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West Virginia University

January 14, 2023

West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser, and clinical campuses for the university's medical and school at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston and the Eastern Division at the WVU Medicine Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Centers. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all 55 West Virginia counties.

West Virginia University
Latin: Collegium (Universitas) Occidentalis Virginia
Former name
Agricultural College of West Virginia (1867–1868)[1]
MottoΠίστει τὴν ἀρετήν, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν (Koine Greek)
Motto in English
"Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5 KJV)
TypePublic land-grant research university
EstablishedFebruary 7, 1867; 155 years ago (1867-02-07)
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$611.3 million (2020)[2]
PresidentE. Gordon Gee[3]
ProvostMaryanne Reed[4]
Academic staff
1,870
Administrative staff
7,566
Students29,933 (All campuses)[5]
Undergraduates21,086 (Morgantown)[6]

1,300 (Keyser)[7]

1,794 (Beckley)[8]
Postgraduates4,263 (Morgantown)[6]
1,490 (Morgantown)[6]
Location
Morgantown
,
West Virginia
,
United States

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
CampusSmall City,[9] 913 acres (3.69 km2)
Other campuses
NewspaperThe Daily Athenaeum
ColorsOld Gold & Blue[10]
   
NicknameMountaineers
Sporting affiliations
MascotThe Mountaineer
Websitewww.wvu.edu

Enrollment for the Fall 2021 semester was 25,474 for the main campus, while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 28,267.[5] The Morgantown campus offers more than 350 bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs throughout 13 colleges and schools, including that states' only law and dental schools.[11]

The university has produced 25 Truman Scholars, 47 Goldwater Scholars, 88 Gilman Scholars, 70 Fulbright Scholars, 28 Boren Scholars, 36 Critical Language Scholars, 4 George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, 6 Morris K. Udall Scholars, 5 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 1 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar, 27 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, 1 Schwarzman Scholar. Twenty-five Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni, including former WVU president David C. Hardesty, Jr.[11]

History

Main article: History of West Virginia University
 
WVU's Cadet Corps, c. 1880, from the site of where Oglebay Hall is today, Martin Hall (center) and Woodburn Hall (right) are in the background.

Establishment

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.[12][13] On December 4, 1868, lawmakers renamed the college West Virginia University to represent a broader range of higher education.[14] It 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.[15] 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".[13]

The first campus building was constructed in 1870 as University Hall and was renamed Martin Hall in 1889 in honor of West Virginia University's first president, the Rev. Alexander Martin of Scotland.[16] After a fire destroyed the Woodburn Seminary building in 1873, the centerpiece of what is now Woodburn Hall was completed in 1876, under the name New Hall. The name was changed to University Building in 1878 when the College of Law was founded as the first professional school in the state of West Virginia.[17] The precursor to Woodburn Circle was finished in 1893 when Chitwood Hall (then Science Hall) was constructed on the bluff's north side. In 1909 a north wing was added to University Building, and the facility was renamed Woodburn Hall. Throughout the next decade, Woodburn Hall underwent several renovations and additions, including the construction of the south wing and east tower (in 1930) housing the Seth Thomas clock.[18] The three Woodburn Circle buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[19][20] In 1899, the Vance Farm was acquired for the West Virginia University Experiment Station.[21]

WVU was required to have a Cadet Corps under the terms of the Morrill Act of 1862, which allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges. The United States Department of War—a predecessor of the U.S. Department of Defense—offered military equipment to the university at no charge, forming the basis of the school's Military Tactics department. The heavy military influence led to opposition of female enrollment that lasted through the first decade of the university.[22] The trend changed in 1889 when ten women were allowed to enroll and seek degrees at the university. In June 1891, Harriet Lyon became the first woman to receive a degree from West Virginia University, finishing first in the class ahead of all male students.[22] Lyon's academic success supported the acceptance of women in the university as students and educators.[23]

 
West Virginia University's first football team, formed in 1891

During the university's early years, daily chapel services and roll call for all students were mandatory, limiting time for student recreation. Following the removal of these obligations, students became active in extracurricular activities and established many of the school's first athletic and student organizations. The first edition of the student newspaper known as the Athenaeum, now The Daily Athenaeum, was published in 1887, and the West Virginia Law Review became the fourth-oldest law review in the United States when it was founded in 1894. Phi Kappa Psi was the first fraternity on campus, founded May 23, 1890, while Kappa Delta, the first sorority at WVU, was established in 1899.[22] The first football team was formed in 1891, and the first basketball team appeared in 1903.[24]

Early 20th century

 
Boyd "Slim" Arnold, the first Mountaineer mascot to don the traditional buckskin uniform. His selection in 1937 marked the beginning of an official process to name the mascot annually.

The university's outlook at the turn of the 20th century was optimistic, as the school constructed the first library in present-day Stewart Hall in 1902.[25]

The campus welcomed U.S. President William Howard Taft to the campus for WVU President Thomas Hodges's inauguration in 1911.[22] On November 2, 1911, President Taft delivered the address "World Wide Speech", from the front porch of Purinton House.[26] However, the University's efforts to attract more qualified educators, increase enrollment, and expand the campus was hindered during a period that saw two World Wars and the Great Depression. With a heavy military influence in the university, many students left college to join the army during World War I, and the local ROTC was organized in 1916.[27] Women's involvement in the war efforts at home led to the creation of Women's Hall dormitory, now Stalnaker Hall, in 1918.[28]

Despite its wartime struggles, the university established programs in biology, medicine, journalism, pharmacy, and the first mining program in the nation. In 1918, Oglebay Hall was built to house the expanded agriculture and forestry programs.[27] Additionally, the first dedicated sports facilities were constructed including "The Ark" for basketball in 1918, and the original Mountaineer Field in 1925. Stansbury Hall was built in 1928 and included a new basketball arena named "The Fieldhouse" that held 6,000 spectators.[29] Elizabeth Moore Hall, the woman's physical education building, was also completed in 1928.[30] Men's Hall, the first dormitory built for men on campus, was built in 1935 and was funded in part by the Works Progress Administration.[31] The Mountaineer mascot was adopted during the late 1920s, with an unofficial process to select the Mountaineer through 1936. An official selection process began naming the mascot annually in 1937, with Boyd "Slim" Arnold becoming the first Mountaineer to wear the buckskin uniform.[32]

As male students left for World War II in 1941–42, women became more prominent in the University and surpassed the number of males on campus for the first time in 1943.[22] Soldiers returning from the war qualified for the G.I. Bill and helped increase enrollment to over 8,000 students for the first time, but the University's facilities were becoming inadequate to accommodate the surging student population.

