Student Government Elections.

The Call for Candidates is currently underway for the 2009 - 2010 Student Government. All 14 Senator positions are available as well as the 3 officers positions. A new position will be elected this year, that of JCC Vice President. Students can pick up a petition for candidacy outside the S.G.A. office from March 23rd to April 3rd. For more info please contact any Student Government member, check in the S.G.A. office - 1405, or call 424-8308. Petitions for candidacy are also available on the SGA website which can be accessed through the college's main home page.

Charity Basketball game.

A team of WVU Parkersburg faculty/staff will be participating in a charity basketball game on Thursday April 2 at The Snyder Center on the campus of Ohio Valley University. Results Radio, the United States Marine Corps, a team of faculty/staff from OVU and our team will comprise the field. Games begin at 6pm and last approximately 30-45 minutes each and are fun in nature.

Admission is free but donations will be accepted at the door. Proceeds will benefit the local Multiple Sclerosis foundation.

Plan to come out and enjoy an evening of fun and cheer on/laugh at/or simply enjoy your favorite professor as they play a little round-ball.

For more information, listen to Results Radio or contact the Student Activities office - 1206 or call 304-424-8309.

April Fools Comedy Shows.

WVU Parkersburg Student Activities/Student Government is sponsoring an April fools joke you won't soon forget. Fresh off his half-time performance at a Cleveland Cavaliers game Roberto the Magnificent will be on campus Wednesday April 1. He will perform a short show during the Student Engagement hour, 11:00am - 12:15 in the cafeteria. At 7:00 pm that evening he will perform his full comedy show in the college Theatre. Admission if free, although we are asking everyone to please bring a can or two of food for the needy. For more information please contact the Office of Student Activities - 1206 or call 304-424-8309.

Don't let the joke be on you, be there.

Live Professional Wrestling.

The Student Government Association at West Virginia University at Parkersburg is hosting a fund raising event on Saturday March 14....Mental Mayhem, or for those of you less informed - Big TIME Wrasslin'. Tickets are available in the WVUP Business Office, online at AWAMWA.COM and at the door. Student ticket price is $8.00, general admission is $10.00, all children under the age of 5 are free. A snack bar with hot dogs, nacho's, popcorn and soft drinks will be open.

Doors open at 6pm, bell time 7pm. Proceeds to benefit the WVUP SGA's Relay for Life, MS Walk and Make-A-Wish foundation teams.

Come out and see what all the shouting is about!

"Neuman's Theory: Then and Now"

WVU at Parkersburg is honored to host Dr. Betty Neuman, nursing theorist, for a lecture, "Neuman's Theory: Then and Now," at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in the theatre.

The goal of Neuman's Theory is to provide a wholistic overview of the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and developmental aspects of human beings. Faculty and students in the areas of health sciences and psychology will find this lecture particularly interesting. Neuman is an RN who received a BS in Nursing and a Masters in Mental Health, Public Health Consultation from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacific Western University. She developed the Neuman Systems Model in 1970 at the University of California, Los Angeles.

This distinguished lecture is being co-sponsored by WVU at Parkersburg and the Counseling and Wellness Center, PLLC, in observance of Women's History Month.

Lecture/Workshop - Veterinary Science

Monday, April 13, 2009 during the Student Engagement Hour
Presenter: Dr. Becky L. Morrow, Veterinarian
Assistant Professor Duquesne University
Presentation Title: A Day in the Virtual Veterinary Hospital
WVUP Theater
For more information, please contact Garnet Crites, 424-8299.