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  Fairmont State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fairmont State was founded in 1865 as West Virginia Normal School at Fairmont and was dedicated to educating teachers.
It was purchased by the state and became Fairmont State Normal School in 1867.
Fairmont State's athletic teams, known as the Falcons, compete in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in NCAA Division II.
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 Fairmont State University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Fairmont State University is a public college in Fairmont, West Virginia.
The college was founded as a private institution in 1865, and became a branch of the state normal college in 1867.
It was renamend Fairmont State Teachers College in 1934 and Fairmont State College in 1943.
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 Study in the U.S. at West Virginia - U.S. Universities and Colleges Comprehensive Guide - USUniversities.com
Fairmont State University, a coeducational institution offering one-year certificates, two-year associate and four-year bachelor degrees as well as a wide range of continuing education classes, is the largest of the West Virginia State Colleges - largest i...
Fairmont State University, a coeducational institution offering one-year certificates, two-year associate, four-year bachelor degrees, and master degrees, as well as a wide range of continuing education classes.
West Virginia State College, located in the State's center of government, industry, business, and population, is the largest institution of higher education in the Kanawha Valley and serves as a major resource center for this metropolitan area.
www.usuniversities.com /listings.cfm?stateID=48   (614 words)

  
 Fairmont State College Silver Ring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The history of Fairmont State College is part and parcel of the history of public education in West Virginia.
Fairmont State University became a public college in Fairmont, West Virginia when the university was established as the West Virginia Normal School a few years later.
Today, Fairmont State University and Fairmont State Community & Technical College, serve the Upper Monongahela Valley, the state of West Virginia and the larger mid-Atlantic region as a resource for lifelong learning and career enhancement.
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 Concord University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Concord University is a comprehensive, public, liberal arts institution located in Athens, West Virginia founded on February 28, 1872, when the West Virginia Legislature passed "an Act to locate a Branch State Normal School, in Concord Church, in the County of Mercer".
Founded by veterans of both the Union and the Confederacy, Concord is named for the ideal of "harmony and sweet fellowship".
The Concord University Student Government Association is responsible for many changes on campus, and is active in every aspect of Concord life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Concord_University   (687 words)

  
 Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. - News Release Archive
FSU’s Division of Education professors assist with the instruction of teachers and pedagogical approaches taken in the modules.
FSU will also play a key role in the project’s sustainability by including the workshop as a regular course in its Masters of Education program and by providing an opportunity for the summer student workshop experiences to be integrated into existing middle school enrichment projects.
Fairmont State University personnel involved with CITERA include Dr. Ravic Ringleben (co-principal investigator), Dr. Roxann Humbert, and Dr. Valerie Morphew.
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 Fairmont State University - College Closeup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Fairmont State is a member of the NCAA Division II and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
FSU’s state-of-the-art technology infrastructure includes thirty computer labs and high-speed network connections that are accessible from the library, classrooms, and every residence hall room, as well as the most up-to-date teaching software.
FSU is also home to the West Virginia Folklife Center, which is dedicated to the identification, preservation, and perpetuation of the region’s rich cultural heritage through academic studies, educational programs, festivals, performances, and publications.
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 US Universites and Colleges Program - Fairmont State University
University Attributes: Fairmont State University, a coeducational institution offering one-year certificates, two-year associate and four-year bachelor degrees as well as a wide range of continuing education classes, is the largest of the West Virginia State Colleges - largest in numbers of total full-time enrollment and largest in number of annual graduates.
Approximately ninety miles south of Pittsburgh on Interstate 79, Fairmont, w The College follows a liberal policy of student admissions and believes that it can help highly-motivated students to overcome many deficiencies in their academic preparation.
Because academic standards are high, the Fairmont State College degree represents a level of achievement respected throughout the nation.
www.usuniversities.com /listingsp3.cfm/listing/5276   (245 words)

  
 Official Athletic Site of Fairmont State
Fairmont State athletics and the FS Lettermen’s Association jointly announce the Nossokoff Family/Fairmont State Golf Tournament Friday, May 19 at Bridgeport Country Club.
Fairmont State guard Chris Carey earned Freshman of the Year accolades, while Greg Zimmerman of regular season champion Alderson-Broaddus was rewarded with Coach of the Year honors.
Fairmont State University’s football program has announced the signing of 11 recruits and the addition of eight other players who transferred and enrolled in school for the second semester in January.
www.fightingfalcons.com   (578 words)

