Ryan Snyder is the newest addition to the West Virginia University Extension team in Berkeley County, where he recently began as the agriculture and natural resources agent-in-training and visiting instructor.
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Malencia hired as Monongalia County’s WVU Extension agriculture and natural resources agent
Josh Malencia recently began his position as the West Virginia University Extension agriculture and natural resources agent in Monongalia County.
WVU Extension’s Small Farm Conference offers education and community to agricultural producers
For more than 20 years, the West Virginia University Extension Small Farm Center has supported our state’s agricultural producers through its annual West Virginia Small Farm Conference. This year, the conference will be hosted on Feb. 26 – March 1, at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, West Virginia.
WVSAN awarded grant to improve after school programming across the state
The West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network, a program facilitated by West Virginia University Extension, was recently awarded a $75,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to launch new quality initiatives to support out-of-school program providers, including an online professional development platform to encourage continuous quality improvement and interaction with statewide afterschool standards.
WVU Extension’s free seed sign-ups end Jan. 31 as the Grow This Throwdown takes off
The countdown to the Throwdown has begun. Friday, January 31 is the deadline to sign up for free seeds from the Grow This: West Virginia Garden Challenge . After that, the competition side of the popular program takes off.
WVU’s Impact Challenge generates student business pitches to address regional economic struggles
West Virginia University’s Impact Challenge pairs middle and high school students from across West Virginia with current WVU students to research and develop innovative, profitable fashion- or health-focused business models aimed at tackling one of Appalachia’s challenges.
A revamped Grow This launches 2025 season
The Grow This: West Virginia Gardening Challenge, a project of the West Virginia University Extension Family Nutrition Program, is preparing to boldly go where no other seed giveaway has gone before.
“I feel like Santa Claus” — WVU Extension helps to distribute thousands of apples
Forget sugar plums. Apples are dancing through the heads of West Virginia University Extension staff this holiday season.
Demonstrating the results of hard work and determination, WVU employee will cross Commencement stage to become a graduate
WVU Extension to offer free virtual Hour of Code event
The West Virginia University Extension 4-H program is offering youths across the state to participate in the virtual Hour of Code events on Dec. 9-12.