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Events will be posted as they are confirmed.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Welcome Week Mountaineer Idol – Preview
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol
7:30 P.M., Mountainlair Food Court

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Mountaineer Idol – Preliminary Competition
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol
Preliminary competition is closed to the public.
4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M., Shenandoah Room, Mountainlair

Friday, September 11, 2009

Mountaineer Idol – First Elimination Round
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol
Twelve of our 15 finalists will move on to the next round. Genre is “Singer’s Choice”
8:30 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms

Friday, September 18, 2009

Mountaineer Idol – Second Elimination Round
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol
Twelve finalists fight to be one of the nine to move on to the next round.
Genre is ”’80’s Night”
8:30 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms

Friday, October 2, 2009

Deadline to apply for Mr. & Ms. Mountaineer
Presented by Copper Beech Townhomes and the WVU Bookstore
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m.

Mountaineer Idol – Third Elimination Round, Mountaineer Idol Gives Back
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol, in conjunction with Fall Family Weekend, WVU Children’s Hospital and Jessi’s Pals
Only seven contestants will remain after tonight. Everyone is asked to bring a stuffed animal to support Jessi’s Pals.
Genre is “Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame”
8:30 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Mountaineer Week Beard Growing Competition Shaving
Presented by The Ridge, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge, Presented by MedExpress
Contestants will have 4 weeks to grow the best beard they can!
Noon, Common’s Area, Mountainlair

Friday, October 16, 2009

Mountaineer Idol – Fourth Elimination Round
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol
Contestants fight for a spot in the top five.
Genre is “Broadway Bound”
8:30 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mountaineer Idol – Fifth Elimination Round
Presented by Coca-Cola and American Idol
Contestants will sing two themed songs during Homecoming weekend. The top three will move on to the final round!
Genre is “Country” and “Motown”
4:00 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms

Saturday, November 7, 2009—Let’s Goooo Mountaineers!!

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress

Mountaineer Week Football Game vs. Louisville
Halftime activities include the naming of Mr. & Ms. Mountaineer, Most Loyal Alumni Mountaineer, Most Loyal West Virginian, Most Loyal Faculty Mountaineer, and Most Loyal Staff Mountaineer. Presented by Copper Beech Townhomes and the WVU Bookstore
Time TBA, Milan Puskar Stadium

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Idol – Final Competition
Presented by American Idol, Coca-Cola, & Coni & Franc, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
Today’s the day! The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are chosen. Come see who takes the money!! Celebrity judges and performers will be highlighted, while the contestants vie for $1,000 and the title of “Mountaineer Idol.” Jacob Sargeant from Coca-Cola will be on hand to present the prizes.
3:00 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms

Monday, November 9, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Kidwell’s Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

CAC Concessions featuring Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair


Presented by the WVU School of Nursing
Sixth Floor South, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

PRT Cram
Presented by The Book Exchange, in conjunction with Mountaineer Week Challenge Presented by MedExpress
11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M., Outside, Front of Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Coca-Cola, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge, Presented by MedExpress
This photo scavenger hunt takes place throughout the downtown campus. We’ll give you a packet of pictures and you must identify where they were taken.
Teams must be present by 2:30 P.M.for registration. Each team will be made up for four people. Each person on the winning team will receive $250 from Coca-Cola.
Registration – 2:30 P.M., Mountainlair Vandalia Lounge
Hunt begins – 3:00 P.M.

West Virginia Native American Heritage Series: “Stories from the Cherokee and Shawnee”
A film will be shown on Cherokee stories and storyteller Dr. Ellesa High (Lower Eastern Ohio Mekoce Shawnee) shares Shawnee stories.
7:00 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Kidwell’s Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

CAC Concessions featuring Appalachian Treats
Outside, Front of Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

Doll Display, Nursing Through the Centuries
Presented by the WVU School of Nursing
Sixth Floor South, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Food Court Contests
In conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge Presented by MedExpress
Noon, Food Court, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Challenge Games
Presented by MedExpress
4:00 P.M., Mountainlair Green