Campus expansion

 
A view of the Evansdale campus and many new facilities constructed around 1970, including the iconic WVU Coliseum

Preparation for the baby boomer generation and plans for curriculum expansion led to the purchase of land for the Evansdale and Medical campuses. The growth of downtown Morgantown limited the space available on the original campus; therefore, the new site was nearly two miles north on what had been farmland.[22] Beginning in the late 1950s the university experienced the most rapid period of growth in its history. In 1957, WVU opened a Medical Center on the new campus and founded the first school of dentistry in West Virginia. The basketball program reached a new level of success when the university admitted future 14‑time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame player Jerry West, who led the team to the national championship game in 1959.[33] As enrollment approached 14,000 in the 1960s, the University continued expansion plans by building the Evansdale Residential Complex to house approximately 1,800 students, the Mountainlair student union, and several engineering and creative arts facilities on the Evansdale campus. In 1970 the WVU Coliseum, a basketball facility with a capacity of 14,000, opened near the new campus.[29] As the facilities expanded, the university researched ways to move its growing student population across the split campuses and to solve its worsening traffic congestion. The resulting Personal Rapid Transit system opened in 1973 as the world's first automated rapid transit system.[34]

Post-expansion and 21st century

 
Woodburn Hall is one of the oldest buildings at West Virginia University and has long been a symbol of the university.

The student population continued to grow in the late 1970s, reaching 22,000. With no room for growth on the downtown campus, the football stadium was closed, and the new Mountaineer Field was opened near the Medical campus on September 6, 1980. Mountaineer Field would later be named Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.[27] After an $8 million donation to the university, Ruby Memorial Hospital opened on the Medical campus in 1988, providing the state's first level-one trauma center. Early the next year, the undefeated Mountaineer football team, led by Major Harris, made it to the national championship game before losing to Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.

During the 1990s the university developed several recreational activities for students, including FallFest and WVU "Up All Night". While the programs were created to provide safe entertainment for students and to combat WVU's inclusion as one of the nation's top party schools,[35] they also garnered national attention as solutions for reducing alcohol consumption and partying on college campuses across the country.[36][37] In 2001, a $34 million, 177,000-square-foot (16,400 m2) recreation facility opened on the Evansdale campus, providing students with exercise facilities, recreational activities, and personal training programs.[38]

WVU reached a new level of athletic success to start the new millennium. The football team featured a 3‑0 BCS bowl record, ten consecutive bowl game appearances, a #1 ranking in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, three consecutive 11‑win seasons amassing a 33–5 record, 41 consecutive weeks in the top 25, and 6 conference championships.[39][40] The men's basketball team won the 2007 NIT Championship and the 2010 Big East championship, while appearing four times in the sweet sixteen, twice in the elite-eight, and once in the final-four of the NCAA tournament.[41][42] The athletic successes brought the university a new level of national exposure, and enrollment has since increased to nearly 30,000 students.[43]

On April 24, 2008, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the university had improperly granted an MBA to Heather Bresch, the daughter of the state's governor Joe Manchin and an employee of Mylan, a pharmaceutical company whose then-chairman Milan Puskar was one of the University's largest donors.[44] In the aftermath, the university determined Bresch's degree had been awarded without the prerequisite requirements having been met. They subsequently rescinded it, leading to the resignation of the president Michael Garrison, provost Gerald Lang, and business school dean Steve Sears. Garrison had been profiled as a trend toward non-traditional university presidents by the Chronicle of Higher Education[45] and Inside Higher Ed,[46] but the Faculty Senate approved a vote of no confidence in the search that selected him.[47] C. Peter McGrath was named interim president in August 2008.[48] James P. Clements became WVU's 23rd president on June 30, 2009. He had previously served as provost at Towson University.[49] On September 16, 2009, Michele G. Wheatly was named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.[50] In November 2013, James P. Clements was selected to be Clemson University's 15th president.[51] E. Gordon Gee served as interim president and continues to serve as the president; this was Dr. Gee's second time in this role, having first served as president of WVU in 1981.[52]

Academics

Rankings

WVU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[61][62] According to the National Science Foundation, WVU spent $185.1 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 121st in the nation.[63] WVU is affiliated with the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, dedicated to the study of Alzheimer's and other diseases that affect the brain.[64] WVU is also a leader in biometric technology research and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's lead academic partner in biometrics research.[65][66]

Admissions

Freshman West Virginia resident applicants must have a 2.0 GPA and either an SAT super score of 990 of 1600 or an ACT super score of 19 of 36. For non-residents the requirements are a GPA of 2.5 and either a super score SAT 1060 or a super score ACT of 21. College and program admission requirements for first-time freshmen vary by program.[67] The general freshman acceptance rate at WVU is 71.9% of applications received with an average entering student GPA of 3.42, an SAT super score of 1115 of 1600, and an ACT super score of 24 of 36.[68]

In the fall of 2020, the university relaxed its test score requirements for students applying for admission in response to the coronavirus pandemic. According to WVU assistant vice president of Enrollment Management George Zimmerman, if students are unable to take the SAT or ACT, they will still be admitted to WVU as long as they have shown academic ability in other areas of their application. The policy is said to be in effect until spring 2023.[69]

Colleges and schools

 
Woodburn Circle on the downtown campus – Martin Hall (top), Woodburn Hall (right), Chitwood Hall (bottom)

West Virginia University is organized into 15 degree-granting colleges or schools and also offers an Honors College.

Divisional campuses

 
Stalnaker Hall is the oldest residence hall on campus.[70]

WVU has two divisional campuses:

West Virginia University at Parkersburg, a primarily 2-year school, was a regional campus of WVU but has been independent since 2009.[71]

Areas of study

Forensics and Investigative Science is a nationally recognized program at WVU, originally created through a partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The program is accredited by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is the official library holdings repository for the International Association for Identification. The program includes three main areas of emphasis, the examiner track, which specializes in crime scene investigation and comparison sciences, the biology track, which specializes in body fluids and DNA analysis, and the chemistry track, which specializes in the chemical identification of seized drugs, fire debris, trace evidence and explosives. Facilities include four "crime-scene" houses, a vehicle processing garage, a ballistics laboratory, and numerous traditional laboratories and classrooms in Ming Hsieh Hall and Oglebay Hall. A separate Criminology & Investigative Sciences major was later added to the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Business and Economics also provides a certificate in forensic accounting and fraud examination.

