A portion of parking lot ST-6 at Blaney House will be closed Tuesday (April 23). The remainder of the lot will remain open.
During this time, parking is available in other short-term lots on the Evansdale Campus, like ST-1 at the Art Museum, ST-4 at the Rec Center or ST-9 at Evansdale Crossing.
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.
To continue the discussion with the University community, a Campus Conversation is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday (April 18) via Zoom.
Join the Campus Conversation.
Presenters include:
• Corey Farris, dean of students and co-chair of the Campus Safety Steering Group,
• Travis Mollohan, associate vice president for government relations and collaboration, and chair of the Campus Carry Sub-Group
• Kevin Cimino, deputy general counsel
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).