Upcoming Events
Thursday, October 2, 2025
All aboard the New Tygart Flyer! Join retirees on a trip to Elkins WV to board the New Tygart Flyer for a ride along the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River to the High Falls of Cheat.
( Please note date change.) The October book is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert. This book is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A major book about the future of the world and the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. (blurb from Amazon)
We have reserved the Dunkard Pavilion at the Mason Dixon Historical Park for lunch and a presentation on the creation of the Mason Dixon survey line. Bring your lunch and park at the pavilion. We will gather to eat and visit at 12 Noon. After lunch, Kaden Statler, instructor of surveying and geometrics engineering at Fairmont State University, will present a talk on and demonstration of the history of the creation of the Mason-Dixon line. Please let us know you are coming by registering at Mason DIxon.
Friday, November 7, 2025
The November book is Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick. Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI. Co-Intelligence shows what it means to think and work together with smart machines and why it's imperative that we master that skill.
Retirees will travel to Pittsburgh for the People Gas Christmas Market to look for that unique gift and then shopping in the Strip District, a foodie heaven. For more information and a reservation form, see Christmas Market.
Join retirees as they celebrate the season with a stroll through Ligonier PA all decorated for Christmas and enjoy the lights at Overly's Country Christmas. There are other stops along the way. For more information and a reservation form, see Laurel Highlands.
Friday, December 5, 2025
The December book is The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury.
Retirees have the WVU Planetarium all to themselves to view the full-dome film that takes viewers on a journey through space and time from the history of astronomy to modern scientific discoveries. For more information and a reservation, see Planetarium.
Spend St. Patrick’s Day in Killarney, Ireland on the Shades of Ireland tour. On March 17 you can join the party atmosphere to watch the St. Patrick’s Day parade. For details, see Shades of Ireland.
The WVU Retirees Association is joining with WVU OLLI to host a scenic group
trip next fall to New England. The trip, Fall Foliage Tour: Vermont to
Massachusetts, is designed by EF GoAhead Tours exclusively for our members and
their guests. For more information see
Fall Foliage.