The Valley's Educational Engine: ; Foundation Seeks Help in Spreading Word About State

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Most readers recognize West Virginia State University, formerly West Virginia State College, as a traditional black school founded in 1891 at Institute and as one of West Virginia's two land-grant universities. West Virginia State is justifiably proud of its century-old role as a historic African-American school and the contribution it has made and continues to make to education in this state and in this country.

What many readers may not know is that in this most diverse of all West Virginia colleges and universities, 83 percent of the students are white, the vast majority from the Kanawha Valley. Today, West Virginia State consists of the university and the community and technical college, both fully accessible, racially integrated and multigenerational. It is truly "a living laboratory of human relations," committed to academic excellence, community service, applied research, economic development and cultural and racial diversity.

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The Valley's Educational Engine: ; Foundation Seeks Help in Spreading Word About State

When West Virginia schools desegregated in 1954, West Virginia State welcomed students of all races, creeds and ethnicities. By offering a full and broad college curriculum in day and ...

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