Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College Student Government is sponsoring a Free Family Movie Night and Food Drive on Friday, Nov. 13.

Distinguished viola soloist Maggie Snyder will perform works of Wagner, Stamitz and Mozart with the Fairmont State University Community Orchestra, conducted by John Ashton, on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Turley Center Ballroom on the FSU main campus. Admission is free and open to the public.

Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College have planned two events for the week of Nov. 9 to offer services to veterans and to recognize veteran students.

Pierpont Community & Technical College's School of Human Services participated in "e-week" on Oct. 19-24, part of the planning efforts for academic continuity in the case of an emergency that would cause campus to close.

Fairmont State University's and Pierpont Community & Technical College's Celebration of Ideas Lecture Series brings nationally prominent speakers of diverse viewpoints to campus each fall and spring.

Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College will observe Domestic Violence Awareness Day on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College students will observe Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Sexuality Awareness Week with a combination of events surrounding the theme, "Oksoberfest."

Fairmont State University's chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, and Parables Events, LLC, are presenting "A Night of Murder Mystery Mayhem." The date of the event has been changed to Saturday, Nov. 14.

Fairmont State University's GEAR UP Partnership will host the annual High School Quiz Bowl Competition on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Pierpont Community & Technical College has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online courses.   

Fairmont State University will host the West Virginia Music Teachers Association State Conference on Friday, Oct. 30. Guest artists are the Kandinsky Trio and storyteller Connie Regan-Blake. 

The ninth annual Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala will honor a nationally prominent storyteller and the state's storytelling guild. This year's theme is "The Festival of the Story."

A Pierpont Community & Technical College faculty member will speak at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 8, as a Distinguished Lecturer in Criminal Justice. 

The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University is sponsoring a travel abroad program called Roads to Appalachia through Eastern Europe 2010: From the Carpathians to the Alleghenies. The trip will explore the life, culture and root heritage of Eastern Europeans in West Virginia.

"The Shrine to Suspension of Disbelief and Other Visionary Images and Objects by Mark Soppeland" opens Thursday, Oct. 8.

Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College will host a Campus Visitation Day on Saturday, Oct. 31. The event is designed for high school students and their families and adults who are deciding where to continue their education.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will perform on the Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College main campus in Fairmont at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in Colebank Hall.

A community forum to raise awareness about efforts being made in Marion County to fight H1N1 influenza is planned for Wednesday, Oct. 7.

With the theme, "Expedition Around the World," Fairmont State University's and Pierpont Community & Technical College's Homecoming 2009, set for Oct. 5-10, will be a week packed with alumni, athletics, student and community events.

Six exceptional alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m., as part of Fairmont State University's and Pierpont Community & Technical College's Homecoming 2009, "Expedition Around the World."