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The West Virginia University School of Design and Community Development will host its annual Day of Design on April 25, giving students an opportunity to showcase their work and learn from prominent design practitioners who will provide critique and serve as guest lecturers.

Hosted by the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, the event allows kids and adults in the region to not only see animals, but also learn more about farming and where the food on their table comes from.

A leader in improving global food security and advancing agricultural research is this year’s Davis-Michael Distinguished Lecturer at the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design.

Professor of  Resource Economics and Management  Peter Schaeffer has been named a 2018 Southern Regional Science Association Fellow, making him the fifth named Fellow from  West Virginia University.

SRSA is an association for the advancement of regional analysis and related spatial and areal studies with the primary goals of fostering the exchange of ideas and promoting studies that focus on regional topics and issues. The SRSA Fellows program recognizes individuals with particularly outstanding records of scholarship and/or service to the Association in the advancement of regional analysis and related fields of study. The Executive Council of the Association elects individuals for this honorary position.

West Virginia University students in the energy land management program will be given an additional opportunity to thrive, th anks to the establishment of a scholarship fund that will honor the memory of WVU alumna and long-time oil and gas attorney Mary Sue Schulberg.  

New software donated to the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design – and created by one of its own alumni – will help forestry students cruise into their careers using the most up-to-date technology.

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West Virginia University students and alumni from the School of Design and Community Development will combine talents to design a visionary plan for the WVU Core Arboretum, a 91-acre natural area located between Monongahela Boulevard and the Monongahela River.

During the WVU landscape architecture program annual design charrette, a team of designers will work quickly to address problems identified through their own analysis and by various stakeholders, and develop designs for key elements of a proposed Core Arboretum master plan. The outdoor facility, managed by the Department of Biology, includes three miles of foot trails and is used for education, research and recreation.

Although it is technically spring break on the campus of West Virginia University, members of the Western Equestrian Team are busily preparing to host – and compete in – the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Western Semi-Finals.

The event is set for March 17-18 at the J.W. Ruby Research Farm in Reedsville, West Virginia, and marks two major milestones for the university and its equine studies program.

West Virginia University will continue its tradition of helping commercial cattlemen in West Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region increase profitability and improve their bottom line by connecting them with genetically-superior bulls.