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 2008

July

4

Campus Closed for Independence Day

26

18th 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

15 "One Dream, One World, One Community" Celebrating the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 6:30 pm in the Activities Center, co-sponsored by Dupont and WVU Parkersburg
 (Free and Open to the Public)
16

Religious Freedom Day

19

Campus Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 

 

February          National African American History Month

6

Voices of Triumph Gospel Community Choir Concert, 7pm, Room 1305
(Free and Open to the Public)

18 Meet Sylvester C. Myers, Author of From Coal Fields to Oil Fields & Beyond- A Life in Pursuit of All I Could Be, 11 a.m., Room 1305 (Free and Open to the Public)
23 Unveiling of 2009 Civil Rights Pioneers Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp Series, 11 a.m., Room 1305, co-sponsored by U.S. Postal Service and WVU Parkersburg
(Free and Open to the Public)

27

Distinguished Performance Series presents Christian McBride Band, 8:00 p.m., Activities Center
(Tickets available in Business Office, 424-8223)

 

March          National Women’s History Month

9 Portrayal of Florence Nightingale, 11am, Room 1305 (Free and Open to the Public)

25

"Neuman's Theory: Then & Now, Lecture by Dr. Betty Neuman, 11am, Room 1305
(Free and Open to the Public)

 

April

21

Holocaust Remembrance Day

24, 25

Theatre production of "A Song for Coretta," 8pm, Room 1305
(
Free and Open to the Public)

26

Theatre production of "A Song for Coretta," 3pm, Room 1305
(Free and Open to the Public)

 

May           Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Jewish American Heritage Month

1

BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE

 

June          Africa-American Music Appreciation Month

                                National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

 

 

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For more information please contact::

Debbie Richards
Special Assistant to the President for Policy & Social Justice
WVU Parkersburg
300 Campus Drive
Parkersburg, WV 26104
Phone: 304-424-8201

 

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