Student Empowerment

Help the Libraries' efforts in supporting the University’s student success priority.

Strategic partnerships with faculty across our campuses provide curricular and extracurricular opportunities that enhance students' understanding and engagement with our increasingly complex information landscape. Such instruction and programming allow them to achieve greater success in the classroom and provide them with critical thinking skills to succeed personally and professionally, now and after graduation.

Additionally, through paid student internships and assistantships within the Libraries, students are able to meet their financial needs while also gaining a quality experience that provides them with workplace skills for any discipline or major. They are able to increase their understanding of how information is generated, gathered, and accessed, and fit it all within their busy classroom and campus engagement schedules.  

There are many ways to support WVU Libraries as we empower student success, including:

  • Claudia J Cola & Thomas M Frassrand Library Intern Fund - 2W1561: Provides undergraduate students with financial support and work experience at WVU Libraries.

  • Library Student Award Endowment - 3L530: Provides student financial awards for research or artistic endeavors that utilize WVU Libraries resources.

  • WVU Libraries Special Initiative Opportunities – 2V892: Creates opportunities through Art in the Libraries for student internships, class projects, awards, and more, providing students with critical thinking experience within their field. 

  • WVU Museum of Health Sciences - 2W1211: Creates opportunities through the William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences for students in public history, art history, and other similar fields to gain professional experience, especially as the museum gears up for funding its first dedicated graduate assistant position.

  • WVU Press Journals - 2V867: Creates opportunities through the WVU Press for students to gain professional experience, especially as the Press gears up for funding a dedicated graduate assistant or intern position.

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Are you ready for it? The top three participating groups with the most gifts between 12 and 1 a.m. will win additional funding.
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Which participating group will raise the most during WVU Day of Giving? Make a gift to your favorite area of WVU to help keep your group at the top of the leaderboard! The top 30 groups will win additional funding.
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Day of Giving Social Prop Challenge
Take a photo or video with the Day of Giving flag prop (mailed as a Day of Giving Save the Date) and share on social using #WVUDayofGiving. We’ll select one of the best posts between March 16 and March 24 to receive an extra $500 for the unit tagged. To be eligible, users must make sure their privacy settings for the post are set to public.
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‘I Gave’ Challenge
After donating, tell others about your gift on social media using #WVUDayofGiving and #IGave. We will choose some of the most creative or inspiring posts to receive additional funding for the units tagged. To be eligible, users must make sure their privacy settings for the post are set to public.
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Which participating group will receive the most donations during WVU Day of Giving? Make a gift to your favorite area of WVU to help keep your group at the top of the leaderboard! The top 30 groups will win additional funding.
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Day of Giving Facebook Sharing Video Challenge
Help spread the word about WVU Day of Giving by sharing the promotional video from the @WVUFoundation Facebook account (posted on March 16). The top two participating groups that receive the most shares of the video from their page from March 16 through the end of the day on March 24 will win additional funding. • Specifically ask your followers to share the video from your page, encouraging them to help you win the first Day of Giving challenge
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WVU Gear Photo Challenge
On social, post a picture of yourself and/or your kid(s) in WVU gear and we’ll select some of the most creative to earn additional funding. Make sure to include #WVUDayofGiving and tag the specific unit you wish to support. To be eligible, users must make sure their privacy settings for the post are set to public.
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“Country Roads” Challenge
“Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong…” Record a video of yourself singing or performing “Country Roads” to help your favorite unit/program and we’ll select some of most creative to earn additional funding. Make sure to include #WVUDayofGiving and tag the specific unit you wish to support. To be eligible, users must make sure their privacy settings for the post are set to public.
Participating Groups
Center for Veteran, Military and Family Programs Chambers College of Business & Economics College of Applied Human Sciences College of Creative Arts and Media College of Law Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Engage WVU Giving Circle First Ascent West Virginia First-Generation Initiatives Health Sciences Honors College Morris L. Hayhurst LaunchLab Office of Graduate Education and Life Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Rosenbaum Family House School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Pharmacy School of Public Health Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources Student Life and Organizations Student Support Services/TRIO The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative Women's Leadership Initiative WVU Accessibility Services WVU Alumni Association WVU Athletics WVU Cancer Institute WVU Cheerleading WVU Department of Orthopaedics WVU Extension WVU Global Affairs WVU Libraries WVU Medicine WVU Medicine Golisano Children's WVU Potomac State College WVU Staff Council WVU Sustainable Landscapes Committee WVU Tech
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