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  Encyclopedia: West Virginia
West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and was admitted to the Union as a separate state on June 20, 1863.
Kentucky to the west, and by Virginia to the east and south.
The population of West Virginia as of 2003 was 1,810,354.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Virginia   (7209 words)

  
 West Virginia University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Virginia University is an institute of higher learning based in Morgantown, West Virginia, with off-site campuses in Parkersburg, Montgomery, Keyser and Charleston, West Virginia.
WVU was founded in 1867 as a land-grant university with the help of the Morrill Act, and was originally called the "Agricultural College of West Virginia." The university gained its current name in 1868.
The WVU Marching Band, nicknamed the Pride of West Virginia, was formed in 1901 as an all-male ROTC band.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Virginia_University   (1455 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: West Virginia
West Virginia geographically belongs to the Mississippi Valley, and the principal rivers, which are the Sandy, Guyandotte, Big and Little Kanawha, and the Monongahela, with its tributaries the Youghiogheny and Cheat, are tributary to the Ohio River, which flows for 300 miles along this state.
West Virginia is richly invested with timber, comprising many varieties of the oak and fir, the hemlock, cedar, laurel, tulip-tree, the fl and white walnuts, hickory, beech, sycamore, elm, maple, birch, white and mountain ash, besides the wild-fruit varieties peculiar to the surrounding states.
West Virginia was organized and became a state during the early years of the Civil War, and was composed of the western and northern counties of the State of Virginia.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15605a.htm   (2305 words)

  
 West Virginia University at Parkersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a community college in Parkersburg, West Virginia administered by West Virginia University.
The school was founded in 1970 as the Parkersburg Community College (PCC).
In 1990 Governor Gaston Caperton sought to divide the state into two systems of college governance, one for Marshall University and West Virginia University and one for the state's state colleges and community colleges.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Virginia_University_at_Parkersburg   (205 words)

  
 West Virginia : WV
West Virginia is rather unique among American states owing to the circumstances of its creation.
Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War and the seccession of Virginia from the union, the western counties of the state in turn seceded from Virginia on April 27, 1861.
This reformed government authorized the creation of the state of West Virginia which was admitted to the union in 1863 following Abraham Lincoln's signing of an act on December 31, 1862 that authorized this.
www.findword.org /wv/wv.html   (432 words)

  
 Parkersburg, West Virginia (Cities)
Parkersburg's strategic location at the confluence of the Little Kanawha and the Ohio River aided its development as an industrial center.
West Virginia's first oil wells were drilled nearby in 1860, which made Parkersburg the supply and shipping point for the 'fl gold' fields.
Parkersburg is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta, West Virginia-Ohio metro area.
www.ohwy.com /wv/p/parkersb.htm   (150 words)

  
 Who Really Had The First Oil Well?
As early as the 1820s, oil drilled from West Virginia wells was used as a light source and an industrial lubricant marking the first documented commercial use of oil in this country, says the author of a new history book on West Virginia's early oil and gas business.
David McKain, a Parkersburg, W.Va., businessman whose great-grandfathers participated in the oil boom of the 1860s, has authored a book that challenges Col. Edwin L. Drake and his neighboring Pennsylvanian long-time claim as the birthplace of the oil business.
The oil boom started in Pennsylvania and West Virginia in 1859 but when the Civil War broke out in 1860, the development of the industry was halted in West Virginia, he said.
little-mountain.com /oilandgasmuseum/Pages/moveover.html   (1218 words)

  
 05.4.5_parkersburg
PARKERSBURG - Both sides of the Social Security reform issue are taking advantage of President Bush's trip to Parkersburg today, scheduling forums in opposition or sending emissaries in his support.
West Virginia United to Protect Social Security is opposed to privitatization.
Citing a study by the Institute for America's Future West Virginia Report, which it released at a press conference in Charleston Monday, the group said the Bush plan by retirement time would cut benefits 15 percent for a 45-year-old worker and 25 percent for a 35-year-old worker today.
www.ourfuture.org /issues_and_campaigns/socialsecurity/05_4_5_parkersburg.cfm   (583 words)

  
 West Virginia University at Parkersburg: A 21st Century Dodo Bird or Eagle?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
WVU Parkersburg must continue to reinvent itself to serve the educational needs of West Virginia in the New Economy.
For WVU Parkersburg to survive, I believe it must continue to be flexible, affordable, accessible and committed to quality.
Through our evolving relationship with West Virginia University, the campus is a higher education center with academic/technical programs designed to equip local residents to function as employed, educated citizens with solid career or liberal arts’ foundations.
www.nis.wvu.edu /wvu/guest_column_Bitterbaum.htm   (919 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - West Virginia University, United States (Colleges, U.S.) - Encyclopedia
West Virginia University, Colleges, U.S. Related Category: Colleges, U.S. West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est.
There are branch campuses at Parkersburg, Charleston, Wheeling, and Keyser and five off-campus graduate centers.
The university also maintains the state agricultural experiment station, an extensive university farm system, forestry and engineering camps, experimental forests, a biological station, and facilities for coal and energy research.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WestVaU.html   (209 words)