 
Health Sciences Campus

WVU robotics teams have won several international competitions such as the NASA Robotic Mining Competition and the NASA/NIA RASC-AL Exploration Robot-OPS Challenge. In 2016, a WVU team[72] led by Dr. Yu Gu won the final NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge with a $750,000 prize.[73]

 
The 2014 WVU Robotics Team won the NASA Centennial Challenge (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Biometrics is an engineering-centric field of study offered at WVU, the first institution in the world to establish a Bachelor of Science degree in Biometric Systems. In 2003 the University also founded the initial chapter of the Student Society for the Advancement of Biometrics (SSAB).[74] The program, in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (LCSEE), provides a firm understanding of the underlying electrical engineering and computer engineering disciplines that support biometric applications. On February 6, 2008, WVU became the national academic leader for the FBI's biometric research.[75] WVU is also the founding site for the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), focusing on biometrics and identification technology. CITeR maintains and develops collaborative relationships with other academic institutions to meet research needs.[76]

The Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center is on West Virginia University's Evansdale Campus and houses the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. These schools grant doctoral and professional degrees in 16 different fields, as well as a variety of other Master's and Bachelor's degrees.[77] For 2012 U.S. News & World Report ranked WVU's Medical School ninth in the United States for rural medicine.[78]

Also on the Health Sciences Campus is WVU's local teaching hospital, Ruby Memorial Hospital, which is one of only two designated Trauma I hospitals in the state and has also been designated a magnet hospital for its ability to attract and retain high-quality nursing staff.

Campus

 
Stewart Hall is home to university administration and is one of the multiple campus buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Morgantown campus comprises three sub-campuses. The original main campus, typically called the Downtown Campus, is in the Monongahela River valley on the fringes of downtown Morgantown. This part of the campus includes eight academic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The Downtown Campus comprises several architectural styles predominantly featuring red brick including Victorian Second Empire, Federal, Neoclassical, and Collegiate Gothic among others. The Evansdale Campus, a mile and a half north-northwest, on a rise above the flood plain of the Monongahela River, was developed in the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate a growing student population since space for expansion was limited at the Downtown Campus. The Health Sciences Campus, in the same outlying area (but on the other side of a ridge), includes the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, the Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Facility, Ruby Memorial Hospital, Chestnut Ridge Hospital, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, WVU Healthcare Physicians Office Center, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, WVU Eye Institute, and the WVU Children's Hospital.

The Health Sciences Campus is near Mountaineer Field, over a ridge from the Evansdale Campus.

Transportation

See also: Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit
 
The PRT shuttles students to and from WVU's Health Sciences, Evansdale, and Downtown Campuses.

Due to the distance between WVU's three campuses, the university built the innovative Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system to link the campuses (Downtown, Evansdale, and Health Sciences) and reduce student traffic on local highways. Boeing began construction on the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in 1972. The unique aspect that makes the system "personal" is that a rider specifies their destination when entering the system and, depending on the system load, the PRT can dispatch a car that will travel directly to that station.

WVU students, faculty, and staff ride for free; they swipe their magnetically encoded ID cards through the turnstiles when entering the stations. Others pay a cash fare of $0.50. The PRT began operation in 1973, with U.S.  President Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, aboard one of five prototype cars for a demonstration ride.[79] The PRT handles 16,000 riders per day (as of 2005) and uses approximately 70 cars.

The system has 8.7 miles (14.0 km) of guideway track and five stations: Walnut, Beechurst, Engineering, Towers, and Medical/Health Sciences. The vehicles are rubber-tired, but the cars have constant contact with a separate electrified rail. Steam heating keeps the elevated guideway free of snow and ice. Although most students use the PRT, this technology has not been replicated at other sites for various reasons, including the high cost of maintaining the heated track system in winter.[80]

The PRT cars are painted in school colors (blue with gold trim) and feature the University name and logo on the front. Inside, the seats are light beige fiberglass and the carpeting is blue. Each car has eight seats with an overall capacity of 20 people, including standing room.

The National Society of Professional Engineers named the WVU PRT one of the top 10 engineering achievements of 1972,[79] and in 1997 The New Electric Railway Journal picked the WVU PRT as the best people mover in North America (for 1996).[81]

In 2006 the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dubbed WVU one of the best workplaces for commuters.[82]

Each autumn, during Mountaineer Week celebrations, a special PRT car is placed in front of the Mountainlair student union where groups of students participate in the "PRT Cram" with the objective of squeezing in as many people as possible. A record of 97 was set in 2000.[83]

Buses and shuttles operated by the university can be used (during limited hours) in addition to the community's Mountain Line, which operates every day into the early morning. Students can use their Mountaineer Card to ride the Mountain Line bus for free. The Health Science Center also operates a shuttle service to help students, visitors, and patients to get to and from the Health Science Center campus. Many non-University, private student housing communities in the area also operate a shuttle to campus/town and back to the housing community.

The PRT has become a cultural mainstay of the WVU campus. However, it is not without problems. One student was seriously injured in 2020 when a boulder collapsed onto the track, smashing a cart.[84] Two more students had to be transported to Ruby Memorial Hospital.[85]

Libraries

 
Wise Library on the downtown campus is West Virginia University's main library.

The West Virginia University Libraries encompasses seven libraries and the WVU Press, including the Downtown Campus Library, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library (Morgantown), Law Library, Health Sciences Library (Charleston), the Mary F. Shipper Library at Potomac State College in Keyser, the Beckley Library at the WVU Institute of Technology, and the West Virginia and Regional History Center (the world's largest collection of West Virginia-related research material), is in the Wise Library on the Downtown Campus.[86] Collections include the Appalachian Collection, Digital Collections, Government Documents, Map Collection, Myers Collection, Patent and Trademarks, Rare Books Collections, and Theses and Dissertations. West Virginia University libraries contain nearly 1.5 million printed volumes, 2.3 million microforms, more than 10,000 electronic journals, and computers with high-speed Internet access.

