On Wednesday, March 8, Fairmont State University Professor of Chemistry Dr. Erica Harvey and Mechanical Engineering student Eliza Keener participated in a forum hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House in Washington D.C. The forum focused on solutions for campus and community climate change.

On Friday, March 10, Fairmont State University hosted the seventh annual VEX University Robotics Competition in the Falcon Center. The event was organized by NASA IV & V Education Research Center and sponsored by the NASA Robotics Alliance Project, Fairmont State University Office of the President, A3L Federal Works, Aurora Flight Sciences, and the NASA Space Grant Consortium.