State’s contributions to Black History Month include the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen, the first black Air Force squadron. They were formed and first trained at an airfield on campus These pilots’ made WWII history as the most successful fighter group accompanying…
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New car destroyed in campus fire
This 2018 Mitsubishi was destroyed in a fire Monday afternoon in the Wallace Hall parking lot. Owner Jody Cottrell said he owned the car just days. The cause is undetermined.
Capitol Buzzes with State Students at WVSU Day
Hundreds of Yellow Jackets swarmed the State Capitol Tuesday for West Virginia State University day at the State Legislature. President Dr. Anthony Jenkins, faculty, students, alumni and staff carpeted the Rotunda with exhibits. The event provides a yearly opportunity to…
Successful grad guides Student Success Center
By Kiauna Facemyer, staff writer Joshua Means was a very active undergraduate student — Student Government Association vice president, honors program president, Executive Committee student representative. Today the graduate student relies on that experience to give back to the WVSU…
Black History Month started by former WVSU dean
By Meghan Shell, Managing Editor “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” – Carter G. Woodson. As the celebration of Black History Month kicks…
Give Blood; Get Tee Shirt
There’s a blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 8) at the student union. While drop-ins are accepted, you may schedule an appointment at redcrossblood.org/RapidPass. Use code wvsu in the “find location” box. Tee-shirts given to donors while…
First day — burrrrr!
Snow greeted students on the first day of classes of second semester. This was a rare sidewalk not cleared.Our grounds crew did a super job on walks and parking lots as Institute expected a few inches of snow. (YJ photo)
Here’s all the December graduates
College of Arts and Humanities MASTER OF ARTS IN MEDIA STUDIES Katrina A. Slone James Henson Taylor* College of Business and Social Sciences MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Dionne Beverly-Hairston* Jeffery Scott Billings* Jason Elijah Huffman* William David Lanham, II Stephen…
Nearly 200 December grads get diplomas
More than 185 students graduated Saturday in ceremonies at the Convocation Center. The commencement speaker was Dr. Morris Clark, a 1967 graduate of West Virginia State who is a retired professor and oral surgeon from Denver, Colo. After graduating from…
I’ll miss my State family, says December grad
I have grown since I started classes at State in August of 2014. I was going through a phase. I wanted to be away from all the problems I was facing. Depressed. I wanted something to do. Something important to…