• World-renowned Moscow State Symphony Orchestra to play at Creative Arts Center on Nov. 10
• Joey & Rory, Stan Ridgway to perform on Mountain Stage at CAC Nov. 7
• Biometrics research experts converge on WVU
• WVU Neurosurgeon to appear on ESPN's 'Sunday NFL Countdown'
• WVU Center for Neuroscience awarded $5.5 million NIH grant for core research facilities
• Extension agent is expert on cyberbullying
• OSHA awards WVU Safety and Health Extension $880k to train at-risk small business workers
• Boeing Program Director to Give Distinguished Lecture Oct. 25; Bret Marks, WVU alum, is part of CEMR Distinguished Lecturer Series

• WVU research finds sense of taste may be related to risk of tooth decay
• Health Research Center partners to fight obesity
• WVU professor Gartin to receive VIP Citation from FFA
• Google executive, Morgantown native speaks to WVU journalism students
• WVU to showcase notable Isaac Asimov collection to public
• WVU twirlers chosen to compete for cover of national magazine
• WVU Safety and Health Extension offering disaster site training in Wilmington, Del.
• WVU Safety and Health Extension offering OSHA training in Morgantown
• WVU Music Ensembles to perform scholarship fundraiser in Pittsburgh Oct. 26
• Flute professor's recital to feature interesting, eclectic variety of works
• Institute of Industrial Engineers to host Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 25; CEMR student organization to host annual community event
• WVU Laureate Wind Quintet to perform at the CAC on Oct. 24

• School of Nursing celebrates homecoming
• WVU music faculty to present recital of works by Brahms, Mozart
• Coke Zero College Tailgate Tour making a stop at WVU Student LOT
• WVU symposium to address governments' ability to pay the bills
• WVU holds annual Ring Day ceremony Sunday
• WVU enrollment at record levels across all campuses; minority, international, transfer gains in Morgantown
• WVU journalism workshop to help train citizen journalists

• WVU connects students to communities around the state with help of LINK grant
• WVU survey shows West Virginia homes are unprepared for disasters
• H. Marshall Jarrett speaks at the 20th annual Charles L. Ihlenfeld Lecture at the WVU College of Law
• David Jolliffe named Eberly College Alumni Award recipient
• WVU Greeks celebrate Homecoming with competitions, philanthropic efforts
• WVU's minority doctorate program celebrates 10 years

• WVU shows film 'A Day Without a Mexican' as part of brown bag lunch series
• Mountaineers in Malaysia enhance WVU's global presence
• Banner Evening at the Coliseum
• WVU's Puskar Scholars develop into leaders
• WVU journalism professor to participate in international digital video conference on war correspondents

• WVU Health Sciences marks 50 years of leadership in health
• Hardestys to be honored during Homecoming for unwavering service to WVU
• WVU students are reminded of exit counseling requirement for student loan borrowers
• Two WVU student organizations recognized for their service
• Six-time Grammy Award winner Amy Grant to perform at WVU Creative Arts Center
• Flags of the world: many countries represented on WVU soccer team
• Dedicated Mountaineers to be recognized for service during Homecoming

• Oklahoma! to bring Western romance to the WVU Creative Arts Center this Saturday
• Hall of Famer and WVU great Major Harris to lead Homecoming parade
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concert at WVU features pianist Olga Kern
• WVU School of Journalism to co-sponsor 2010 WV Senate Debate
• NSF funds WVU research into mountaintop mining, water patterns
• Award-winning science fiction author James Gunn to speak at WVU
• ASCE, NRCCE Wellness Committee to host blood drive Oct. 19; WVU Student Chapter of ASCE to co-sponsor American Red Cross Blood Drive
• WVU's Iota Phi Theta fraternity holds tribute to women
• WVU's Clements helps launch regional energy research consortium

