West Virginia University
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
West Virginia University
Other forms of name
W.V.U. (West Virginia University)
WVU (West Virginia University)
West Virginia. West Virginia University
Coordinates
-79.95453 -79.95453 39.63582 39.63582 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Universities and colleges
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Education, Higher
Associated Language
eng
Biographical or Historical Data
Est. 1867
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Sources of Information
- 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)