West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Seal of West Virginia University at Parkersburg
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Former names
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Parkersburg Branch of West Virginia University (1961–1966) West Virginia University- Parkersburg Center (1966–1971) Parkersburg Community College (1971–1989) |
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| Motto | Summum Bonum (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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The Highest Good |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1961 |
| President | Fletcher M. Lamkin, Ph.D. |
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Academic staff
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Total: 257 (93 full-time / 164 part-time) |
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Administrative staff
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100+ |
| Students | 4,292 |
| Undergraduates | 4,292 |
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Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States 39°13′0″N 81°30′21″W / 39.21667°N 81.50583°WCoordinates: 39°13′0″N 81°30′21″W / 39.21667°N 81.50583°W |
| Campus | Small city |
| Student newspaper | The Chronicle |
| Nickname | Riverhawks |
| Affiliations |
NCA ACEN NCATE CTCS |
| Website | wvup.edu |
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West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public college located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. It is a stand-alone college with its own board of governors and degree-granting authority, separate from West Virginia University. Conceived as a community college to serve seven counties in west central West Virginia, it now offers baccalaureate programs. It is the largest community college in West Virginia and the state's fifth largest public college with over 3,900 students.
WVU Parkersburg is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
The college was founded in 1961 as the Parkersburg Branch of West Virginia University. The school's name was changed to West Virginia University-Parkersburg Center in 1966. It became Parkersburg Community College (PCC) in 1971 and was originally governed by the West Virginia Board of Regents. In a reorganization of the state's higher education governance structure in 1989, the West Virginia Legislature enacted S.B. 420 which, among other initiatives, renamed PCC as West Virginia University at Parkersburg, designating it a regional campus of WVU, and transferred its governance to the newly formed University System of West Virginia.
In 2008, the governance structure of WVU Parkersburg was changed by the state legislature. WVU Parkersburg is now controlled locally by a board of governors and is part of a statewide network of independently accredited community colleges known as the West Virginia Community and Technical College System (CTCS). The WVU Parkersburg Board of Governors approved a Memorandum of Understanding with WVU on May 18, 2009, which outlined a formal relationship between the two schools and designated WVU Parkersburg as an "affiliated institution” of WVU.
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