PRT Cram
Presented by The Book Exchange,in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge, Presented by MedExpress
11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M., Outside, Front of Mountainlair

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Kidwell’s Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

CAC Concessions featuring Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

Doll Display, Nursing Through the Centuries
Presented by the WVU School of Nursing
Sisxth Floor South, Rober C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Poster displays of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design
Presented by Davis College
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 A.M., Main Lobby, Percival Hall

Mountaineer Week Beard Shaving Finals
Presented by The Ridge, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge, Presented by MedExpress
During the Shaving Round complimentary razors and shaving cream was provided by the WVU Bookstore.
Noon, Mountainlair Grand Staircase

Mountaineer Week Obstacle Course
Presented by Pro Performance in conjunction with Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
4:00 P.M., Mountainlair Green

Appalachian Folk Dance
Presented by Fieldcrest Hall, in conjunction with the WVU Collegiate 4-H Club.
Special appearance by Rebecca Durst, WVU Mountaineer
7:00 P.M., Fieldcrest Hall

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Kidwell’s Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

CAC Concessions featuring Appalachian Treats
Outside, Front of Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

Doll Display, Nursing Through the Centuries
Presented by the WVU School of Nursing
Sixth Floor South, Robet C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Stranger with a Camera Brown-Bag Lunch Film Series
Presented by Appalachian bibliographer Joe Brown, Appalachian Cultures Committee, WVU Libraries and the Office of Mulicultural Programs
In 1967 eastern Kentucky, Hobart Isam shot and killed Canadian filmmaker Hugh O’Connor who was documenting conditions of poverty in Appalachia. “Stranger with a Camera” probes the filmmaker at the height of the Anti-Poverty Program. It explores media manipulation of Kentuckians’ lack of power to define themselves within the American landscape. —KET (Kentucky Education Television.)
11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

“The Role of Regional Magazines,” by WV Living editor Nikki Bowman
Presented by the WVU Public Relations Student Society of America and All Things Magazine: Ed on Campus
5:00 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

Old-Time Hammered Dulcimer
Presented by Jeff Fedan
5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M., Food Court, Mountainlair

History Alive! Program, Eleanor Roosevelt
Presented by the West Virginia Humanities Council and Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.
Patty Cooper of Parkersburg, WV will be portraying Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt first visited the Morgantown area in 1933 when learning of the desperate poverty of the coal mining area near Scotts Run. She was instrumental in the founing of Arthurdale, the first of one hundred homesteading communities around the US. It became one of her pet projects which she often visited. The audience will be able to chat with and ask questions of Eleanor at a special press conference following her speech. Cooper portrays the first lady each year at the New Deal Festival held at the nathional Historic District of Arthurdale located below Reedsville.
7:00 P.M., Hatfields, Mountainlair

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Arthurdale, WV: Eleanor Roosevelt’s “Little Village”
Presented by Anna M.Schein, Associate Curator, West Virginia and Regional History Collection and WVU Libraries.
This exhibit and WV HIstory OnView database demonstration features West Virginia and Regional Hisotry Collection historical manuscripts, newspaper articles, ephemera, and photographs which highlight conditions in the Scotts Run minin community during the Great Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt’s visit to Scott’s Run, and her involvement in the homesteading of Arthurdale, America’s first New Deal resettlement community.
7:00 P.M., Hatfields, Mountainlair

Matewan
A film by John Sayles, illustrating the events of a coal mine-workers’ strike and attempt to unionize, in 1920 Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. Starring: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe, Will Oldham, and Jace Alexander.
8:00 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

WVUp All Night (all events are held in the Mountainlair)
Study Room, Cacapon Room
Drop-In Tutoring, Kanawha Room
Discounted Astro Bowling, Mountainlair Games Area
Ping Pong, Mountainlair Games Area

Friday, November 13, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Kidwell’s Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

CAC Concessions featuring Appalachian Treats
Outside, Front of Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge, in conjunction with the Mountaineer Week Challenge presented by MedExpress
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

Doll Display, Nursing Through the Centuries
Presented by the WVU School of Nursing
Sixth Floor South, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Corn Roast
Presented by the WVU Collegiate 4-H Club
11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Front Lawn, Mountainlair

