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West Virginia University’s sports, 4-H Youth Development and academic programs are teaming up this weekend to get 4-H members and their parents interested in not only the WVU basketball teams but the University’s educational opportunities as well.
Elementary, middle and high school students from around the state will be
in Morgantown for WVU 4-H Basketball Days. More than 220 4-H members and parents
will cheer on the WVU women’s team when DePaul University comes to the
Coliseum on Saturday (Feb. 16). On Sunday (Feb. 17), the delegation will comprise
400 cheering
4-H members when the men’s team plays Seton Hall University.
Before attending the game, the families will see a different kind of gold and blue: academic opportunities at WVU.
“The main purpose of the WVU 4-H Basketball Days is to bring kids and families onto campus to start thinking about the possibility of higher education,” said Jeff Orndorff, WVU Extension specialist in 4-H Youth Development.
Each year, Orndorff arranges for representatives of a college to speak with students for about an hour. This year the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences will be the focus. Representatives will be available to answer any questions about their college’s 21 undergraduate majors and about WVU as a whole.
“We really try to design an educational program for that day for each group who attends. Along with bringing in a certain school or college, we also offer tours of the WVU Recreation Center, which is entertaining for kids of any age,” Orndorff said.
A separate segment is designed just for parents. The WVU Financial Aid Office will meet with parents to answer any questions they might have about financing their children’s way through college, and the Mountaineer Parents Club will be available to answer any questions about WVU and the benefits of belonging to the club.
“We want students and families who would have otherwise never thought of college as a possibility to start thinking of it as within their reach,” said Orndorff.
For more information about the 4-H Youth Development Program, check the Web (www.ext.wvu.edu) or contact a county office of the WVU Extension Service.
—WVU-ES—
CONTACT: Ann Bailey Berry, WVU Extension
Communications
Phone: (304) 293-5691; e-mail: Ann.Berry@mail.wvu.edu
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February 15, 2008
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