West Virginia University

West Virginia University

Motto	Πίστει τὴν ἀρετήν, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν (Greek)
Motto in English	To faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge. (2 Peter 1:5)
Type	• Public  • Flagship  • Land-grant  • Space-grant  • Multi-campus
Established	1867
Academic affiliation	APLU ORAU SURA
Endowment	$515 million (June 2014)
President	E. Gordon Gee
Provost	Joyce McConnell
Academic staff	1,870
Administrative staff	7,566
Students	29,175 (Fall 2014)
Undergraduates	22,563 (Fall 2014)
Postgraduates	5,001 (Fall 2014)
Doctoral students	1,611 (Fall 2014)
Location	Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. 39°38′09″N 79°57′16″W / 39.63582°N 79.95453°W / 39.63582; -79.95453Coordinates: 39°38′09″N 79°57′16″W / 39.63582°N 79.95453°W / 39.63582; -79.95453
Campus	WVU Downtown 913 acres (3.7 km2)
Colors	Blue and Old Gold
Nickname	Mountaineers
Mascot	The Mountaineer
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I – Big 12 ACHA Division 1 (CHMA)
Website	www.wvu.edu

West Virginia University (WVU) is a public, land-grant, space-grant, research-intensive university in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses include the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery and Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser; and a second clinical campus for the University's medical and dental schools at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all of West Virginia's 55 counties. Since 2001, WVU has been governed by the West Virginia University Board of Governors.

Enrollment for the Fall 2015 semester was 28,776 for the main campus, while enrollment across all campuses totaled 32,348. WVU offers 191 bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in 15 colleges.

WVU has produced 24 Rhodes Scholars, including former WVU president David C. Hardesty, Jr. The University has also produced 36 Goldwater Scholars, 22 Truman Scholars, and five members of USA Today's "All‑USA College Academic First Team."

Under the terms of the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, the West Virginia Legislature created the Agricultural College of West Virginia on February 7, 1867, and the school officially opened on September 2 of the same year. On December 4, 1868, lawmakers renamed the college West Virginia University to represent a broader range of higher education. The University was built on the grounds of three former academies, the Monongalia Academy of 1814, the Morgantown Female Academy of 1831, and Woodburn Female Seminary of 1858. Upon its founding, the local newspaper claimed that "a place more eligible for the quiet and successful pursuit of science and literature is nowhere to be found".