WVU Transformation -- West Virginia University

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...

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...