[5] On August 11, 2023, WVU's administration released its recommendations to fill a $45 million budget deficit by eliminating 32 majors and reducing faculty by 169 positions.

[12] On August 31, 2023, WVUSU's Assembly of Delegates released a statement urging the student body president, who sits on WVU's Board of Governors, to vote against the recommended cuts and reductions.

[16] On September 14, 2023, members of WVUSU rallied outside the WVU Erickson Alumni Center ahead of the Board of Governors meeting to hear public comments regarding the recommendations.

[20] The students continued their protest outside the building and outside the windows of the meeting room while the board voted in favor of eliminating twenty-eight programs and one hundred forty-three faculty positions.

Speakers included the WVUSU Assembly President, Matthew Kolb, and Lisa DiBartolomeo, a teaching professor from the to-be-discontinued World Languages Department.