The Evansdale Library supports the academic programs and research centered on the Evansdale Campus. The library holds materials in the disciplines of agriculture, art, computer science, education, engineering, forestry, landscape architecture, mineral resources, music, physical education, and theater.[87] In addition to the collections, Evansdale Library is home to da Vinci's Cafe,[88] an Information Technology Services Big Prints! poster printing lab,[89] and the Academic Innovation Teaching and Learning Commons Sandbox.[90]

The university co-publishes the Labor Studies Journal with the United Association for Labor Education.

Core Arboretum

The Core Arboretum is a 91-acre (37 ha) arboretum owned by West Virginia University and on Monongahela Boulevard in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is open to the public daily without charge.[91]

The Arboretum's history began in 1948 when the university acquired its site. Professor Earl Lemley Core (1902-1984), chairman of the Biology Department, then convinced President Irvin Stewart to set the property aside for the study of biology and botany. In 1975 the Arboretum was named in Core's honor.

The Arboretum is now managed by the WVU Department of Biology and consists of mostly old-growth forests on steep hillside and Monongahela River floodplain. It includes densely wooded areas with 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of walking trails, as well as 3 acres (12,000 m2) of lawn planted with specimen trees.

The Arboretum has a variety of natural habitats in which several hundred species of native WV trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants may be found. Some of the large trees are likely over 200 years old.

The Arboretum is well known as a superb site to see spring ephemeral wildflowers from late March to early May. Varied habitats and the riverside location also make the area an excellent site to observe birds and animals.

Campus safety

The university created WVU Alert, a text-based alert system for quickly disseminating emergency situations to faculty, staff, and students.[92] WVU also uses LiveSafe, a smart phone application that enables users to anonymously report crimes or safety concerns, or to use the walk safe feature which allows the user to invite a friend to monitor their location while they walk.[93] Additionally, there are 37, easily accessible, blue-lit towers housing emergency phones across the WVU campuses that automatically dial 911 in the event of an emergency.[94]

The West Virginia University Police Department (UPD) is the largest campus police department in the state and the only campus law enforcement agency in the state accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.[95] The UPD has a sworn officer operations division, a central communication unit, a student cadet unit, investigations, K-9 teams and other support services. Officers have the same authority and powers as city and county police officers.[93]

Campus life

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
Race and ethnicity[96] Total
White 82% 82
 
Other[a] 5% 5
 
Hispanic 4% 4
 
Foreign national 4% 4
 
Black 4% 4
 
Asian 2% 2
 
Economic diversity
Low-income[b] 26% 26
 
Affluent[c] 74% 74
 

Events

FallFest welcomes students to the university by providing an evening of entertainment and musical performances traditionally held during the first week of the fall semester and traditionally at the Mountainlair Student Union.[97] The event began in 1995 as a safe alternative to partying and has become one of the largest University-sponsored events, typically drawing crowds of 15,000 or more.[98] The celebration has been highlighted by a series of evening concerts by renowned artists. A dance party, film festival, comedy show, and several indoor musical performances are also featured.

Mountaineer Week is a celebration of WVU tradition and Appalachian heritage that began in 1947.[99] Festivities have expanded to include competitions among WVU students, designed to honor school and state pride. A beard-growing competition introduced in 1949 has continued throughout the event's history. Participants must shave before the panel of judges that also chooses the winner at the end of the competition.[100] The Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer competition has been included in Mountaineer Week since 1962, honoring one male and one female student who show outstanding school spirit, academic excellence, and extracurricular involvement. The annual PRT Cram features the unique PRT system, where students compete to fit the maximum number of riders on a special-model PRT car with the windows removed. The record was set in 2000 when 97 students fit inside one PRT car.[99]

The Lighting of Woodburn Hall is an annual university ceremony held in early December to light historic Woodburn Hall for the holiday season. The event began in 1987 and is open to the public. Christmas carols are typically sung and donations are taken at the event to support community organizations. Patients from WVU's Children's hospital are often selected to light the Hall.[101]

Fall Family Weekend is an opportunity for students' family members to experience WVU campus life by attending classes, athletic events, college presentations, and student events such as WVU "Up All Night". Tours of the campus facilities are offered by individual colleges and organizations, including tours of the PRT.[102]

Homecoming weekend activities include the Alumni Band-led homecoming parade through downtown Morgantown, the crowning of the royalty, and a football game with a performance by the WVU Alumni band. Student organizations participate in the parade by designing floats. Receptions are held by colleges, student groups, and the alumni center.[103]

Greek Week is held during the spring semester, providing a venue for competition between Greek organizations. Highlights include airband events, where organizations compete in cheerleading and dance routines, and sports competitions on the Mountainlair recreational field. The competitions strive to highlight WVU's student spirit and present a positive image of the fraternities and sororities.[104]

Recreation

 
The Mountainlair Student Union on WVU's downtown campus.

The Mountainlair Student Union, commonly called "the Lair" by students, is the three-floor student union building at WVU. The building dates to 1968 and replaced an earlier structure built in 1948.[105] The student union offers many recreational opportunities to students including a movie theater, bowling alley, pool hall, ballrooms, video game arcade, a cafeteria-style restaurant, and a collection of fast food restaurants.[106]

The Student Recreation Center is a 177,000-square-foot (16,400 m2) recreation facility that opened before the 2001 academic year with an initial construction cost of $34 million.[38] The facility offers a six-lane swimming pool, 20‑seat spa, 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2) of cardio and free-weight equipment, an elevated running track, basketball courts, volleyball and badminton courts, glass squash and racquetball courts, and a 50-foot (15 m) climbing wall.[107] The center also offers a variety of wellness programs, personal training, child care services, exercise classes, and intramural activities.

The Mountaineer Adventure Program (MAP) offers several activities including Adventure WV, Challenge Course, and International Trips. Adventure WV is focused on providing guidance to freshmen and sophomores through various outdoor orientation expeditions. The Challenge Course program uses a recreational facility designed to teach teamwork and problem-solving skills through physical interaction. International Trips offers worldwide recreational opportunities to places like Fiji and Peru, as well as study abroad credit courses.[108] Several of the MAP programs provide University-accepted credit hours.

