Summer Session Two begins in early July and ends the second week of August. Summer sessions are highly concentrated terms, and work performances expected from students is the same as for the regular semesters. Classes are not usually held on Saturdays or Sundays throughout the year. The University library system consists of ten facilities containing 1.7 million books and 2 million microforms and microfilms. The collections are especially strong in the biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, economics, Africana, the Southern Appalachians, and West Virginia history.
Computers are available in individual departments and throughout campus.
The Office of Academic Computing provides support for academic and research computing activities throughout the University. A Way of Life Life for West Virginia University students is a constant learning process, but is not all work. Cultural and educational events, special interests groups and clubs, as well as a wide variety of sports are available to WVU's students. The performing arts and numerous cultural and educational events provide diversion for leisure hours. The Creative Arts Center with its 1,000-seat theatre is the scene of theatrical, musical, and dance productions by WVU groups as well as visiting performers.