Folklife Center Activities

Folklife Center Activities

Gala 2009, "A Festival of Story"
Ghostly and Ghastly - An Evening with Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Doors open at 5:30, Admission: $25.00 Adults, $3.00 12 and under, FSU/PCTC Students FREE with ID
Colebank Auditorium, Fairmont State University
This annual event will feature Connie Regan-Blake, a national renowned storyteller. 

Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth,OH
March 27-29
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Cathy Calkins, Jocelyn Scalise, Arnold Triplett, Jane Gilchrist, & Briana Idleman

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, WV

April 3-4

Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers, Noel W. Tenney, Dr. Claudia Aman, Constance Edwards, Dr. Richard Pierce,

Students: Annie Mish & Jane Gilchrist


Italian Cultural Program to Calabria and Sicily--co-sponsored with Calabria-WV Italian Heritage Association
June 18-29
For information call 367-4403

Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
March   28-30
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Elizabeth Shroyer, D. Dayton, C. Calkins
Exhibitor

Learn to speak Italian:
For more information call 367-4913
Fairmont State University Campus:
306 Jaynes Hall
Thursdays 6:30-8:30p
January 31 — May 1, 2008
Caperton Center, Clarksburg:
210 Caperton Center
Tuesdays 7:00-9:00p
January 29-April 29 2008
Cost: $175

Appalachian Region Commission sponsored Appalachian Teaching Project 
Washington D.C.
December 5-6
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Kim Rose, Carly Satterfield, Arnold Triplett, & Samantha Huffman
Presentation: "Can a depleted coal based economy be successfully converted to a workable heritage tourism endeavor using the same content, facilities, and personel?" Providing a model for the creation of a museum of coal history in north central West Virginia based on models found in southern West Virginia and Wales.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Maryville, Tennessee
March   23-25
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Susan Long, Michelle Robertson, & Elizabeth Shroyer
Exhibitor

Kennedy Barn Ground Breaking
Fairmont State University
October 11
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Introduction of the restoration of the new building for the Frank and Jane Gabor Folklife Center at Fairmont State Univeristy

Appalachian Region Commission sponsored Appalachian Teaching Project 
Washington D.C.
November 29-December 1
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Jack Bates, Jenna Facemire, Celi Oliveto & Elizabeth Shroyer
Presentation: Glen Elk--A Mountain Ghetto  "Can a cultural understanding contribute to a community's economic development?"

Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Dayton, Ohio
March 17-19
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W.  Tenney
Students: Michael Hayes, Michelle Robertson, & Chris Skoloski
Exhibitors, Presentation from Michael Hayes on Coal Science

Carrying on the Tradition Exhibit
Fairmont State University
June 9 – July 27
Faculty: Noel W. Tenney & Dr. Judy P. Byers
Students: Mark Carl, & Michelle Robertson
Exhibitors, Luncheon with all of the presenters and guest, Presentation

Appalachian Region Commission sponsored Appalachian Teaching Project 
Washington D.C.
December 1-2
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Student: Kathryn Gay, Susan Long (Graduate Student), Jason Pitzer, & Elizabeth Shroyer
Presentation: “From Strokestown to Loveberry Ridge” a review of study projects based on the Irish “Potato Famine” of the 1840’s and the emigration of those individuals to central West Virginia

Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Radford, Virginia
March 18-20
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Michael Hayes & Michelle Robertson
Exhibitor

"Hanging by a Beautiful Thread:" Feedsack Collection of the Depression
Fairmont State Brooks Gallery
June/July 2005
Creator Faculty: Dr. Beth Newcome-Vintage Clothing Collection Curator in partnership with WV Folklife Center
(Dr. Judy P. Byers-Director)
Students: Mark Carl,  Sondra Edwards, Michelle Robertson, and consumer science students
Exhibitor

Appalachian Region Commission sponsored Appalachian Teaching Project 
Washington D.C.
November 30 - December 1
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers, Dr. Galen Hansen, & Noel W. Tenney
Students: Michael Hayes, & John Piscitelli
Presention: Effects of Coal on Science and Culture of central Appalachia

Partnership with Fairmont State University's learning community on Coal in the Heart of Appalachian Life (COAL): An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Science and Culture of Coal,
sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the DUE grant #0310653.
Faculty: Dr. Judy P. Byers, & Noel W. Tenney
Science Faculty: Dr. Philip Mason - Chair, Dr. Andreas Baur, Dr. Galen Hansen, &  Dr. Deb Hemler