GENERAL NOTICES

• If you have not received an emergency desktop guide, please contact campus security at ext. 235 or 304-834-7383. The guides should be kept on your desktop or workstation for quick access. For additional information, contact J.B. Skidmore at ext. 386.
• The Academic Calendar for the 2024-25 school year is now available here.
• Need institutional data for a project or report? Visit https://helpdesk.wvup.edu/open.php?topicId=54 to submit a request.
• Help304 is an online crisis counseling resource available to individuals who want social, emotional, and supportive counseling via call, text, and chat. Visit help304.com/contact to receive immediate help. Crisis counselors are available seven days a week.
• The Ebscohost username and password has recently changed. Please contact wvuplibrary@wvup.edu for the updated credentials.
• Kurzweil Education is offering a text-to-speech for web content tool for students who need reading support. This tool will help students who use systems like Blackboard, Moodle and Canvas. Add the Read the Web extension (available for Chrome or Firefox) to your browser to have web content such as tweets or articles read aloud in 30 natural text-to-speech voices that read aloud in 17 languages and dialects. To download this extension, go to https://www.kurzweiledu.com/products/software-updates.html and look for the Chrome or Firefox Extension for Read the Web. For questions or help with accessing this tool, please contact the Center for Student Support Services at 304.424.8378 or deborah.berg@wvup.edu.
• Do you want Ricky the Riverhawk to make an appearance for your special event or meeting? If so, please email communications@wvup.edu or call ext. 291.
• The HESI A2 Nursing exam  will take place on campus from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30. Please call the nursing office at 304-424-8300 to sign up today! 
• Application Deadline for August Graduation is Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Visit https://www.wvup.edu/current-students/registrar-records/graduation-commencement/?hilite=Graduation to learn how to apply to graduate!
• The Manufacturing Production Operator short-term program dates have been updated. The new dates are April 8 to June 12.
• WVU Parkersburg Board of Governors to Meet April 15
  West Virginia University Parkersburg’s Board of Governors will meet Tuesday, April 15, 2025. The meeting will take place at 3:15 p.m. in the Francis and Nina Phares Board Room (Room 1300A) on the main campus.
  Visit http://www.wvup.edu/about/board-of-governors/agendas/ to view the complete agenda.

STUDENT CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

• The WVU Parkersburg Student Government Association is in full swing with its new members. The SGA will be meeting in the Community Room while renovations occur in the SGA office. The meetings will take place at 12:15 p.m. at the following dates: Jan. 17 & 31, Feb. 14 & 28, March 13 & 27, Apr. 10 & 24.
• The Outdoors Club will be holding meetings during the Spring 2025 semester. Meetings will be conducted from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m in the WVU Parkersburg Courtyard if the weather is nice and in the Student Lounge in the case of inclement weather. The meetings will be held on the following dates: Feb. 3, March 3, and April 17. Advisors: Valerie Keinath – vkeinath@wvup.edu and Holly Martin – hmartin@wvup.edu
• The Mid-Ohio Valley Student Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants(AGA) will hold an event for Junior and Senior Business and Accounting students on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 @ 6:30 pm in room 2209. Pizza will be provided. Contact Holly Dexter for more information at hdexter@wvup.edu
• The Bible Club will hold its meetings every Thursday during the semester at 1 p.m. in room 0113. Feb. 6, 13 and 20; March 6, 13 and 27; April 3, 10,17 and 24; May 1. Contact Angie Morgan at amorgan@wvup.edu for more details.
• The Art Club is a creative, welcoming, and service oriented club. They are extremely dedicated to the promotion of art at WVU Parkersburg and the surrounding areas. A couple service projects that the Art Club participates in multiple times a year are collecting donations for the local Humane Society, cleaning up the Parkersburg Poorhouse Cemetery, placing flags on the cemetery’s veteran graves for Veterans Day, and participating in Marietta’s First Friday. The Art Club is an inclusive place for all students. Their meeting time is every Thursday in the Art Studio (Room 3305) from 12:20 to 1:00. If you have additional questions, please contact their advisor, Dr. Reidmiller at Lreidmil@wvup.edu.
• The Fine Arts Committee and the Art Club will be hosting the Poorhouse Cemetery clean-up event on April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Volunteers will help straighten and fix broken crosses, trim bushes and grass, and remove debris. Please dress accordingly and bring any tools you may have. Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Dr. Lauri Reidmiller at Lreidmil@wvup.edu
• The campus community is invited to attend Isabella Reidmiller’s Multi-Disciplinary Studies Senior Art Exhibition on April 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. This exhibition will feature six interactive and kinetic sculptures that highlight gender expectations during the 1950s and today.

FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

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