The City of Morgantown and Morgantown Utility Board will begin projects on North High Street beginning May 6, coinciding with the end of the University’s spring semester.
During Phase 1, North High Street between Maiden Lane and Prospect Street will be closed to replace a water line. Vehicles coming across Maiden Lane will be diverted up North High Street to Fife Street. At some point, Maiden Lane could be closed, but it will reopen to traffic during non-working hours.
West Virginia University is hosting its annual Gold-Blue Spring Football Game presented by Encova Insurance, on Saturday, April 27, at Noon, at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
Admission for the game is free with the gates opening at 11 a.m., and all fans are required to claim a ticket by CLICKING HERE. All tickets will be issued via mobile delivery and fans are encouraged to claim and download their tickets to their mobile wallet, prior to arriving at the stadium on game day. In lieu of the cost of admission, fans are encouraged to make a donation to WVU Medicine Children's at the time of checkout when claiming their ticket. Students can enter at any gate by showing their student IDs.
Headlining the Gold-Blue Spring Game will be an Almost Heaven Village Kickoff Concert featuring Morgantown native Huey Mack. Admission is free to the public. The concert will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the East Side of Milan Puskar Stadium between the Light Blue and Teal parking lots.
Huey Mack, born Joseph Dalton Michael in Morgantown, West Virginia, started getting into music and production at age 14. He began toying with the idea of music as a half-hearted hobby for most of his time in high school. By age 17, he started releasing a series of free digital mixtapes.
Fans are invited to bring their own food and beverages to the concert, but there also will be food trucks onsite. Concession stands inside the stadium will open at 11 a.m.
Between April 29 and May 8, the University community can drop off unwanted items at donation stations in Morgantown to support the WVU Blue and Gold Mine Sale, hosted by the WVU Office of Sustainability and the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties. Items must be in usable condition and can include furniture, clothing, appliances, décor, sporting equipment, electronics and more.
Donation stations include:
· Residence Halls
• Brooke Tower & Braxton Tower – M63C (Learning Center)
• Bennett Tower & Lyon Tower – M03 (Gaming Room)
• Lincoln Hall – 134 (Library)
• Oakland Hall – Café Area
• Summit Hall – 104 and 106 (Showrooms)
• Honors Hall – 120 (Multipurpose Room)
• Seneca Hall – Mailbox area
• Dadisman Hall – 13 (Study room on 1st Floor Annex)
• Stalnaker Hall – 231 (Piano Room)
• Boreman North – 91 (Vacant room)
• Boreman South – Fitness room
• Vandalia Hall – Second floor lobby in Vandalia Gold (Front building)
Community Collection Locations
· Chateau Royale
· Top of Falling Run Road
· Mountaineer Station parking lot (Area 81)
· Grant Avenue (near Summit Hall)
· College Park Apartments (Willey Street entrance)
Accepted Items:
• Clothing, shoes, accessories
• Purses, bags, luggage
• Bedding, curtains, towels
• Dishware, utensils, cups, pots, pans, kitchen appliances
• Home décor
• Electronics
• School supplies
• Furniture
The Blue and Gold Mine Sale is an annual event similar to a community yard sale. This year’s event is on Saturday, May 11, from 7 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m. at the east concourse of Milan Puskar Stadium. There will be a break in between sessions.
From 7 to 9 a.m., admission will cost five dollars for early bird entry, and from 9 a.m. to noon, admission is free. During the evening session, all remaining items will be half off their original price.
Proceeds from the Blue and Gold Mine Sale benefit the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties. Annually, this event keeps around 25 tons of goods out of landfills.
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The West Virginia University Police Department is issuing a Community Notice advising caution after a black bear was reported in the Core Arboretum Tuesday afternoon (April 23). Officers immediately responded to the area and canvassed the trail but were not able to locate the bear.
A Campus Conversation was held Thursday (April 18) via Zoom to discuss the University’s next steps in the implementation of the Campus Self-Defense Act which takes effect July 1.
The conversation addressed frequently asked questions about the details of implementation following the April 12 approval from the Board of Governors for Rule 5.14 — Deadly Weapons, Dangerous Objects and the West Virginia Campus Self-Defense Act.
The WVU Police Department encourages you to safely dispose of any unwanted medications on National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27.
A medication disposal kiosk will be available all day in the lobby of the WVU Police Department office, located at 992 Elmer Prince Drive in Morgantown. Just stop by and drop your medication in the box.
We especially encourage students to utilize this opportunity to dispose of medications they no longer need as they prepare to move out of their residences for summer break.
