CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia State University is launching a Lunch and Learn Speakers Series beginning Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the new WVSU Center located at 107 Capitol St. in downtown Charleston. 

The weekly speakers series will run each Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. beginning Jan. 24 and continuing through March 6.

The following speakers and topics are scheduled for the weekly series:

• Jan. 24 — Everyone Communicates—Few Connect, presented by Clinton Arnold, WVSU Assistant Professor of Marketing;
• Jan. 31 — Entrepreneurship and Taxes, presented by Susan Graves, CPA, WVSU Assistant Professor of Accounting;
• Feb. 7 — Safeguarding your Digital World, presented by Dr. Ali Alsinayyad, Director, WVSU Cybersecurity Innovation Center;
• Feb. 14 — What Read Aloud Does for Reading, presented by Dawn Miller, Executive Director, Read Aloud West Virginia;
• Feb. 21 — Writing to Learn: Discovering, Meaning, and Understanding, presented by Dr. Robert Wallace, Dean, WVSU College of Arts and Humanities;
• Feb. 28 — Why Capitol Street Has Its Name: A History of Our Capital City, presented by Dr. Billy Joe Peyton, Retired WVSU Professor of History; and 
• March 6 — Self-Care for Social Workers, presented by Crystal Price, MSW, LICSW, Mountain Care Network, Clinical Director. 

The sessions on Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 21 qualify for Continuing Professional 
Education for Certified Public Accountants.

The weekly Lunch and Learn series is free. 

Audience members are encouraged to bring a lunch and learn more about the topics being discussed. Light refreshments will be available on site.

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West Virginia State University is a public, land-grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.