West Virginia University
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- Information from 678 converted Dec. 8, 2014(Est. 1867)
- Alumni magazine (Morgantown, W.Va.). Alumni magazine, winter/spring 1982:p. 1 (West Virginia University; WVU)
- NUCMC files(In 1866 the trustees of Monongalia Academy offered to give the state of West Virginia all its property on condition that the proposed state college be located at or near Morgantown. In 1867 the state legislature accepted and est. the Agricultural College of West Virginia. Name changed in 1868 to West Virginia University)
- Furniss, W.T. Amer. univ. & coll. 1973(Chartered as Monongalia Academy in 1814; est. as Agricultural College of West Virginia in 1867; inc. and adopted name West Virginia University in 1868)
Wikipedia description:
West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, West Virginia University Potomac State College in Keyser, and clinical campuses for the university's medical school at the Charleston Area Medical Center and Eastern Campus in Martinsburg. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all 55 West Virginia counties. Enrollment for the fall 2025 semester was 23,532 for the main campus, while enrollment across all three campuses was 26,046. The Morgantown campus offers more than 350 bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs throughout 13 colleges and schools, including the West Virginia's only law and dental schools. Faculty and alumni include 27 Truman Scholars, 53 Goldwater Scholars, 116 Gilman Scholars, 82 Fulbright Scholars, 29 Boren Scholars, and 25 Rhodes Scholars, along with 41 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
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