Media College News

THE SECOND BATTLE OF BLAIR MOUNTAIN

February 24 at 7:30 – G21 Ming Hsieh Hall

Students and professors at West Virginia University’s P.I. Reed School of Journalism are using new media to transform cultural heritage into economic development in rural West Virginia. They are doing so through the launch of an online store to support The Kimball World War I Memorial in McDowell County.

The e-commerce effort is the latest addition to the exhibit Forgotten Legacy: Soldiers of the Coalfields produced by School of Journalism students and faculty. Housed in the Kimball WWI Memorial Building, the interactive exhibit examines the story of African-Americans who migrated to McDowell County from the rural South in the early 1900s to work in the coal mines and who served in the U.S. military during wartime.

Attention May Graduates! One-Stop Shops will be held this week on both the Downtown and Evansdale Campuses.

EVANSDALE: Engineering Mineral Resources Atrium, February 21, 2011 from 10am to 3pm

YouthUltimate.com is a news website for youth ultimate Frisbee around the world. The site has been in existence since 2005 and has seen massive growth since. Ultimate Frisbee was named the fastest growing sport by the Sporting Goods Manufactures Association in 2010.

YouthUltimate.com is the only website in the world dedicated solely to youth ultimate Frisbee. The site averages around 400 unique visitors a day, but has reached as high as 5,000 on high-volume weekends.

Dial My Dentist is proud to award scholarships to deserving students that will be attending College or University in the Fall of 2011. Our scholarships have been generously donated each year by our loyal clients. The primary goal of the program is to reward students who can demonstrate, through an essay, that they understand the value of an education.

To be eligible for our company scholarship you must be between the ages of 16 and 20. Note that your age is based on the date of the deadline. The deadline for the scholarship will be 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on May 6, 2011.

The Mineral Daily News-Tribune is located in Keyser, WV.

Job Description:

Attention SOJ students: We are seeking student leaders for our summer Adventure WV: J-School program. This program blends the unique summer orientation program with opportunities to learn about the School of Journalism and multimedia reporting. Applications are now available at: http://journalism.wvu.edu/projects/adventure_wv and are due by March 1. Questions? E-mail jan.boyles@mail.wvu.edu

Scholarship Value: $5,000
Awards Available: 1
Award Deadline: April 30, 2011

The Healthy Lifestyles Scholarship is open to currently enrolled high school seniors or first-year college students. To be eligible for this award, you must be a U.S. citizen, be under 25 years of age and answer both of the following two essay questions: in under 1000 words, “Why is a healthy lifestyle important in school?” and in under 500 words, describe your career plans, goals and personal ambitions.

The JQE (Journalism Qualifying Exam) will be offered in 259 & 260 Hodges Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday., Feb. 22 and Wednesday, Feb. 23.

The fee is $20, and students must preregister for the test online at http://well.wvu.edu/ccpps/testing_services.

WVU’s College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (CPASS) will host a Minor League Executives panel discussion on Feb. 28. For more information, download this PDF or read the following release: http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2011/2/16/diversity-legal-affairs-and-operations-of-minor-league-baseball-focus-of-feb-28-talk-at-wvu