• Meet an important member of the WVU Healthcare team: Physician Assistant
• Eight WVU Jazz ensembles featured in concert at CAC Oct. 18
• Bill Gilbert, Erika Osborne exhibitions open at Mesaros Galleries Oct. 14
• WVU promotes fairness as host and co-sponsor of statewide conference, film screenings
• WVU to celebrate diversity Mountaineer style Oct. 16-21
• WVU Laboratory Theatre presents Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' Oct. 14-17
• WVU Odyssey event to promote alternative fuel vehicles
• WVU Mining Chair Chris Bise available for expert comments on Chilean rescue

• Award-winning progressive rock drama Spring Awakening coming to the CAC on Nov. 1
• WELL WVU and Greeks promote sexual health awareness
• WVU Extension to provide relationship-building training with $635K grant from DHHR

• WVU's Clements says ambitious plan for the future 'begins today'
• WVU State of the University: Clements says HSTA encapsulates WVU's mission
• WVU engineering professor honored for global impact
• WVU Greeks present Partywalk Competition 2010
• WVU hosts event on issues affecting military women
• WVU to partner with community on paint disposal event
• Grant helps WVU Journalism School expand rural newspaper training project
• WVU shows documentary about gay teen's struggles as part of lunch film series

• The Interplay of Culture and International Trade in South Korea presented at WVU College of Law international law lecture series
• WVU chemistry graduate student receives national fellowship
• Women's Studies 30th anniversary events continue with history lecture and poetry reading
• Freinkel to speak on "A Whole World Dying," exploring near-death and gradual rebirth of the American chestnut
• WVU's Applied Ethics Day addresses moral questions surrounding alcohol and sex
• Award-winning poet Lisa Russ Spaar to read at WVU
• NBC design executive to visit WVU
• Jay Malarcher to give talk about his Fulbright sabbatical
• WVU Foundation's 2010 Pride Travel Fund nets over $86K
• WELL WVU event encourages students to try new things
• Dinner presentation on healthy sexual behaviors to kick-off Experience WVU series
• WVU Mountaineer Week beard-growing contest begins Oct. 13

• Gary Puckett, The Association and The Lettermen to bring romance to CAC on Oct. 21
• WVU's College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences to induct four into 2010 Hall of Fame and name outstanding alumnus
• Dr. Shelby Steele to deliver Hiner Lecture
• Gold and Blue Ambassadors serve as the face of WVU
• WVU to remember student at bell-ringing ceremony Oct. 15

• WVU sports Hall of Fame induction Saturday
• International companies to demonstrate WVU CO2-free coal-to-oil technology
• Guest artist recital features music of Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann
• The Isosceles Trio to present guest artist recital at CAC on Oct. 12
• Annual WVU Percussion Concert has something for everyone

• WVU to remember student at bell-ringing ceremony Friday
• Artists to present lecture on New Deal photographs of West Virginia on Oct. 7
• WVU hosting ski trip to Lake Placid, N.Y. over winter break
• WVU School of Journalism celebrates loyal donors
• WVU professor to speak on women's roles in communications campaigns
• WVU's 'The Rack' receives outpouring of thanks
• WVU to show film on gay community before Stonewall riots
• Clements to launch WVU's proposed strategic plan at annual address
• WVU to offer shuttle for Victoria's Secret Gold and Blue Bash, PRT open late
• WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources to Host Career Fair Oct. 6 and 7; CEMR to host more than 100 employers at annual Career Fair
• Mary Chapin Carpenter to play at Creative Arts Center on Oct. 10

• Szul named to WVU athletic staff
• Award-winning Native American poet to preside over Peace Tree Ceremony
• Nanomedicine researcher, teacher and author to lead WVNano
• Women of Color Luncheon to feature acclaimed singer-songwriter
• State's collegiate business plan competition sees record number of entries

• WVU forensics experts have international stage at INTERPOL symposium; B&E representatives to present business practices to global forensics professionals
• WVU business college to hold graduate fair
• WVU students and employees to compete in annual Ecolympics
• WVU turns pink to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month