West Virginia University at Parkersburg News

The folks at West Virginia University at Parkersburg are looking for input regarding the use of their Downtown W.T. Grant Building.

Warm and sunny weather brought the crowds out Sunday for the final day of the 14th annual Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival at City Park.

Plans are moving forward for a downtown structure owned by West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

A close call for a tiny fawn separated from it's mother. The fawn that was spotted by driver near South Charleston on I-64, near the Montrose Exit, during morning rush hour.

How to achieve what you want through growth and change was at the center of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley's Transformation 2009 Women's Conference at West Virginia University at Parkersburg Friday.

Summer enrollment is up nearly 20% at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The increase is about 212 more students, or an 18.6% hike, compared to last year.

Three free health programs in the Mid-Ohio Valley shared $25,000 in donations Tuesday from the Dominion Foundation.

West Virginia University at Parkersburg will develop a "green jobs" career ladder of energy technology and sustainability programs thanks to a state grant.

More than 50 people completed the GED exam this year in Wood County and one of them is currently in training with the Army National Guard.

Sonia Sotomayor doesn't want the public to forget the tough background she came from...one, it's believed, has shaped the decisions she's made as a federal court judge.

The Montgomery-based Community and Technical College at WVU Tech is now called Bridgemont Community and Technical College, the college announced Wednesday.

The West Virginia University at Parkersburg Board of Governors approved part of an agreement with West Virginia University Monday, but requested another part of the agreement be reworked.

More than 300 degrees were conferred Saturday at the 38th commencement at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

Though a community forum concerning a possible split between West Virginia University at Parkersburg and its parent college was poorly attended Thursday, officials said they have received a lot of feedback on the situation.

Members of the Area Roundtable were given the opportunity during their monthly meeting Wednesday to discuss concerns about how a possible name change of West Virginia University at Parkersburg could impact the community and college Joe Campbell, chairman of the Area Roundtable, said since the separation of WVU-P from the main university there has ...

West Virginia is listed among the largest recipients per capita in the nation of congressional pork appropriations, says the Citizens Against Government Waste, a private, non-partisan, nonprofit organization that claims to represent more than a million members.

More than 90 area students learned about potential careers in the Mid-Ohio Valley Wednesday at the 2009 High School Business Symposium.

Earlier this week, the board of governors at West Virginia University at Parkersburg decided to conduct an on-line survey to determine the college's name and future direction.

An agreement approved Thursday by the West Virginia University Board of Governors would only allow West Virginia University at Parkersburg to use the college's name and logo until 2011 before renegotiating the contract.

Hundreds of students from throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley are expected to participate in this year's Very Spectacular Arts Festival Friday on the campus of West Virginia University at Parkersburg.