  
 Fairmont State
The West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University is a step closer to its new home, thanks to a pledge received by the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., through the generosity of Dr. Fred and Patti Fidura of Fairmont.
The Fairmont State Foundation is raising money to renovate the former Kennedy Barn/Colonial Apartments building on the west side of the FS campus so that it may become the permanent home of the Folklife Center.
The Fairmont State Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization formed to assist Fairmont State by accepting and encouraging gifts and by using them to advance the missions of Fairmont State University and Fairmont State Community & Technical College.
www.fairmontstate.edu /news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=343&strBack=%2Fnews%2Fnews%5Farchive%2Easp   (692 words)

  
 Fairmont State - The Fine Print   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The content of official Fairmont State Web pages is maintained by various departments, organizations, and individuals associated with the institution, and is provided as a service to our visitors.
Fairmont State should not be held responsible for any interruption in public access to the Website resulting from circumstances beyond its control.
Fairmont State is not responsible for the content of personal pages and does not endorse the views expressed on personal pages.
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 Fairmont State - Distance Learning
Our goal is to provide improved access to education at Fairmont State University and Fairmont State Community and Technical College by providing courses in various nontraditional ways to meet the needs of students who cannot attend regular day and evening classes and to enhance the course offerings to our traditional students.
Sloan Semester courses are being offered by Fairmont State, at no cost, to students at the community college, university, and graduate level from southern states that have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Fairmont State abides by the SREB's Electronic Campus “Principles of Good Practice” (The Foundation for Quality of the Southern Regional Electronic Campus) and “Common Standards” (Guidelines for Participating States, Colleges and Universities).
www.fairmontstate.edu /academics/distancelearning   (213 words)

  
 US Education Guides : Latin America - Fairmont State University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Fairmont State University, a comprehensive, multisite, selective, four-year institution founded in 1865, offers a quality education in a diverse and supportive learning environment that fosters individual growth, professional and career development, lifelong learning, global understanding and a commitment to excellence in academic and community pursuits.
Fairmont, West Virginia, known as "the friendly city" is within an easy drive of Washington, DC; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fairmont is also close to outdoor destinations such as trails for hiking and biking, rivers for whitewater rafting, excellent spots for rock and mountain climbing, camping, fishing and some of the best skiing in the eastern United States.
www.useduguides.com /profiles/school_profiles.jsp?scid=1100627&area=la   (539 words)

  
 Fairmont State University Concrete Canoe Team
It is truely a beautiful campus and the convenience of the layout of the campus was a nice change of pace from most events.
Over 270 canoes were built this year by students around the country and we truely feel that it has been a privilage to represent our Virginias' Region.
Fairmont State took first place in every event during the competition including: Design Paper, Oral Presentation, Overall Product and the Races.
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 C&EN: EDUCATION - COOL COURSES
And Fairmont State University, in Fairmont, W. Va., is experimenting with courses that blend the science and folklore related to coal.
Fairmont State University students tour a coal mine as part of their education about the science and culture centered around coal.
THE PROFESSORS chose coal as their theme because Fairmont State is located in a coal-mining region of West Virginia, and many students have relatives who have worked in the coal mines.
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 Choosing The Right College
FSU is a four-year university which offers an array of degrees.
Glenville, WV "Glenville State College is a small college located in the mountains of Central West Virginia." There are about 1,300 students studying in more than 20 different bachelor and associate degree programs including Teacher Education, Nursing, Business Administration, Behavioral Sciences and other sciences, History, English, and Criminal Justice.
Huntington, WV Marshall University is a large public university offering 23 associate programs, 44 baccalaureate programs and 46 graduate programs to about 16,000 students each year.
www.polsci.wvu.edu /grad/swalker/Walker_Catalano_Glover_Thorne/choosing_the_right_college.htm   (426 words)

  
 Team UAH - ASCE Concrete Canoe Team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville - Reference Article
University of Florida (7th place overall; 9th in paper; 11th in presentation; 5th in product).
Fairmont State College (12th place overall; 14th in paper; 4th in presentation; 16th in product).
The University of Wisconsin - Platteville with "Nemo"...
www.uah.edu /student_life/organizations/ASCE/2005Nationals/entrypoint2005.htm   (841 words)

  
 Fairmont State Invests in Improvements
FAIRMONT -- Anyone here with a recollection of the 1970s can remember a time when Fairmont State was fondly called "the high school on the hill." It was a great school; it was just small, and most students were local commuters.
Fairmont State has plenty of money left to complete the planned projects.
Bradley also noted efforts at Fairmont State to improve the students' chances of success.
www.statejournal.com /story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=3275   (631 words)

