Weekly Updates

September 5 – September 12, 2025

What’s inside this Update?

1. SSS Event:  Game Night w/ Peer Mentors – Tuesday, September 16th, 5 pm – 7 pm, Side Pocket (Mountainlair Ground Floor)
2. SSS Event:  Brain Break – Design Your Own Pencil Pouch – Wednesday, September 24th, 3 pm – 5 pm, Side Pocket (Mountainlair Ground Floor)
3. Drop-In Tutoring Now Available in the SSS Office – Mondays, 1 pm to 5 pm
4. Get 30% Off Professional Wear at JCPenney – Sunday, September 7th, 4 pm -6 pm, Morgantown Mall
5. STEM Career and Internship Fairs – Wednesday, September 10 and Thursday, September 11, 10 am – 3 pm, Student Rec Center
6. Mountaineers Virtual Career Closet – Access Affordable, Professional Clothing
7. FALL ISP (Individual Success Plan) meetings
8. SSS Tutor Requests
9. School Supplies Available in the SSS Office
10. Important Dates
11. Additional FREE Academic Support
    

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1.       SSS Event:  Game Night w/ Peer Mentors – Tuesday, September 16th, 5 pm – 7 pm, Side Pocket (Mountainlair Ground Floor)

Build fellowship with other SSS participants and meet your peer mentors while playing a variety of board games. Dinner will be provided, so come hungry!  Use this link to sign up:  https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aVJxZzWzyx53ZTE

2.       SSS Event:  Brain Break – Design Your Own Pencil Pouch – Wednesday, September 24th, 3 pm – 5 pm, Side Pocket (Mountainlair Ground Floor)

Take a creative break with Tyler and design your own pencil pouch.  Choose from a variety of patches and try out our custom button maker!  Use this link to sign up:  https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6JbSGuiQkKOxgAS

3.       Drop-In Tutoring Now Available in the SSS Office – Mondays, 1 pm to 5 pm

Get help now!  The SSS office is now offering FREE drop-in tutoring for a variety of subjects in the SSS office (G-30 Mountainlair) on Mondays from 1 pm to 5 pm.  Subjects tutored include the following:

PHYS 101,102

CHEM 110,115,116,233,234

BIOL 115,117,219

MATH 121,122, 124,126,150

STAT 211

SPAN 101,102,203,204

Study Skills

Note Taking Skills

4.       Get 30% Off Professional Wear at JCPenney – Sunday, September 7th, 4 pm -6 pm, Morgantown Mall

Fall career fairs will be here soon!  Shop exclusive discounts on professional career attire. Bring your student ID to receive 30% off suits, dresses, sport coats, pants, skirts, blouses, ties, and shoes to build a career wardrobe. Open to all WVU students and alumni. Bring your student ID to receive your Suit-Up coupon at the event.  Additional details can be found here: https://wvu.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1755438.

5.       STEM Career and Internship Fairs – Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure (Wednesday, September 10) and Engineering & Technology (Thursday, September 11), 10 am – 3 pm, Student Rec Center

The Fall 2025 career fairs are your chance to meet nearly 300 employers, explore career pathways, learn about internship and full-time opportunities, and make connections that could launch your professional journey.  For additional information about these career fairs, visit https://careerservices.wvu.edu/events/category/career-fairs/.  Additional details with the most up-to-date list of events can be found on Handshake. 

6.       Mountaineers Virtual Career Closet – Access Affordable, Professional Clothing

The Mountaineers Virtual Career Closet equips students and recent alumni with access to high-quality professional attire, empowering them to make a remarkable impression in crucial career-advancing opportunities, including interviews, networking events, immersion programs, and beyond! Take the first step toward your future success with confidence and style!  Highlights of this program include:

·         Speak to a stylist to receive 6-8 items included per box, delivered straight to your door for $60

·         Box ships within 5-7 business days.

·         Keep your box for 30 days and then either buy the items (up to 60% off retail price) or send them back

·         No dry-cleaning or laundry hassle

For additional details and to sign up, go to:  https://mycareercloset.myhyde.com/uni/west-virginia-university/. 

7.       FALL ISP (Individual Success Plan) meetings

We are scheduling ISP appointments now.  Appointments will take place in person in the SSS office.  Please allow at least 1 hour for your meeting, you will go over some important information with your counselor.  Stop in the office to schedule or call the SSS office at 304-293-6629.  For those students enrolled in our SSS Service Learning classes, you must schedule your ISP appointment by September 30th to receive points for the class. 

8.       SSS Tutor Requests

The SSS office will be offering one-on-one tutoring this fall with in-person and virtual options.  You will not be able to request a tutor until you complete your ISP appointment with your counselor.  Call the office at 304-293-6629 or stop by to schedule your ISP appointment.  Make sure you let us know that you need to request a tutor at that time so we can get you in to see your counselor as quickly as possible.

9.       School Supplies Available in the SSS Office

School supplies (folders, notebooks, pens/pencils, index cards, etc.) will be available in the SSS/TRIO Office (G-30 Mountainlair) if you need them.  For those who are taking chemistry, we have plenty of goggles and aprons that you can borrow for your lab courses.  In addition, we will have snacks, water, and coffee available throughout the academic year.

10.   Important Dates

September 19 – First 8-Weeks Midterms Due

October 8 – Mid-Check Grades Due

October 9-10 – Fall Break

October 10 – Deadline to Apply to Graduate December 2025

October 13 – First 8 Weeks Final Grades Due Noon

October 21 - STAR Web available for Seniors (90+ Hours) Spring 2026 Registration

October 24 – STAR Web available for Juniors (60 – 89 hours) Spring 2026 Registration

October 28 – STAR Web available for Sophomores (30 – 59 hours) Spring 2026 Registration

October 31 – STAR Web available for Freshman (1 – 29 hours) Spring 2026 Registration

November 21 – Last Day to Withdraw from an individual course for full term / Last Day to Withdraw from University

November 22- November 30 - Fall Recess

December 11 - Last Day of Classes Fall 2025

December 12 - Prep Day for Finals

December 15-19 - Final Exams

December 20 – Commencement

December 22 - Final Grades Due Noon

11.   Additional FREE Academic Support

WVU tutoring centers are offering both in-person and online tutoring options for Fall 2025.  For details about each tutoring center and instructions about how to receive support, go to:  https://tutoring.wvu.edu/.

The Office of Student Success also offers assistance from Student Success Coaches.  These coaches will help you stay on track academically.  For more information about success coaching, go to https://studentsuccess.wvu.edu/services/student-success-coaching. 

StudentLingo is an online platform that offers 20-minute, on-demand workshops focusing on a variety of skills needed to achieve at the college level.  You can choose from 50 different topics, and each workshop comes with an action plan that you can download to help put these new skills to work.  To access StudentLingo, go to https://studentlingo.com/wvu and use your WVU username and password to log in. 

                   The Student Support Services/TRIO (SSS) program supports WVU and Undergraduate Education as a student-centered environment by providing individualized services to students who are either first-generation, income eligible, or have a learning or physical disability. Based on their needs and goals, SSS assists them with academic accomplishments and social and cultural enrichment so they may successfully complete baccalaureate degrees.