WV Living Magazine Showcase and Sell
11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., First Floor, Mountainlair

WVU Press Book Sale
Showcase and sale of books and CDs about West Virginia and WVU projects.
11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Second Floor Hallway, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Operating Train Display
Presented by the Mon Valley Model Railroad Club of West Virginia
The scale model railroad will be comprised of scenes influenced by familiar West Virginia mountain state railroad and industrial locations.
11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Shenandoah Room, Mountainlair

Appalachian Rags-to-Rugs
Offered through PACE Training and Evaluation Center, Inc., (PACE TEC.)
PACE TEC assists individuals with disabilities to reach their desired level of vocational accomplishment and afford varied opportunities for them to enhance their life.
11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Craft Fair Opening Ceremonies
Keynote speaker, Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture
11:30 A.M. – Noon, Mountainlair Ballrooms

Mountaineer Week Craft Fair & Quilt Show Opening Ceremony
Noon, Mountainlair Ballroom

Jackson’s Mill Farmstead at WVU Jack’s Mill
Living history programs featuring the sale of stoneground corn meal and other items from the Old General Store.
Noon – 5:00 P.M., First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Craft Fair
Noon – 8:00 P.M., Mountainlair Second Floor

Mountaineer Week Quilt Show
Presented by Country Roads Quilt Guild
Noon – 8:00 P.M., Mountainlair Mountaineer Room, Second Floor

Mountain Laurel Dulcimers
Noon – 8:00 P.M., Second Floor, Mountainlair

Roclith Blankets
Presented by Jim Hillman, Owner
Personalized logo blankets
Get your favorite sports team on a personalized Roclith blanket or scarf!
Noon – 8:00 P.M., First Floor, Mountainlair

Old-Time Hammered Dulcimer
Presented by Jeff Fedan

Country Vittles Dinner Buffet
Featuring the Appalachian music of Borne Old
5:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M., Hatfields, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Spay & Neuter Assistance Program (M-SNAP)
M-SNAP

An Evening of Appalachian Music
7:30 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountailair

The Fox Hunt
9:00 P.M., Mountainlair Food Court

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Craft Fair
11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Mountainlair Second Floor

Mountaineer Week Quilt Show
Presented by the Country Roads Quilt Guild
11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Mountainlair Mountaineer Room, Second Floor

Mountaineer Week Family Fun Day
Presented by Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Numerous activities for children and their families.
Events taking place Noon – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair, First Floor

Mountaineer Week Clogging Competition
3:00 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

Appalachian-Style Fiddle Contest
7:30 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair

WVUp All Night (all events are held in the Mountainlair)
Study Room, Cacapon Room
Drop-In Tutoring, Kanawha Room
Discounted Astro Bowling, Mountainlair Games Area
Ping Pong, Mountainlair Games Area

The New Relics
9:30 P.M., Mountainlair Food Court

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Bavarian Nuts
First Floor, Mountainlair

Funnel Cake & Other Appalachian Treats
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Wild West Kettle Corn
Front Lawn, Mountainlair

Fall Favorites at J.A.C.S.
Featuring your favorite seasonal fare
First Floor, Mountainlair

Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display
Presented by The Ridge
First Floor, Mountainlair

Sustainable A-Wear-ness©
Presented by Fasion Design & Merchandising and the Division of Design and Merchandising
Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

Hunting Traditions of Appalachia Expo
Presented by the Division of Forestry & Natural Resources
10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Morgantown National Guard Armory, 1705 Mileground Rd.

Mountaineer Week Craft Fair
Noon – 5:00 P.M., Mountainlair Second Floor

Mountaineer Week Quilt Show
Presented by Country Roads Quilt Guild
Noon – 5:00 P.M., Mountainlair Mountaineer Room, Second Floor

Roclith Blankets
Presented by Jim Hillman, Owner
Personalized logo blankets
Get your favorite sports team on a personalized Roclith blanket or scarf!
Noon – 5:00 P.M., First Floor, Mountainlair

P.O. Box 6437
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: 304.293.2702
Email: mountainlair@mail.wvu.edu