West Virginia United Students' Union
Organization
Biography
The West Virginia United Students’ Union (WVUSU) was established in the summer of 2023 by a small group of students concerned about the West Virginia University administration’s plans to eliminate academic programs and faculty positions as a cost-saving measure. Their first public facing event, a campus-wide walkout, took place in the fall of 2023 and garnered national attention. As of the 2024-2025 school year, WVUSU remains active in campus affairs.
Source and more information available at https://www.wvusu.org/
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
West Virginia Campus Workers and West Virginia United Students' Union, Walkout and Rally Photographs
Digital Record
Collection Number: Accession 2023-112
Dates:
2023 August 21-2023 August 23
West Virginia Campus Workers and West Virginia United Students' Union, Walkout and Rally Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4674
Scope and Contents
Includes 11 photographs taken at the campus walkout on August 21, 2023 and rally on August 23, 2023 organized by the West Virginia Campus Workers and West Virginia United Students’ Union groups. These protests were carried out in response to the “WVU Transformation,” $45 million budget cuts proposed by West Virginia University administration in the spring of 2023. The walkout photographs were taken on WVU’s downtown campus near the Mountainair and feature protesters and protest signs. The...
Dates:
2023 August 21-2023 August 23
West Virginia United Students’ Union Administrative and Protest Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4666
Scope and Contents
Includes materials related to the founding of the West Virginia United Students’ Union and their activism at West Virginia University. Series 1 includes administrative material, like an early version of the organization’s constitution, and protest items. Series 2 also includes both administrative material, like meeting minutes, and protest items, like signs used in the 2023 walkout. The protest items included in both series relate to WVUSU's efforts to combat the “WVU...
Dates:
circa 2023 and undated