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WVU Extension Fire Service trains first responders on electric vehicle safety

Blue hybrid vehicle with no hood and the left side cut away to see the inside of the car.

The West Virginia University Extension Fire Service is bringing crucial training to first responders in the region with the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Training Educator (HEVTE). The HEVTE is a heavily modified hybrid vehicle used to demonstrate proper safety protocol for first responders in emergencies.

Hayhurst gift to WVU Extension supports youth entrepreneurship

Student stands in front of a white board with colorful writing while presenting to a group of students

Unique homeschool events available at WVU Jackson’s Mill for homeschool students grades K-12

Homeschool students doing a computer activity

As a new academic year starts, West Virginia University Jackson’s Mill invites homeschool youth to attend “homeschool days”, an event for homeschool youth in grades K-12 in West Virginia.

Battlers Knob donates $33K in cabin furniture to WVU Extension 4-H camp

A West Virginia University Extension 4-H camp received a donation of 52 complete bed sets including mattresses, head and foot boards and bed frames valued at $33,000 to be used at Camp Barbour, a 4-H camp in Barbour County. The donation came from Battlers Knob LLC, a rental space company that took over the old campus of Alderson Broaddus University.

“We meet them where they are” — WVU Extension health instructor receives state adult education award

Jamie Carrier, Family Nutrition Program nutrition outreach instructor, teaches a SPOKES class.

Jamie Carrier, nutrition outreach instructor with the West Virginia University Extension Family Nutrition Program, never knows who will walk into her Thursday class at Harrison County’s SPOKES program.

WVU to showcase programs and activities at the State Fair

WVU Dean Atiles interacts with kids at the knife skills station, which uses kid-safe cutting utensils and play-doh.