The Outdoor Recreation Center, a division of the Student Recreation Center, helps students find recreational activities locally and in other parts of West Virginia. The center sponsors some trips, including whitewater rafting on the Cheat River and hiking in the Monongahela National Forest.[107] Students can take advantage of West Virginia's natural wilderness by renting outdoor recreational equipment for hiking, camping, climbing, fishing, biking, skiing, and whitewater rafting, all of which is available with minimal travel time. WVU's main campus is next to the Monongahela River along which runs the Caperton Trail, also known as the "Rail Trail", a 10-mile (16 km) paved path for walking, running, or biking.[109] Other connecting trails total 43 miles (69 km) in additional length, extending from the Pennsylvania border to Prickett's Fort State Park. Many student groups take day trips to the nearby Coopers Rock State Forest, which is less than 15 miles (24 km) from WVU's campus.[110]

Student organizations

West Virginia University offers more than 400 student-run organizations and clubs. Many of the organizations are associated with academia, religion, culture, military service, politics, recreation, or sports.[111] New student groups may be formed by submitting a constitution and petition to become recognized as a student organization.

Student Government Association

The Student Government Association (SGA) serves as representatives for the student body and as a liaison to the university administration and officials. The President of the Student Body also serves as a full voting member of the university's Board of Governors.

Fraternities and sororities

 
Greek Games on Mountainlair Plaza during WVU's annual Greek Week

WVU Greek fraternities are Phi Beta Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Kappa Alpha Order, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Phi Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Theta Chi. Greek sororities are Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, and Sigma Kappa.[112]

Fraternity controversies

In 2014, 18-year-old Kappa Sigma pledge Nolan Burch died during a hazing incident at the fraternity house. Police say his blood-alcohol level was 0.493% at the time of his death.[113] A lawsuit was settled over the student's death in 2018 for $250,000.[114]

In 2019, City Drive Studios produced the documentary "Breathe, Nolan, Breathe", which details what led up to Nolan's death. The film begins with security footage inside the Kappa Sigma house, showing a fraternity brother performing CPR on Nolan's limp body hours after he was dragged inside. The brother kept repeating the words, "breathe, Nolan, breathe." Video also shows fraternity brothers taking videos of Burch laying on a wooden plank, walking around him, and even kicking him.[115] The film is being used by the university to kick off a bystander awareness campaign.[116] According to City Drive Studios, " The purpose of this film is to stop this from ever happening again and to save lives."[117]

In 2018 several WVU fraternities chose to disassociate themselves after the school sent out stricter rules and regulations for Greek life. For example, Sigma Chi was restricted to one social event per semester. David Coram of Sigma Chi says this was one of the main reasons the fraternity decided to disassociate. WVU also decided to raise the required GPA for rushing students from 2.5 to 2.75. For Farris, the biggest concern with the breakaway is student safety, reports the WV Gazette-Mail. He explained how the university would not be able to help in situations such as an injury or sexual assault if they were not recognized by the school.[118]

2018 brought another fraternity incident as, according to WVU, senior finance major David Rusko, 22, fell down steps and was knocked unconscious at the fraternity house where he was visiting after a football game. An investigation found two hours elapsed between the fall and when medical help was sought. West Virginia University announced that three students were no longer enrolled at the university and 15 others agreed to other disciplinary action as a result.[119][120]

Student media

The Daily Athenaeum, nicknamed the DA, is the 9th-largest newspaper in West Virginia.[121] Offered free on campus, it generates income through advertisements and student fees. The paper began in 1887 as a weekly literary magazine, with writing, editing and production taken over by the newly formed School of Journalism in the 1920s. In 1970, the paper split from the School of Journalism and became an independent campus entity governed by the Student Publications Board. The DA was voted as the Princeton Review's 10th-best college newspaper in the United States in 2005, 15th in 2006, and 8th in 2007.[122]

WWVU-FM, called U92 or The Moose, plays new music, talk shows, and newscasts. On the air since 1982, U92 can be heard in the Morgantown area at 91.7 FM and also streams live on the internet. In 2007 the station was one of four college radio stations nominated for College Music Journal's Station of the Year Award.[123] In 2015 CMJ awarded the station with three awards including Station of the Year.[124]

The Mountaineer Jeffersonian was a news, economic, and political journal founded by WVU students. The publication was founded in 2008 and ceased publication in 2011.

Student health

The Student Center of Health, also known under the label "WELLWVU", provides services related to student health, disease prevention, and awareness. The Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services offers therapy to any WVU student.[125] The Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center and the associated West Virginia University Hospitals, on the Health Science Campus, serve as West Virginia's largest healthcare institution.[126] The hospitals provide a comprehensive set of healthcare needs for local and regional patients. WVU students have full access to healthcare resources, which are accessible from the PRT towers station.

WVU Student Health Services

Starting with the Fall 2014 semester WVU implemented a mandatory student health insurance policy, with an opt-out. All domestic students at West Virginia University and WVU Tech, enrolled in 6 or more credit hours and international students enrolled in 1 or more credit hours will be required to carry health insurance coverage.[127]

With the opening of the new Student Health and Wellness building on the Evansdale Campus, WVU Medical Corporation now operates the medical services of Student Health. This is a WVU Urgent Care Clinic office and is the primary care provider to students who use WVU's Aetna Health Insurance policy. The Clinic is open 7 days a week.[128]

Mental Health Record

As of the end of the Spring 2020 semester, two students died by suicide after not being able to seek counseling at the Carruth Center for Mental Health. There have also been numerous accounts of a culture of alcoholism[129] and mental illness. The school has offered limited support via email regarding the deaths of these students.

Arts and entertainment

WVU Arts & Entertainment (A&E) sponsors entertainment events for students throughout the academic year. The department organizes the annual FallFest event, which features popular musicians, comedians, and other performers. WVU A&E annually hosts several concerts at the WVU Coliseum and Creative Arts Center, with past performances by Akon, The All-American Rejects, The Fray, Kelly Clarkson, Ludacris, Maroon 5, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, and 50 Cent among others.[98]

The West Virginia Public Theater (WVPT) is one of two professional musical theaters in West Virginia. The group is near WVU's campus and performs several Broadway numbers yearly.[130]

The 5,300-square-foot (490 m2) Art Museum of West Virginia University features touring exhibitions and displays a collection including over 2,500 works of art from the Appalachian region, Asia, and Africa.[131]

The Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum, on the Evansdale campus, features tools, equipment, artifacts, photos, and other items related to West Virginia's coal and petroleum industries.

Athletics

Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers
 
The "Flying WV" is the most widely used logo in West Virginia University athletics.
 
Plaque marking where Mountaineer Field was between 1924 and 1979

The school's sports teams are called the Mountaineers and compete in the NCAA's Division I. The school has teams in 17 college sports and has won several national championships, including 19 NCAA Rifle Championships as of 2018. Formerly a full member of the Big East Conference in all sports, on October 28, 2011, the school accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference and became a member on July 1, 2012.