While we invite you to dispose of medications on Saturday, this disposal kiosk is available year-round, 24 hours a day and permanently resides in the WVU Police Department lobby. Students, employees, and local Morgantown residents can utilize the kiosk any time it’s convenient for them.
If you have questions, please call WVU Police at 304-293-3136.
For more UPD information, visit our website. Follow @WVUsafety on X(formerly Twitter) and WVU Safety and Wellness on Facebook. To get updates during an emergency on campus, follow @WVUalert on X.
The Center for Community Engagement’s annual Excellence in Community Engagement Awards honor extraordinary accomplishments in engaged learning and community impact.
The recognition criteria for these awards are founded upon demonstration of the Mountaineer Values of Service, Curiosity, Respect, Accountability and Appreciation.
As the search for the next president of West Virginia University is beginning and continuing through the 2024-25 academic year, the WVU Board of Governors is committed to having diverse representation serving on the Search Committee. Different perspectives will assist in identifying the qualities of our next president and will be crucial in developing a successful candidate pool.
A constituency that will be represented on the Search Committee is our WVU students. We want to emphasize this will be a significant commitment of time to serve on this committee. Members serving will be expected to participate in several listening sessions over the summer, review numerous candidate applications and participate in multiple interview sessions. Please note that participation by proxy will not be allowed. The proposed timeline for the search process can be found at presidentialsearch.wvu.edu.
In partnership with Barnes and Noble College, the WVU Bookstore will launch First Day® Complete this fall, a new course material delivery program for undergraduate students that provides rented course materials at a lower, flat-rate price in a convenient package before the first day of class.
With this new rental program, you will receive your course materials (required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes and digital textbooks) at a savings of 35-50%. Instead of purchasing materials a la carte, you will receive all required course materials on a rental basis for a flat fee of $360 for full-time (12 credit hours or more) and $168 for part-time (11 credit hours or less) students, which will be added to your WVU MyAccount.
West Virginia University Board of Governors Ad Hoc Governance Committee Chair Dr. Patrice Harris sent a letter to members of the University community Wednesday (April 17), providing an update on the presidential search process.
Thousands of West Virginia University graduates will celebrate their successes Commencement Weekend May 10-12 alongside eight honorary degree recipients and two speakers during nine ceremonies at the Coliseum.
“It is important for our graduates to see and hear from those who have successfully followed their own paths of purpose,” President Gordon Gee said. “Our esteemed honorary degree recipients and speakers, representing fields from politics to performance to philanthropy and more, are making the world a better place. Our hope is our graduates can find inspiration as they take important steps in their own lives.”
Complementary health services and health and wellness-related information will be available from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, April 28, outside the Student Recreation Center.
The two-mile Community Health Walk will begin at 2:30 p.m. and the run will begin at 3:30 p.m.
The current Proxy process that lets WVU students give others permission to view and discuss their records is being updated. The location and link names in Banner/STAR will be the same. However, starting Monday, May 20, all students will need to reauthorize access or proxy holders won’t be able to see anything when they log in or discuss your information with University employees.
This is a critical step in updating the student information system to the most current vendor-supported software. Another key change with this upgrade is that the previously separate Midterm and Final Grades pages will be combined into a single page, “Disclose Midterm Grades, Final Grades, and Academic Progress.”
WVU is partnering with Gallup, a globally recognized analytics and advisory firm, to conduct a survey of student experiences.
This survey is one of many initiatives from the WVU Purpose Center to understand and improve student experiences at WVU. The results of this survey will help us better recognize the strengths of our students, and the effectiveness of programs and initiatives around campus.
Following Friday’s (April 12) Board of Governors approval of BOG Rule 5.14 — Deadly Weapons, Dangerous Objects and the West Virginia Campus Self-Defense Act — the University is moving into the next phase of the campus carry implementation process.
Passed by the West Virginia Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice in 2023, the Campus Self-Defense Act allows a person to carry a concealed pistol or revolver on the grounds of an institution of higher education, with some exceptions, if that person has a current and valid license to carry a concealed deadly weapon.
The University must comply with the law and BOG Rule 5.14 details what the law will look like in practice on WVU Campuses once the law goes into effect on July 1.
Watch a video providing additional information about campus carry at WVU.
After reviewing the results of the latest survey, conducted every three years to gauge our community’s perception of safety at West Virginia University, the WVU Police Department is sharing its key findings and specific actions it plans to take to continue to improve the safety of our students, faculty, staff and visitors.
A total of 1,080 individuals participated in the survey (503 students, 339 staff, 107 faculty, 49 parents and 82 community members).