Events

People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Law Enforcement

4 p.m. / Laurel Room, Mountainlair Student Union

Steven Slack's presentation will focus on the National Down Syndrome Society's program of training law enforcement on how to engage people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He will speak on key points of receptive and expressive language, crisis intervention and establishing trust. The talk will also cover models of behavior that are successful in school and clinical settings. The event is hosted by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. 

Inter-University Integrated Behavioral Health Summit

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. / Mountainlair Ballrooms

The (Mostly) Positive Effects of Supportive Coparental Communication

3:30 p.m. / Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

Coparental communication plays a critical role in facilitating family member adjustment. In this presentation, Dr. Paul Schrodt will provide three illustrations of how it may function to promote emotional and relational security in families. Although the effects of supportive coparental communication are mostly positive, they may also produce moments of stress and ambivalence for coparenting adults and their children. The talk is hosted by the Department of Communication Studies.

2019 Seehra Lecture

4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. / Shenandoah Room, Mountainlair Student Union

Exploring Restorative Justice as an Option for Campus Sexual Assault Responses Under Title IX

4 p.m.-5 p.m. / Betty Boyd Lounge, E. Moore Hall

How should universities respond to sexual assault offenses under Title IX? Should punishment focus on retribution or restoration? What model of justice would be best?

Flint and Charleston: Drinking water pollution and its impact on women’s health

4 p.m. / 104 Downtown Campus Library

2019 Callahan Lecture

7 p.m. / Rhododendron Room, Mountainlair

Collective Feminist Spaces: Doing Critical Geography in Latin America

2 p.m. / 325 Brooks Hall

Professor Robert M. Maxon Lifetime Achievement and Academic Legacy African Conference

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Morgantown Marriott

The Department of History, with support from the Africana Studies Program, is sponsoring a conference devoted to African history in honor of Robert Maxon, who is retiring after a long and distinguished career at WVU. Maxon joined the WVU faculty in 1969 and has played a major role in shaping the field of east African history through his decades of consistently outstanding scholarship and dedicated training of graduate students. Conference organizers and participants include many of Maxon's former doctoral students who have gone on to distinguished academic and administrative careers of their own. 

Communication Studies professor marks 50 years as a Mountaineer

3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. / E. Moore Hall

The Department of Communication Studies invites all faculty, staff and students to Professor John Shibley's retirement celebration on Wednesday, April 3 from 3-4:30 p.m. in E. Moore Hall. Brief remarks will be made at 3:30 p.m.

Lessons Learned from Analyzing Long-Term High-Resolution Multi-Constituent Hydroclimate and Water Quality Data

3 p.m. / 325 Brooks Hall

Author Geffrey Davis to give reading

7:30 p.m. / Milano Reading Room, Downtown Campus Library

The Department of English will host a reading by author Geffrey Davis on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Downtown Campus Library's Milano Reading Room. 

Truth and the Liar Paradox

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. / Betty Boyd Lounge, E. Moore Hall

The liar paradox is a well-known puzzle in the philosophy of logic: Is the sentence, “This sentence is false” true or false? Both answers seem to lead to a contradiction. But calling the liar paradox a puzzle does not do justice to its implications. Thinking through the paradox carefully requires confronting deep questions about the nature of meaning, truth and logic.

Morgantown Seed Preservation Library Launch

Various Times / Various Locations

Mehmet Oztan, a service assistant professor of geography, has created the Morgantown Seed Preservation Library in conjunction with the Morgantown Public Library, WVU Libraries and WVU Food Justice Lab. The seed library will offer the heirloom seeds of Appalachia to the greater Morgantown community as part of its mission to preserve regional agrobiodiversity, culinary and farming traditions. In the coming years, Morgantown Public Library patrons will be able to check out seeds in the same way they check out books, movies, music and other resources. 

Yuri's Night

6 p.m. - 9 p.m. / WVU Planetarium

Yuri's Night is a global celebration of humanity's past, present and future in space, named after Yuri Gagarin, the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961. The Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics are teaming up to host Yuri's Night at the WVU Planetarium. The event includes planetarium shows, telescope viewing, lectures, kids activities and more. 

The Clothesline Project

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Downtown Campus Library Lawn

Energy and the Environment: Communication Challenges

6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. / Shenandoah Room, Mountainlair Student Union

For many communities, the environmental impacts of energy production create a unique paradox in that jobs are created by the same energy sources that can cause environmental harm. This public program is aimed at discussing how communication can help solve and/or contribute to environmental issues caused by energy creation and consumption. 

Eberly College Graduate Commencement

12 p.m. / WVU Coliseum

The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will hold two commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 12, 2019: one for graduate students at 12 p.m. and one for undergraduate students at 3 p.m. There is no limit on the number of guests a graduate may invite to the ceremony, and no tickets are required for admission. 

Eberly College Undergraduate Commencement

3 p.m. / WVU Coliseum

The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will hold two commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 12, 2019: one for graduate students at 12 p.m. and one for undergraduate students at 3 p.m. There is no limit on the number of guests a graduate may invite to the ceremony, and no tickets are required for admission.