Notable athletes from West Virginia University include Jerry West, Jim Braxton, Marc Bulger, Avon Cobourne, Mike Compton, Noel Devine, Cecil Doggette, Mike Gansey, Marc "Major" O. Harris, Chris Henry, Joe Herber, Jeff Hostetler, Chuck Howley, Sam Huff, Darryl Talley, "Hot Rod" Hundley, Adam "Pacman" Jones, Joe Stydahar, Dan Mozes, Kevin Pittsnogle, Jerry Porter, Todd Sauerbrun, Steve Slaton, Ray Gaddis, Rod Thorn, Oliver Luck, Mike Vanderjagt, Pat White, Quincy Wilson, Amos Zereoué, Greg Jones, Joe Alexander, Owen Schmitt, Georgann Wells, Geno Smith, Ginny Thrasher, Pat McAfee, Tavon Austin, Miles McBride and Jedd Gyorko.

Football

Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers football

WVU has had two undefeated regular seasons; they went 11–0 in 1988 and 1993. However, West Virginia lost both bowl games, 34‑21 to Notre Dame in the National Championship, and 41–7 to Florida. The 2005 season and the 2006 season produced the first consecutive 11-win seasons in school history.[132] In the 2007 season, the Mountaineers started the season as the #3-ranked team, the highest preseason ranking in school history. That team eventually was ranked #1 in the Coaches Poll and finished the season with a third consecutive 11-win season after their Fiesta Bowl victory.

Basketball

Main articles: West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball and West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball

West Virginia men's basketball has competed in three basketball championship final matches: the 1959 NCAA final, the 1942 NIT final (at that time, the NIT was considered more prestigious than the NCAA), and the 2007 NIT Championship. They lost to California in the 1959 NCAA finals, while the Mountaineers won the 1942 NIT Championship over Western Kentucky, and the 2007 NIT contest over Clemson. In 1949 future Mountaineers head coach, Fred Schaus, became the first player in NCAA history to record 1,000 points.

Recently, West Virginia reached the Final Four of the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, led by West Virginia coach and former WVU player Bob Huggins. The Mountaineers won the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament and received a #2 seed in the East Region of the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

In 2015, West Virginia reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Kentucky. In 2018, West Virginia again reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They were eliminated from the tournament after losing in the fourth round to #1 seed and eventual champion Villanova.[133]

Soccer

Since joining the Big 12 Conference ahead of the 2012 season, West Virginia women's soccer has posted a 27-1-3 record in regular-season league games. In 2016, the Mountaineers claimed their fifth consecutive outright regular-season league championship, becoming the first team in Big 12 history to accomplish that feat. West Virginia also won back-to-back Big 12 tournament championships in 2013 and 2014, as well as two additional Big 12 tournament championships in 2016 and 2018. The Mountaineers are coached by Nikki Izzo-Brown, the program's only head coach.

West Virginia men's soccer competes in the Mid-American Conference.

Rifle

With a total of 26 individual NCAA National Champions and 19 team NCAA National Championship titles, West Virginia University's rifle team is the most successful rifle program in the history of the NCAA. Their most recent National Championship as a team was won in 2017. The Mountaineers compete in the Great America Rifle Conference where they have won 11 regular-season conference championships. The team's home matches take place at the WVU Rifle Range which opened in 2010. Virginia Thrasher, who won a gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics, was on the Mountaineers rifle team from 2015 to 2019.[134]

Marching band

Main article: West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band

The West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band is nicknamed "The Pride of West Virginia." The 380-member band performs at every home football game and makes several local and national appearances throughout the year. The band was the recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy in 1997.

Fanbase

 
The WVU student section perform the first down cheer at a home football game.

In a state that lacks professional sports franchises, West Virginians passionately support West Virginia University and its athletics teams.[135] Men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins, a former Mountaineer basketball player who was born in Morgantown, stated that the "strong bond between the university and the people of West Virginia" is a relationship that is difficult for non-natives to understand.[136]

Some WVU fans, primarily in the student sections, better known as the "Mountaineer Maniacs" have developed a reputation for unruly behavior, being compared to "soccer hooligans" by GQ magazine.[137][138] At some events, there have been cases of objects thrown onto the field or at opposing teams.[139][140] There were also issues with small-scale fires, most notably of couches, being set after games; over 1,100 intentionally ignited street fires were reported from 1997 to 2003.[137]

Members of the Morgantown-area community volunteered as Goodwill City Ambassadors for the first time in the fall of 2012 to welcome visiting fans to the football games. The Goodwill City initiative is a collaborative effort of the City of Morgantown, WVU, Morgantown's Dominion Post, and community residents.

Pageantry

See also: WVU Pageantry
 
The Mountaineer (1971), West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

The Mountaineer was adopted in 1890 as the official school mascot and unofficially began appearing at sporting events in 1936.[141] A new Mountaineer is selected each year during the final two men's home basketball games, with the formal title "The Mountaineer of West Virginia University". The new Mountaineer receives a scholarship, a tailor-made buckskin suit with a coonskin hat, and a period rifle and powder horn for discharging when appropriate and safe. The mascot travels with most sports teams throughout the academic year. While not required, male mascots traditionally grow a beard.

The "Flying WV" is the most widely used logo in West Virginia athletics. It debuted in 1980 as a part of a football uniform redesign by Coach Don Nehlen, and was adopted as the official logo for the university in 1983.[142] While the "Flying WV" represents all university entities, unique logos are occasionally used for individual departments. Some examples include the script West Virginia logo for the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the interlocking WV logo used in baseball.[143]

Fight songs of West Virginia University include "Hail, West Virginia" and "Fight Mountaineers". The West Virginia University Alma Mater was composed in 1937, and is sung before every home football game. The crowd sings along as the WVU Marching Band stands playing it on the field, as part of the pregame show.

"Old gold and blue", the official University colors, were selected by the upperclassmen of 1890 from the West Virginia state seal.[141] While the official school colors are old gold and blue, brighter gold is used in official university logos and merchandise. This change in color scheme is often cited for the lack of a universal standard for colors during the 19th century when the university's colors were selected. Additionally, the brighter gold is argued to create a more intimidating environment for sporting events. The university accepts "gold and blue" for the color scheme, but states clearly that the colors are not "blue and gold", to distinguish West Virginia from its rival, the University of Pittsburgh.

