Notices
Update regarding proposed Promotion and Tenure Guidelines specific to the WVU Health Sciences Center
There is an important update regarding proposed Promotion and Tenure Guidelines specific to the WVU Health Sciences Center. There are unique aspects of health sciences centers (e.g., clinical responsibilities, clinician track) that merit an HSC-specific document.
Reverse osmosis water system update – HSC South Building
A temporary interruption occurred in the reverse osmosis (RO) water system, which may have affected some research areas within the Health Sciences Center South Building. Repairs have been completed, and the system is currently in the recovery phase. Some areas may continue to experience limited RO water supply for the next few hours.
Annual Steam Outage – HSC Campus
HSC Facilities, in coordination with our steam provider Vicinity, has scheduled the annual steam outage for the HSC Campus. Please see below for the list of affected buildings and the outage timeline.
NOTICE: Health Sciences experienced brief power disruption on April 19
Earlier this evening, the Health Sciences Center experienced a brief power outage during a fast-moving storm. As a result, the generators kicked on to provide back-up power to the building. As of 9:15 p.m., power was restored to the building, and Facilities Management is monitoring the situation.
Updated Facilities Management work request form for Health Sciences
To all HSC faculty, staff and students: Please be advised that the previous Facilities Management work order form is no longer in use. To submit maintenance, repair, service or move requests, please use the updated link: https://facilitiesmanagement.wvu.edu/hsc/work-request-hsc
Health Sciences digital and web support process updated to enhance service and efficiency
To streamline digital communications and provide more specialized support, the WVU Health Sciences web team is now the primary point of contact for web and digital-related support requests for all Health Sciences and associated school websites. Requests related to any of the Health Sciences and associated school websites that were previously submitted through the WVU ITS ticketing system should now be directed to the Health Sciences web team.
NOTICE: Brief water disruption at Health Sciences April 2
At approximately 2:15 p.m. today, HSC Facilities experienced a brief water disruption after a construction crew working for WVU Medicine on Van Voorhis Road damaged a water main. As a result, several WVU buildings, including the Health Sciences Center, reported low water pressure.
NOTICE: Air Handling Unit repair scheduled for March 31
HSC Facilities will be conducting repairs to the Air Handling Unit serving Health Sciences Center(HSC) North from Mon. March 31, through Wed. April 2, 2025. The repair involves addressing failing bearings in the blower assembly.
NOTICE: Emergency steam line outage scheduled for Tues. March 25
HSC Facilities is scheduling an emergency steam line outage for Tues. March 25 starting at 5:00 a.m. to repair a leak in the ceiling of the basement floor hallway past room B557.
WVU Health Sciences transitions to updated web addresses
WVU Health Sciences is updating its website URLs to enhance security and accessibility. Moving forward, official Health Sciences websites should be accessed using health.wvu.edu instead of hsc.wvu.edu. Note that the "www" prefix is no longer used.