July

4                               Campus closed for Independence Day

26                  Anniversary - Americans with Disabilities Act

                                       

August

         5                    Anniversary - Voting Rights Act of 1965

        14                   Jerry Traylor presentation at Faculty & Staff In-Service

        26                   Women’s Equality Day

        28                   Guest Presenter on Buddhist Religion:  Jhampa Shaneman (Open to Public)

        28                   Anniversary - 1963 March on Washington            

 

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

         3                     Campus Closed for Labor Day

        12                   Film Series:  Lost Boys of Sudan  11am, Room 1305        

 

October               National Disability Employment Awareness Month

         1                     Film Series: Hispanic Americans: One or Many Cultures?  11am, Room 1305

         8 - 12             WVU at Parkersburg Celebrate Community- Honor Diversity Week
                               Click here for a detailed schedule.  (Open to Public)

        11                   National Coming  Out Day

        15-19             Disability History Week in West Virginia

        15                   Film Series: A Little History Worth Knowing/A Credo for Support  11:30 am

        22                   Film Series: Ghosts of Mississippi 11am, Room 1305

        23                   Guest Presentation:  Jerry Mitchell, Investigative Reporter  for the Clarion-Ledger  (Open to Public)

                               

November           National American Indian Heritage Month

         5                    Film Series: Incident at Oglala – The Leonard Peltier Story  11am, Room 1305

        11                   Veterans Day

        11-17             National Veterans Awareness Week

        14                   Film Series: Vietnam Veteran: Then & Now  11am, Room 1305

        22-23             Campus Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

 

December

24-31             Campus Closed

 

January

         1                     Campus Closed for New Year’s Day

14                   Guest Presenter: Michael Hardin, "Violence, Culture, and Religion vs. The Future of Hope" (Open to Public)

16                   Religious Freedom Day

        16                   Film Series: King – Man of Peace in a Time of War  11am, Room 1305

        21                   Campus Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day        

22                   Special Program Co-Sponsored with Dupont: "To Celebrate the Legacy and Living,  Breathing
                                Messages of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Our Community"    (Open to Public)

 

February               National African American History Month

         4                    Unveiling of the 2008 Black Heritage Commemorative Postage Stamp, Room 1300 (Open to Public)

        20                   Film Series: The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till   11am, Room 1305

        25                   Meet Harriet Beecher Stowe, portrayed by Ellen Pope. Room 1305 (Open to Public)

 

March                      National Women’s History Month

         4                     Film Series: Iron Jawed Angels  11am, Room 1305

        12                   "The Search for Negotiated Peace: Women's Activism and Citizen Diplomacy in World War One"
                                presented by  David S. Patterson, Room 1305 (Open to Public)

        12                   Jackson County Center - International Luncheon

        17                   History Alive! Portrayal of Margaret Blennerhassett by Debra Conner,
                                sponsored by the WV Humanities Co., Room 1305 (Open to Public) 

 

April

         7                     Film Series: Holocaust Films, "The Courage to Care" and "The Holocaust Aftermath"  11am, Room 1305

        9                      Presentation by Dr. Mary E. Haas, Chair, WV Commission on Holocaust Education
                                 Room 1305 (Open to the public)

 

May                     Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

                       Jewish American Heritage Month

        2                      Holocaust Remembrance Day

 

June                    Black Music Month

                       Caribbean-American Heritage Month

 

 

CALENDARS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS
2006-07