Caperton Indoor Practice Facility

Paperwork check, fitness, height/weight.

Your official welcome to Military Service Day will include remarks from WVU President E. Gordon Gee and Ret. Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, WVU's vice president for economic innovation.

While your student is attending morning activities, we’ll have information sessions just for you:

• What it Means to be a Parent of a Soldier
• How We Support Parents - WVU Parents Club
• How We Support Veteran Students - WVU Center for Veteran, Military and Family Programs
• Soldier and Scholar: ROTC Overview - Air Force and Army ROTC
• Applying to a Service Academy
• Financial Aid Overview - WVU Financial Aid Office
• ROTC Scholarship Opportunities (how to qualify and apply) - WVU ROTC Staff

You'll spend 45 minutes visiting each of the following stations:

• Fitness – Learn and experience fitness requirements for each branch.
• Resource Tables – Visit and learn from various resource tables.
• Assets – Discover and learn about various military jobs and related equipment.

Lunch is on us! Use the meal ticket you receive at check-in to enjoy lunch in a variety of locations on campus.

After lunch, you can take a bus or the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) to the Mountainlair and join Discover WVU Open House activities from 1-4 p.m.

Showrooms will be available in most of our residence halls for you to get a sneak peek of what it is like to live on campus. Stop by any of the available halls during this time to view the available rooms and ask questions about the space.

View all residence hall options.

Residence halls by location:

• Downtown: Boreman North, Dadisman Hall, Stalnaker Hall
• Sunnyside: Honors Hall, Seneca Hall, Summit Hall
• Evansdale: Evansdale Residential Complex (Towers), Lincoln Hall, Oakland Hall

No showroom in Boreman South.

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Tours

Join one of our tour leaders and see campus from the unique perspective of our Personal Rapid Transit monorail system! Learn how to navigate campus and see firsthand how the PRT connects the Downtown, Evansdale and Health Sciences areas of campus. You’ll get to hear facts, stories and trivia from our very own one-of-a-kind transportation.

Walking Tours

Join one of our tour leaders for a short walk around the Downtown area of campus. You’ll be able to see the buildings you'll be learning in while also getting key information.

Mountainlair, Table Outside of the Mountaineer Room, 2nd Floor

Find answers to your questions and more! Apply to WVU, pay your academic deposit, learn more about cost, payment and aid, etc.

In front of the Mountainlair (rain location: Inside the Mountainlair, Vandalia Lounge, 1st floor)

Our campus is pretty spectacular in the fall. Celebrate the season in the busiest place on campus, in front of the Mountainlair! Get ready to take some photos, grab a snack, pick up your event giveaway and mingle with current students while enjoying the fall scenery.

Check out a lab on campus that will be part of your general education requirements or for your major.

Evansdale Area

Aquatic and Fish Lab
326 Percival Hall
The Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology Lab contains many tools of the trade, and students, including undergraduates, masters, doctoral and post-doctoral, working to solve applied fisheries problems. In the tour you'll hear about ongoing work addressing aquatic food web ecology, invasive species management, watershed assessment to mediate acid-mine drainage and climate adaptation throughout the Ohio River and Chesapeake Bay drainages, as well as ongoing work in the Amazon addressing natural resource integrity and equitability.

Building Entomology Lab (Nov. 9 only)
G104 Agricultural Sciences
At the WVU Entomology Lab, you'll explore how insects interact with different environments, from forests and farms to urban areas and waterways. You’ll also visit the WVU Insect Zoo and Museum, where we provide educational outreach for students and the public.

Core Arboretum
Come learn some tree ID and fun facts about trees with the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources right on WVU's main campus! Our arboretum is 91 acres of old growth forest that students can use anytime they want.

Environmental Science Lab (Oct. 26 only)
G115 South Agricultural Sciences
No imagination? No fun? Then no sustainable future. Come learn how cryptids, fairies and love poems play a key role in community resilience and environmental conservation in Dr. María Pérez's lab. Explore how microbes interact with soils, water, plants and insects in different environments, revealing the important roles these tiny organisms play in ecosystems.

Landscape Studios
Agricultural Sciences Building, 4th floor
Visit our landscape architecture studios to learn more about how we design and plan outdoor spaces and to see current projects our students are working on.

Mechatronics with Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) Design Teams
953 Engineering Sciences Building
Come visit our Mechatronics Lab and visit with some of the MMAE student design teams, like Design Build Fly, Experimental Rocketry and Microgravity Research Team.

MMAE Experiential Learning Lab
Automotive Engineering Lab/B39 Engineering Sciences Building Area
See our co-located design shops where our award winning University Rover Challenge team tests and our Formula SAE and BAJA SAE teams build their designs each year.

Mining Engineering VR Simulation
G19 Engineering Sciences Building (STEM Zone)
From the massive haul trucks to the underground mining environment, the mining VR demonstration will offer a unique and immersive experience. Come and explore different aspects of mining operations firsthand!

VR Construction Safety Lab
249 Engineering Sciences Building
Our new VR Construction Safety Lab is an advanced facility for safety research, education and workforce development in the construction industry. Featuring a VR treadmill, slope-adjustable roof simulator and VR/AR devices, it offers immersive simulations of real-world environments, allowing users to practice safety protocols, improve hazard recognition and enhance decision-making in a safe, controlled setting.

Downtown Area

Biology Lab
3309/3311 Life Sciences Building
Located in our Life Sciences Building, the Biology Department operates various labs where our undergraduate and graduate students engage in groundbreaking research. Join us to see a few of these incredible labs!

Caves, Maps and Culture Lab
251 Brooks Hall
No imagination? No fun? Then no sustainable future. Come learn how cryptids, fairies and love poems play a key role in community resilience and environmental conservation in Dr. María Pérez's lab.

Forensics Lab
317 Oglebay Hall
Want to crack the case? Come visit our over 12,000 ft. dedicated lab spaces in our Department of Forensic and Investigative Science.

Rock Labs
G48 Brooks Hall
Get hands-on with the exciting world of geology in our Rock Labs! From high-tech microscopes to rock-cutting saws, explore the tools that unlock the secrets of Earth's resource.

Mountainlair, Ballrooms, 2nd Floor

Stop by the Mountainlair Ballrooms to talk with representatives from academic majors, student support services, campus activities and student (and parent) organizations. This is a great place for more information on majors, double majors, minors, tutoring and other support offices across campus. Parents, we have a table for you too!

The last bus will leave the Mountainlair at 4:30 p.m. and make its final loop through campus to return you to your parking area.

The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) will run until 5 p.m.