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These film screenings and panel discussions are free and open to the public. The programs will be in Room G 21 Ming Hsieh Hall (behind Oglebay Hall) on the downtown WU campus. There will be complimentary pizza available.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 , 6:00-8:00 p.m.: "College Behind Bars": Film screening, panel discussion, & book signing with WVU’s Center for Prison Education and Research in Appalachia. The event is led by Dr. Katy Ryan, founder of the Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) and WV Higher Education in Prison Program (HEPI), and WVU doctoral student Danielle Stromberg, APBP prison Outreach Coordinator and HEPI Assistant Education Coordinator. The panelists are Darryl Byers-Robinson (formerly incarcerated and featured in the film), a graduate of Bard College, and Celeste Blair, a poet and artist recently released from federal prison.
The series is made possible by the WVU Community Human Rights Film Fund, established by Morgantown residents Don Spencer and the late Carol Howe Hamblen, and is overseen by the WVU Native American Studies Program.
The WVU CBC provides educational, social and cultural support for African and African American students, faculty, staff and community members.
For more information about the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research, please go here For a full calendar of WVU Center for Black Culture and Research events go here.
A series of virtual programs, in collaboration with the Morgantown Chapter of the National Organization for Women, including presentations by storyteller Ilene Evans performing as suffragist Coralie Franklin Cook and Atiba Ellis, Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School on democracy, voting, and race, took place during the Spring 2021 Semester at WVU at the downtown campus library. The Lead Curator was Sally Jane Brown, MA, Coordinator, WVU Libraries. The Lead Designer was Eve Faulkes, and the Online Exhibit Designer was Travis Williamson
You can find the online exhibit and virtual tour here, and Eve Faulkes' panel designs here.
This information is posted courtesy of the WVU Art in the Libraries
For information please go to their website or email cge@mail.wvu.edu.
This event will occur March 23-27. WVU’s Native American Studies Program welcomes Alaska Native Rights Leader Mike Williams, Sr. (Yup’ik) March 22-28 as the 2026 Elder-in-Residence. He has given more than 50 years of unparalleled service to his home Village of Akiak, the State of Alaska, and various regional and national organizations. His many accomplishments have been recognized with an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska.
Mr. Williams’s efforts address a wide range of critical issues, including the health and safety of Indigenous communities, the epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, protecting traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering rights, cultural preservation, sobriety and suicide prevention, and environmental protection in the face of industrialization and climate change.
His memoir, pictured here, inspires readers to face life challenges with courage and support others who struggle. “Mike Williams, Sr., is the embodiment of the late Congressman John Lewis’s urging to ‘make good trouble’ in bringing about positive change,” said NAS Program Coordinator Bonnie Brown.
He is a Chemawa Indian boarding school graduate, a Vietnam-era US Army veteran, and has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and counseling. He often serves as a media source on important international news such as the 2025 typhoon that displaced entire Native villages in western Alaska.
Mr. Williams will give presentations to a wide range of classes and meet with student organizations. His free public lecture and welcome reception are planned for Tuesday evening, March 24 in Room 1021 South Agricultural Sciences Building, Evansdale Campus. His residency is hosted by the Native American Studies Program in the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences and co-sponsored by the Leadership Studies Program, the Geology & Geography Department, the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the WVU Humanities Center, with funds from the Reyer Visiting Lecture Program for Native American Studies.
Refer here for more information as details are finalized.
For information about the WVU Native American Studies Program please contact Bonnie M. Brown, Coordinator of the program, West Virginia University, PO Box 6284, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6284, NAS.WVU.EDU, @WVU_NASprogram, or call 304-293-4626.
Go here to get more information on the WVU Women's Resource Center. Their current activities include: Freebie products (e.g. condoms and tampons), the WVU lactation network, the Silent Witness Exhibit (honoring those murdered by acts of domestic violence, women's rights, and their annual New Women Meet-Up.
The survey can be accessed here.
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