Higher education in West Virginia offers students valuable opportunities to gain a quality education, practical skills, and rewarding career paths while enjoying the state’s supportive and affordable learning environment. Home to respected institutions like West Virginia University (WVU), Marshall University (MU), and a network of private and community colleges, the state offers diverse programs in fields such as healthcare, engineering, business, and the arts. West Virginia’s colleges and universities emphasize small class sizes, hands-on learning, and community engagement, helping students build strong connections with faculty and local employers. Affordable tuition, scholarships, and beautiful campus settings nestled in the scenic Appalachian Mountains make higher education in West Virginia an excellent choice for students seeking personal growth, academic success, and a bright future.
When fall classes resume at Shepherd University on August 26, some students will have a new, more cost-effective way to purchase their textbooks. Shepherd is partnering with Follett, which operates the campus bookstore, and with several publishers to offer IncludeED, which provides textbooks to students in a wide variety of classes in a way that … Read more
Concord University has been recognized as one of the “Most Affordable Online Colleges” in the nation by Study.com. Concord is ranked at 29 among the 50 institutions named in the 2019 rankings recently published by the online learning platform.The university located at Athens, West Virginia, is the only West Virginia college or university that appears … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—The West Virginia University Extension Service is boosting computer science education in rural communities across West Virginia through a partnership with Google and National 4-H.The two organizations recently announced a $6 million grant, which will help students across 20 states learn skills needed to approach problems in fundamentally different ways across discipline as varied … Read more
The West Virginia Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the West Virginia University Department of Industrial Extension will present a half-day workshop on cybersecurity Aug. 6 at the Holiday Inn on Dry Hill Road in Beckley, West Virginia. The partnership Cybersecurity workshop will show small business owners how to identify potential cyber threats, how to protect information … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—In what West Virginia University officials are haling as a remarkable move, the university this month is crowd-sourcing contributors everywhere and anywhere to find a new nationally running television commercial. The “2019 Find Your Purpose” contest is a worldwide search for the best-told WVU story, according to Tony Dobies, a spokesperson for WVU University Relations. Mountaineer … Read more
