West Virginia University

Meetings:

We meet every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in 102 Martin Hall on WVU’s Main Campus.

Confirmed Event:

November: We plan to visit the offices of Racer X Illustrated, a local motocross magazine. Managing editor Bryan Stealey has agreed to give the group a tour of the office and sit down for a Q&A session about the publication of the magazine.

More event ideas:

October: T-shirt sale, which will raise funds that will be used toward a trip to a major city like New York or D.C. in the Spring 2011 semester.

Movie-watching parties: next up, The September Issue.

Resume Workshop: We also hope to host resume workshops that will be open to all students in WVU’s School of Journalism.

In the last year, WVU Ed on Campus has grown to have a larger presence within the university. We have held a number of fundraisers to help fund activities for the club, and we have worked to raise several hundred dollars to help cancer research as part of Relay for Life. Fun activities included a movie night complete with snacks and a showing of The Devil Wears Prada. We hosted Nikki Bowman, editor-in-chief of WV Living, as she gave a speech during Mountaineer Week about the importance of regional magazines. After, Bowman joined us for an intimate dinner, answering students’ questions and giving advice on how to start a magazine from scratch.

We also took a trip to Washington, D.C. to speak with Ken DeCell of Washingtonian Magazine. While in D.C., we made an appearance at a WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism Alumni Banquet, representing the student body and mingling with successful alumni from the university. We also stopped at the Newseum and examined displays devoted to all aspects of journalism.