Sporting traditions

See also: WVU sports traditions and WVU band traditions
 
The formation of the state outline by The Pride of West Virginia

The unofficial song of the university, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, became an official West Virginia state song on March 8, 2014.[144] In 1980 John Denver performed his hit song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" at the dedication of Mountaineer Field, and it has since become a tradition for fans to remain in the stands following every Mountaineer victory and sing the song with the players. Although the tradition originated during football games, it is now recognized throughout the university, with the song performed at various athletic events and ceremonies. Sports Illustrated named the singing of "Country Roads" as one of the must-see college traditions.[145]

The Pride of West Virginia is the official marching band of the university. The band's football pre-game show includes traditions such as the Drumline's "Tunnel" and "Boogie" cadences, the 220‑beat per minute run-on cadence to start the performance, marching the "WV" logo down the field to the university fight song, "Fight Mountaineers", expanding circles during Simple Gifts, and the formation of the state's outline during "Hail, West Virginia".

The Firing of the Rifle is a tradition carried out by the Mountaineer Mascot to open several athletic events. The Mountaineer points the gun into the air with one arm and fires a blank shot from a custom rifle, a signal to the crowd to begin cheering at home football and basketball games. The Mountaineer also fires the rifle every time the team scores during football games.

The Carpet Roll is a WVU Men's Basketball tradition. In 1955 Fred Schaus and Alex Mumford devised the idea of rolling out an elaborate gold and blue carpet for Mountaineer basketball players to use when taking the court for pre-game warm-ups. In addition, Mountaineer players warmed up with a special gold and blue basketball. The university continued this tradition until the late 1960s when it died out, but former Mountaineer player Gale Catlett reintroduced the carpet when he returned to West Virginia University in 1978 as head coach of the men's basketball team.