  
 AACSB International
The University of Mississippi is located in Oxford (http://chamber.oxfordms.com), a community that is often cited as one of the most desirable places to live in the country.
The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer.
The University is committed to creating an educational community which enhances student awareness and appreciation of diverse ethnicities and cultures and which actively supports tolerance, civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each person without regard to economic status, ethnic background, political views, sexual orientation, or other personal characteristics or beliefs.
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 University of Maine at Presque Isle - Burgher named president of UM-Presque Isle
The University System’s Board of Trustees is expected to approve Westphal’s nomination of Burgher during its next business meeting, to be held June 6 in Fort Kent.
Prior to his current positions at FSU and FSCandTC, Burgher served as interim chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at UMR, and Project Manager for the Mine Waste Technology Programs and Professor of Mining Engineering at Montana Tech of the University of Montana, a position he held for 10 years.
It participates in the Maine State Consortium, a newly established collaborative involving UMPI, the University of Maine at Machias, and the University of Maine at Fort Kent.
www.umpi.maine.edu /cms/news/releases/-20050526293   (486 words)

  
 Fairmont State
The Fairmont State Celebration of Ideas Lecture Series begins this fall with one of the most prominent academics in the U.S. today — Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Fairmont State’s Celebration of Culture and Ideas Lecture Series brings nationally prominent speakers of diverse viewpoints to campus each fall and spring.
Gates graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in History from Yale University and went on to earn both his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Clare College at the University of Cambridge.
www.fairmontstate.edu /news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=486&strBack=/news/n...   (452 words)

  
 Shepherd University Athletics
FAIRMONT, W.Va -- Junior free safety Dan Peters (Cresson, PA/Penn Cambria HS) batted away the possible winning touchdown pass intended for Fairmont's Josh Romeo as time expired to help Shepherd University hold off host Fairmont State University, 14-11, in WVIAC football action at Duvall-Rosier Field on Saturday.
Fairmont took a 3-0 lead into halftime when Drew Cochran connected on a 31-yard field goal with 10:34 left in the second quarter.
Shepherd, ranked 25th in the latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll, improves to 5-0, 2-0 in WVIAC play, while Fairmont State falls to 2-3, 2-1.
www.shepherd.edu /2ramsweb/FBFS2005.html   (394 words)

  
 Image | Silicon Valley Community Newspapers
In Celebration of Mozart The Santa Clara University department of music faculty, students and guests celebrate the music of Mozart with a commemorative concert held on the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
The choir is directed by Dr. Michael Busch, a graduate of San Jose State University and the University of Colorado.
The Shadow Box Santa Clara University Theatre Arts department presents the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning drama about three terminally ill patients who are visited by their loved ones at a Northern California hospital.
www.svcn.com /imagecalendar.html   (11966 words)

  
 Shepherd University Athletics
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Kristen Gattuso scored a game-high 20 points to lead 16th-ranked Fairmont State to a 79-59 win over Shepherd University in WVIAC women's basketball action at Fairmont on Saturday afternoon.
Fairmont ended the first half on a 10-2 run to take a 35-23 lead at the intermission.
The Rams falls to 4-8 overall, 3-2 in conference action, while Fairmont State improves to 15-1, 5-0.
www.shepherd.edu /2ramsweb/WBBFSU2004.html   (202 words)

  
 Official Athletic Site of Fairmont State
Visiting West Liberty torched Fairmont State’s defense for a season-high 14 3-point field goals en route to a 93- 74 victory in a game which was not nearly as close as the final score might indicate here Thursday evening at the Joe Retton Arena.
Fairmont State had an answer for everything WVU Tech threw at it in a 92-70 victory over the Golden Bears Monday night at the Joe Retton Arena.
Fairmont State basketball fans may want to make sure they have a roster in hand during the first few weeks of the 2005-'06 season.
www.fightingfalcons.com /page.cfm?sport=59   (844 words)

  
 News and Information Services - News Release
Enrollment growth at West Virginia University and Fairmont State University accounted for 96 percent of the overall fall 2005 enrollment gains within the state system, members of the Higher Education Policy Commission learned Friday (Dec. 9)
At Fairmont State, FTE enrollment went up by 450 students, or 12 percent.
Currently, all state employees with three or more years of experience, except higher ed faculty, receive an annual experience increment equal to $50 multiplied by years of service each July.
www.nis.wvu.edu /2005_Releases/hepc_dec05.htm   (444 words)

  
 WDTV NewsChannel 5 - - Your Hometown News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Students will see big changes at Fairmont State University's campus this fall.
Fairmont State's come a long way since I've been here so all this new stuff is gonna turn this place around," said Monica Brooks, an FSU Senior.
Dr. Badley says all the construction work that's going on at F-S-U is part of a 10 year plan and 100 million dollars to improve the campus.
www.wdtv.com /viewstory.html?name=892120   (260 words)

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