Shepherd professor wins award Mar 7, 2007
Other finalists were recognized Tuesday, including Dr. Phil McClung, a professor and director of counseling at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, and Dr. Barbara Guyer, professor of special education at Marshall University. The Faculty Merit Foundation was formed in 1985, with the professor of the year award created as a way of identifying and rewarding excellence in college-level teaching, Sullivan said. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
BUSH: SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND IS SITTING IN A FILING CABINET Apr 6, 2005
"Imagine," Bush said in a speech a short time later at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. "The retirement security for future generations is sitting in a filing cabinet. "It's time to strengthen and modernize Social Security for future generations with growing assets that you can control, that you call your own - assets that the government can't take away. (Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX)
Bush stresses solvency rather than accounts Apr 6, 2005
"The government is making promises to younger Americans that it cannot keep," he said in a speech at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. (Related story: ). (USA Today)
Bush tells Mountain State: Social Security tangled in 'IOUs' Apr 6, 2005
"A lot of people in America think there is a trust that we take your money in payroll taxes and then we hold it for you and then when you retire, we give it back to you," Bush said in a speech at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. "But that's not the way it works," Bush said. (Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV)
Valley & State Apr 3, 2005
PARKERSBURG Marie Foster Gnage officially became the sixth president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg during the colleges first presidential inauguration Saturday. Story. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
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Carbs give energy naturally, so I think carbs are good, said Steve Shelene, a student at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Being active in things like sports makes carbohydrates an essential part of my diet. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Jackson begins voter registration/jobs campaign in Pittsburgh Jun 4, 2004
Rally, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Multipurpose Room College Activities Building. Tuesday. (NEPA News, PA)
Special-needs children experience art at festival May 27, 2004
PARKERSBURG - About 900 special-needs children sang, made crafts and danced at the sixth annual Very Special Arts Festival Wednesday at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The event, sponsored by and WVU-Parkersburg, featured entertainers, performers, workshops, demonstrations and hands-on visual arts workshops. (Parkersburg News, WV)
New president named for West Virginia University at Parkersburg May 13, 2004
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. Marie Foster Gnage, senior vice president for academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey, will begin work July 1 at the community college, WVU President David Hardesty said Wednesday. (Parkersburg News, WV)
New bill could combine colleges Mar 1, 2004
The West Virginia University would be "an independently-accredited, multi-institutional land grant university, having its main campus at Morgantown and having branch campuses consisting of Fairmont State, Glenville State College, Potomac State Campus, Shepherd College and West Liberty College. All would be named similarly to those under the Marshall University division, i.e., Fairmont State College of West Virginia University.The state system of independently accredited community and... (Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV)
Human rights day celebrated in Wood County Dec 11, 2003
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