Calendar of Events - Social Justice

2008

July

4

Campus Closed for Independence Day

26

18^th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

August

5

Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

26 Women’s Equality Day

28

Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

September          National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.15 – Oct.15)

1

Campus Closed for Labor Day

17

"Appreciating the Hispanic Experience in the United States" by WVU Extension Specialist Richard Fleisher, Director, The Regalos Elizabeth Fund, Inc., 11a.m., Room 1305 (Open to the Public)

October          National Disability Employment Awareness Month

6
Guest Presentation by Jeff Biggers, author of The United States of Appalachia
7 p.m. Caperton Center Auditorium

11
National Coming Out Day

13-17
Disability History Week in West Virginia

13 “Getting it Right: Etiquette Tips” (Training Video provided by the WVU at Parkersburg Office of Disability Services), 11 a.m., Room 1305 (Open to the Public)

15
Guest Presentation, “The Disability Maze," by Dr. William Bauer, Marietta College Associate Professor, 11 a.m., Room 1305 (Open to the Public)

November          National American Indian Heritage Month

10-14

WVU at Parkersburg Diversity Week (Open to the Public)
Visit the Human Race Machine – to be on campus and open to the public all week long!

Diversity Week Schedule: PDF Version (requires Adobe Reader)

27-28

Campus Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

December

24-31

Campus Closed

2009

January

1-2

Campus Closed

16
Religious Freedom Day

19

Campus Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February          National African American History Month

March          National Women’s History Month

April

21

Holocaust Remembrance Day

May           Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

Jewish American Heritage Month

June          Black Music Month

                                Caribbean-American Heritage Month

CALENDARS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS
2006-07
2007-08