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Resources for Current StudentsWe're grateful for our ever-growing community of alumni and friends, and we're always looking for ways to connect with you, whether it's through student mentorship opportunities, events and museum exhibitions, or service - music and art classes, marketing and design support or other community-focused research and creative activities.
Alumni and Giving Community EngagementThe Art Museum of West Virginia University provides a welcoming and stimulating educational and research environment for diverse audiences to experience the transforming power of art. Exploring contemporary artistic innovation as well as artistic traditions of different cultures helps us to understand ourselves, our communities and our world.
Visit the Art Museum WebsiteCollege of Creative Arts and Media students learn, perform and collaborate in 11 buildings across the WVU campus — a massive 150,000 square feet of labs, theaters, studios, classrooms and maker spaces.
Just inside the main entrance to the CCAC, the Blaney Lobby wraps around the Clay Concert Theatre and offers access to the Dean’s Office, Student Recruitment Office, School of Theatre & Dance Office and the Mesaros Galleries.
Read More: Douglas O. Blaney LobbyThe Amy A. Bircher Textiles Laboratory provides a space for students to use a variety of scientific testing to better understand what properties a fiber presents including its strengths, weaknesses, how it’s made, dyed and finished.
Read More: Amy A. Bircher Textiles LaboratoryThe Electronic Music Studio at WVU is a workspace and classroom environment designed to support students' creative and professional endeavors involving music technologies and for developing skills in the production and performance of electronic music.
Read More: Electronic Music StudioWe want to ensure you get the internships and professional experience that lead to a dream career. Our alumni mentors and Internship Alliance partners connect you with opportunities locally and around the world.
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Students in the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications were enlisted by Goals House, the advocacy arm of Freuds Communications, to engage young people in initiatives related to water cleanliness, access and sanitation. One group of students proposed a winning strategy to cut through Gen Z’s compassion fatigue and make them “Give a Sh*t.”
Read More: WVU students create real campaigns for real-world issues
Radhica Ganapathy is the new director of the West Virginia University School of Theatre and Dance, and Michael Vercelli, who has served as the interim director for the past year, is the director of the School of Music effective July 2026.
Read More: Ganapathy and Vercelli assume director roles in WVU College of Creative Arts
The WVU Wind Symphony recently traveled to France to perform at the Festival des Anches d’Azur thanks to the generous support of donors.
Read More: WVU Wind Symphony performs at French festival thanks to donors’ support
Joe Lupo, a professor of Printmaking in the WVU School of Art and Design, is presenting the collaborative exhibition “Not Approved by the Comics Code Authority” at the Artists Image Resource (AIR) in Pittsburgh from July 10 to Aug. 29 with assistance from the Myers Foundations.
Read More: WVU Professor Joe Lupo’s exhibition ‘Not Approved by the Comics Code Authority’ at Artists Image Resource in Pittsburgh
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