  
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WVU Parkersburg is the sixth largest public college in the state.
The College was founded in 1961 as the Parkersburg Branch of West Virginia University.
In a reorganization of West Virginia’s public higher education system in 1989, the institution became West Virginia University at Parkersburg, a regional campus of WVU.
www.nis.wvu.edu /2004_Releases/parkersburg_presidential_search.htm   (297 words)

  
 NewsandSentinel.com: New president named for West Virginia University at Parkersburg - - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
PARKERSBURG - West Virginia University at Parkersburg will welcome its first woman president as it begins its 15th year as a West Virginia University regional campus..
Gnage also said she would create a strategic plan to outline to the public the future goals of the school and seek additional sources of funding, such as business partnerships, to help the school through leen financial times.
WVU Parkersburg is the only community college in West Virginia accredited to offer select bachelor's degrees.
www.newsandsentinel.com /news/story/0513202004_new06_WVUP.asp   (439 words)

  
 Company News On Call
PARKERSBURG, W.Va., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- West Virginia University at Parkersburg will deliver its Computer and Information Technology associate degree via a sophisticated teleconferencing system to WVU in Morgantown beginning in January, thanks to an $85,000 grant from Verizon.
WVU Parkersburg's degree offering is part of a larger, comprehensive program developed by Verizon and WVU to provide IT training to a wider audience, particularly students and adult learners in rural counties.
Officials noted the WVU Parkersburg pilot project is one of the nation's first video-conferencing applications for the Cisco Networking Academy Program.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/11-01-2001/0001606627   (532 words)

  
 USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2006: West Virginia University–Parkersburg: Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
West Virginia University at Parkersburg provides community-focused, accessible education dedicated to academic excellence and designed to prepare students to achieve their potential.
A regional campus of West Virginia University, WVU at Parkersburg is an open admission institution that delivers academic and career programs ranging from certificates to select baccalaureate degrees.
WVU at Parkersburg with its Jackson County Center offers educational, social and cultural opportunities; encourages life-long learning; supports economic and workforce development; promotes progressive partnerships, and advances regionally and globally responsive education in a student-centered learning environment.
www.usnews.com /usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drmiss_3828_brief.php   (143 words)

  
 West Virginia
On June 20th of that year, the hardworking founders of the State of West Virginia watched their dreams become a reality, as the northwestern and western counties of Virginia finally were recognized by the U.S. Congress and President Lincoln.
West Virginia's heritage is rich, and should be appreciated, as well as respected.
West Virginia History is the state's journal of history.
www.senate.gov /~byrd/wv.htm   (466 words)

  
 Database of Outstanding Community College Alumni
He later enrolled at West Virginia University at Parkersburg and earned a degree in business administration.
While a student here, he was the vice-chairman of the Advisory Council of Students to the Board of Trustees and was awarded the title of West Virginia's Future Business Executive and addressed the college's 22nd annual commencement exercises.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg, like many community colleges, did not have an alumni association.
www2.aacc.nche.edu /alumni_details.asp?IDD=41   (240 words)

  
 Student Nurse Center at NurseZone.com
The state grant is designed to impact West Virginia's nursing shortage by increasing the number of students admitted to WVU Parkersburg’s nursing program, college officials said.
With the $60,500 pledged by the hospitals, WVU at Parkersburg became eligible to apply for matching funds under the terms of recently passed legislation.
Thanks to the grant’s funding, WVU Parkersburg will be able to admit two additional clinical groups of 16 students to the program to pursue the two-year associate in applied science degree in nursing.
www.nursezone.com /student_nurse_center?articleID=10353   (558 words)

  
 News & Job Listings
West Virginia University at Parkersburg seeks applications for the position of Director of the Jackson County Center located in Ripley, WV.
AMFM owns and operates eleven skilled nursing facilities throughout the state of West Virginia and is seeking a licensed social worker consultant to serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team that assess, monitors and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of psychosocial services delivered at our facilities.
Graduate from an accredited college or university with a degree in social or behavioral science or other acceptable related field and one year experience where the primary responsibility was to provide counseling services preferred.
www.naswwv.org /news&joblistings.htm   (3924 words)

