University of Charleston

University of Charleston

  1. New York Times best-selling author, “CBS Sunday Morning” national correspondent, and Charleston native Conor Knighton will speak at the University of Charleston on Tuesday, October 24. 6:30 pm in the Geary Auditorium in Riggleman Hall. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by AARP West Virginia, WOWK, and the West […]

  2. As part of its mission to prepare students for a lifetime of community service, UC will once again send students, faculty, and staff into the community to perform a wide range of service projects on Labor Day. “Labor of Love” will take place on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023. Nearly 40 community service activities […]

  3. The grand opening of the Downtown Innovation Hub (DIH) took place on Monday, July 10, with a ribbon cutting and celebration ceremony. In an article in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, President Marty Roth stated, “We’re going to be working with existing businesses that have kind of plateaued in terms of their performance. Through training, workshops, networking, […]

  4. High school students can learn more about health science professions at two Health Sciences Summer Boot Camps – one each in Charleston and Beckley. The camp on the Charleston campus is open to all upcoming 2023 high school juniors and seniors in Kanawha and surrounding counties. It is an overnight camp, taking place June 13 […]

  5. Over 300 new Golden Eagle alumni will be celebrated when we hold our 2023 Spring Commencement on Saturday, April 29, in two separate ceremonies – undergraduates at 10:00 am and graduate students at 1:00 pm. Graduates will represent Charleston, Beckley, and online programs as well as our four distinct schools: School of Arts & Sciences, […]

  6. Starting in July, 2023, students at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) will have the option of learning to manage a business while learning to manage the health of their future patients. On April 17, WVSOM officially entered into a partnership with the University of Charleston that will allow the medical school’s students […]

  7. Whether you are a fan of board games, card games, video games, or other types of games, EagleCon will cover it all. The UC Applied Computer Science/Data Analytics/Mathematics department and UC Gaming Club are hosting EagleCon on Saturday, April 15, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Appalachian Room, 2nd floor of Geary Student […]

  8.   On February 28, 2023, students from Boone, Clay, Kanawha, and Putnam counties will compete at the University of Charleston in the Regional Math Field Day competition. There will be 112 students competing in this event. Each county sends three students per grade (grades 4-9) and a high school team of 10 students, representing grades […]

  9. An Evening with Peggy Noonan will take place Thursday, March 16 in the Geary Auditorium at 6:30 pm. Noonan is a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist whose weekly “Declarations” column in The Wall Street Journal has run since 2000. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Political Commentary for her coverage of the 2016 presidential election. She is […]

  10. Every 2 seconds, someone needs blood. To help meet that need, the University of Charleston and West Virginia State University are participating in their fifth “Blood Drive Battle” to help the American Red Cross. The Red Cross will be on both campuses for blood donation events in February. The University of Charleston will hold its […]