  
 West Virginia University - Parkersburg Admission Application Introduction
A high school transcript is not needed if you graduated from high school five years previous to WVU Parkersburg enrollment.
This requirement does not apply to applicants who graduated from high school more than five years previous to WVU Parkersburg enrollment unless ACT scores are required by a program.
Submit a request to the registrars of all institutions previously attended to forward official transcripts to the Admissions and Records Office of WVU Parkersburg.
www.wvmentor.org /applications/wv_common_app/apply/wvu_parkersburg.html   (848 words)

  
 WVATS Newsletter - Winter, 2003
Summers County, West Virginia, is involved in a long-range plan to improve access to its programs and facilities.
The West Virginia AgrAbility Project was invited to exhibit and present an interactive demonstration session at the Seventh Annual Partnerships in Assistive TecHnologieS (PATHS) Conference.
West Virginia AgrAbility is in search of West Virginia farmers who are interested in sharing their creative and innovative ideas with other farmers around the state.
www.cedwvu.org /programs/wvats/newsletters/2003feb.html   (5742 words)

  
 Charles Helmick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Chuck and his wife, Deanna, live in Vienna, West Virginia with their two children, Chip age eleven and Chelsea age eight.
He was the President of the WVU Parkersburg Alumni Association for 2001-03 and served at Parliamentarian for 2000-01.
Chuck is active in the community and has served as a youth soccer coach for Vienna Recreation and Improvement Association and and as a Clerk of Coarse for the Vienna Rec Swim Team.
www.district6690.org /ch.htm   (312 words)

  
 TEACHING MODULE
The teaching module entitled "Muslim Women and the Dramatic Arts" is appropriate for a variety of courses in literary and theatre studies, as well as interdisciplinary courses bridging, for example, political science and culture, sociology and art, and psychology and religion, depending on how one chooses to foreground the material.
The adaptation was undertaken by students at the University of Durham in England and endorsed by Fakir prior to performance.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is committed to social justice.
www.polsci.wvu.edu /facdis/nanney.htm   (5365 words)

  
 ABC News: Bush Questions Social Security Trust Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
President Bush delivers remarks on his plans for strengthening Social Security at West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg, W.V. Tuesday April 5, 2005.
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. Apr 5, 2005 — President Bush on Tuesday turned a government file cabinet in the hills of West Virginia into his Exhibit A for why Social Security needs urgent change.
Democrats quickly labeled Bush's trip to Parkersburg as nothing more than a gimmicky photo-op meant to mislead Americans into thinking that drastic reform is needed to fix the system's solvency problems.
abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=643812&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (337 words)

  
 West Virginia University at Parkersburg, West Virginia - Study or Education or Career in USA (United States of America)
West Virginia University at Parkersburg, West Virginia - Study or Education or Career in USA (United States of America)
Director of Admissions,West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Parkersburg,WV-26101-9577
Noncompetitive: Virtually all applicants were accepted regardless of high school rank or test scores.
www.webindia123.com /career/studyabroad/Education_us/showdetails.asp?flag=117   (219 words)

  
 west virginia university parkersburg - infos
A comprehensive community college and baccalaureate degree-granting institution which serves as a regional campus of West Virginia University.
Colleges and Universities Directory: West Virginia University, including: parkersburg, alumni, athletics, departments, organizations, institute of technology...
University andgt; Public andgt; West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
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 Continental Harmony
There is a long, rich tradition of choral singing in West Virginia that includes many church, school, and community choirs.
To further that tradition, West Virginia University, Parkersburg's University Chorale joined with church, school, and community choirs to premiere composer Kenton Coe's "The Unknown Region: A Journey of Faith," in Parkersburg and in Charleston, the state capitol.
Continental Harmony is a leadership initiative of the American Composers Forum and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funding provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Irvine Foundation, and Marshall Field's Project Imagine with support from the Target Foundation.
www.continentalharmony.org /community_detail.cfm?oid=1523   (230 words)

  
 USA Freedom Corps:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Stout, a sophomore education major at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, is an active mathematics tutor at her university.
At the Parkersburg branch of West Virginia University, she tutors a group of university students two or three nights each week in mathematics.
Outside of the university, she also tutors a fourth grade student in reading and soon she will begin tutoring her student in mathematics.
www.usafreedomcorps.gov /dynamic_shared/includes/printable/dynamic_local_vols.asp?ID=571   (278 words)

  
 MBA Programs in West Virginia - Program Guide
In the state of West Virginia, you can study for and receive your Master of Business Administration Degree either online or at a walk-on campus.
University of Phoenix Online is a true innovator in distance education.
The University of Liverpool is one of the most highly respected educational institutions in the UK.
www.onlinembaprograms.org /westvirginia.html   (354 words)

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