Notes

  1. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  2. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
  3. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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West Virginia University WVU is a public land grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown West Virginia Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser and clinical campuses for the university s medical and school at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston and the Eastern Division at the WVU Medicine Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Centers WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all 55 West Virginia counties West Virginia UniversityLatin Collegium Universitas Occidentalis VirginiaFormer nameAgricultural College of West Virginia 1867 1868 1 MottoPistei tὴn ἀrethn ἐn dὲ tῇ ἀretῇ tὴn gnῶsin Koine Greek Motto in English Add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge 2 Peter 1 5 KJV TypePublic land grant research universityEstablishedFebruary 7 1867 155 years ago 1867 02 07 AccreditationHLCAcademic affiliationsCONAHECORAUWVHEPCSpace grantEndowment 611 3 million 2020 2 PresidentE Gordon Gee 3 ProvostMaryanne Reed 4 Academic staff1 870Administrative staff7 566Students29 933 All campuses 5 Undergraduates21 086 Morgantown 6 1 300 Keyser 7 1 794 Beckley 8 Postgraduates4 263 Morgantown 6 Doctoral students1 490 Morgantown 6 LocationMorgantown West Virginia United States39 38 09 N 79 57 16 W 39 63582 N 79 95453 W 39 63582 79 95453 Coordinates 39 38 09 N 79 57 16 W 39 63582 N 79 95453 W 39 63582 79 95453CampusSmall City 9 913 acres 3 69 km2 Other campusesBeckleyCharlestonKeyserNewspaperThe Daily AthenaeumColorsOld Gold amp Blue 10 NicknameMountaineersSporting affiliationsNCAA Division I FBS Big 12CHMAMascotThe MountaineerWebsitewww wbr wvu wbr eduEnrollment for the Fall 2021 semester was 25 474 for the main campus while enrollment across all three non clinical campuses was 28 267 5 The Morgantown campus offers more than 350 bachelor s master s doctoral and professional degree programs throughout 13 colleges and schools including that states only law and dental schools 11 The university has produced 25 Truman Scholars 47 Goldwater Scholars 88 Gilman Scholars 70 Fulbright Scholars 28 Boren Scholars 36 Critical Language Scholars 4 George C Marshall British Scholars 6 Morris K Udall Scholars 5 USA Today All USA College Academic First Team Members and 11 academic team honorees 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars 1 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar 27 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships 1 Schwarzman Scholar Twenty five Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni including former WVU president David C Hardesty Jr 11 Contents 1 History 1 1 Establishment 1 2 Early 20th century 1 3 Campus expansion 1 4 Post expansion and 21st century 2 Academics 2 1 Rankings 2 2 Admissions 2 3 Colleges and schools 2 4 Divisional campuses 2 5 Areas of study 3 Campus 3 1 Transportation 3 2 Libraries 3 3 Core Arboretum 3 4 Campus safety 4 Campus life 4 1 Events 4 2 Recreation 4 3 Student organizations 4 3 1 Student Government Association 4 3 2 Fraternities and sororities 4 4 Student media 4 5 Student health 4 5 1 WVU Student Health Services 4 6 Mental Health Record 4 7 Arts and entertainment 5 Athletics 5 1 Football 5 2 Basketball 5 3 Soccer 5 4 Rifle 5 5 Marching band 5 6 Fanbase 6 Pageantry 6 1 Sporting traditions 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditMain article History of West Virginia University WVU s Cadet Corps c 1880 from the site of where Oglebay Hall is today Martin Hall center and Woodburn Hall right are in the background Establishment Edit 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 12 13 On December 4 1868 lawmakers renamed the college West Virginia University to represent a broader range of higher education 14 It 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 15 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 13 The first campus building was constructed in 1870 as University Hall and was renamed Martin Hall in 1889 in honor of West Virginia University s first president the Rev Alexander Martin of Scotland 16 After a fire destroyed the Woodburn Seminary building in 1873 the centerpiece of what is now Woodburn Hall was completed in 1876 under the name New Hall The name was changed to University Building in 1878 when the College of Law was founded as the first professional school in the state of West Virginia 17 The precursor to Woodburn Circle was finished in 1893 when Chitwood Hall then Science Hall was constructed on the bluff s north side In 1909 a north wing was added to University Building and the facility was renamed Woodburn Hall Throughout the next decade Woodburn Hall underwent several renovations and additions including the construction of the south wing and east tower in 1930 housing the Seth Thomas clock 18 The three Woodburn Circle buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 19 20 In 1899 the Vance Farm was acquired for the West Virginia University Experiment Station 21 WVU was required to have a Cadet Corps under the terms of the Morrill Act of 1862 which allowed for the creation of land grant colleges The United States Department of War a predecessor of the U S Department of Defense offered military equipment to the university at no charge forming the basis of the school s Military Tactics department The heavy military influence led to opposition of female enrollment that lasted through the first decade of the university 22 The trend changed in 1889 when ten women were allowed to enroll and seek degrees at the university In June 1891 Harriet Lyon became the first woman to receive a degree from West Virginia University finishing first in the class ahead of all male students 22 Lyon s academic success supported the acceptance of women in the university as students and educators 23 West Virginia University s first football team formed in 1891 During the university s early years daily chapel services and roll call for all students were mandatory limiting time for student recreation Following the removal of these obligations students became active in extracurricular activities and established many of the school s first athletic and student organizations The first edition of the student newspaper known as the Athenaeum now The Daily Athenaeum was published in 1887 and the West Virginia Law Review became the fourth oldest law review in the United States when it was founded in 1894 Phi Kappa Psi was the first fraternity on campus founded May 23 1890 while Kappa Delta the first sorority at WVU was established in 1899 22 The first football team was formed in 1891 and the first basketball team appeared in 1903 24 Early 20th century Edit Boyd Slim Arnold the first Mountaineer mascot to don the traditional buckskin uniform His selection in 1937 marked the beginning of an official process to name the mascot annually The university s outlook at the turn of the 20th century was optimistic as the school constructed the first library in present day Stewart Hall in 1902 25 The campus welcomed U S President William Howard Taft to the campus for WVU President Thomas Hodges s inauguration in 1911 22 On November 2 1911 President Taft delivered the address World Wide Speech from the front porch of Purinton House 26 However the University s efforts to attract more qualified educators increase enrollment and expand the campus was hindered during a period that saw two World Wars and the Great Depression With a heavy military influence in the university many students left college to join the army during World War I and the local ROTC was organized in 1916 27 Women s involvement in the war efforts at home led to the creation of Women s Hall dormitory now Stalnaker Hall in 1918 28 Despite its wartime struggles the university established programs in biology medicine journalism pharmacy and the first mining program in the nation In 1918 Oglebay Hall was built to house the expanded agriculture and forestry programs 27 Additionally the first dedicated sports facilities were constructed including The Ark for basketball in 1918 and the original Mountaineer Field in 1925 Stansbury Hall was built in 1928 and included a new basketball arena named The Fieldhouse that held 6 000 spectators 29 Elizabeth Moore Hall the woman s physical education building was also completed in 1928 30 Men s Hall the first dormitory built for men on campus was built in 1935 and was funded in part by the Works Progress Administration 31 The Mountaineer mascot was adopted during the late 1920s with an unofficial process to select the Mountaineer through 1936 An official selection process began naming the mascot annually in 1937 with Boyd Slim Arnold becoming the first Mountaineer to wear the buckskin uniform 32 As male students left for World War II in 1941 42 women became more prominent in the University and surpassed the number of males on campus for the first time in 1943 22 Soldiers returning from the war qualified for the G I Bill and helped increase enrollment to over 8 000 students for the first time but the University s facilities were becoming inadequate to accommodate the surging student population Campus expansion Edit A view of the Evansdale campus and many new facilities constructed around 1970 including the iconic WVU Coliseum Preparation for the baby boomer generation and plans for curriculum expansion led to the purchase of land for the Evansdale and Medical campuses The growth of downtown Morgantown limited the space available on the original campus therefore the new site was nearly two miles north on what had been farmland 22 Beginning in the late 1950s the university experienced the most rapid period of growth in its history In 1957 WVU opened a Medical Center on the new campus and founded the first school of dentistry in West Virginia The basketball program reached a new level of success when the university admitted future 14 time NBA All Star and Hall of Fame player Jerry West who led the team to the national championship game in 1959 33 As enrollment approached 14 000 in the 1960s the University continued expansion plans by building the Evansdale Residential Complex to house approximately 1 800 students the Mountainlair student union and several engineering and creative arts facilities on the Evansdale campus In 1970 the WVU Coliseum a basketball facility with a capacity of 14 000 opened near the new campus 29 As the facilities expanded the university researched ways to move its growing student population across the split campuses and to solve its worsening traffic congestion The resulting Personal Rapid Transit system opened in 1973 as the world s first automated rapid transit system 34 Post expansion and 21st century Edit Woodburn Hall is one of the oldest buildings at West Virginia University and has long been a symbol of the university The student population continued to grow in the late 1970s reaching 22 000 With no room for growth on the downtown campus the football stadium was closed and the new Mountaineer Field was opened near the Medical campus on September 6 1980 Mountaineer Field would later be named Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium 27 After an 8 million donation to the university Ruby Memorial Hospital opened on the Medical campus in 1988 providing the state s first level one trauma center Early the next year the undefeated Mountaineer football team led by Major Harris made it to the national championship game before losing to Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl During the 1990s the university developed several recreational activities for students including FallFest and WVU Up All Night While the programs were created to provide safe entertainment for students and to combat WVU s inclusion as one of the nation s top party schools 35 they also garnered national attention as solutions for reducing alcohol consumption and partying on college campuses across the country 36 37 In 2001 a 34 million 177 000 square foot 16 400 m2 recreation facility opened on the Evansdale campus providing students with exercise facilities recreational activities and personal training programs 38 WVU reached a new level of athletic success to start the new millennium The football team featured a 3 0 BCS bowl record ten consecutive bowl game appearances a 1 ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll three consecutive 11 win seasons amassing a 33 5 record 41 consecutive weeks in the top 25 and 6 conference championships 39 40 The men s basketball team won the 2007 NIT Championship and the 2010 Big East championship while appearing four times in the sweet sixteen twice in the elite eight and once in the final four of the NCAA tournament 41 42 The athletic successes brought the university a new level of national exposure and enrollment has since increased to nearly 30 000 students 43 On April 24 2008 the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported the university had improperly granted an MBA to Heather Bresch the daughter of the state s governor Joe Manchin and an employee of Mylan a pharmaceutical company whose then chairman Milan Puskar was one of the University s largest donors 44 In the aftermath the university determined Bresch s degree had been awarded without the prerequisite requirements having been met They subsequently rescinded it leading to the resignation of the president Michael Garrison provost Gerald Lang and business school dean Steve Sears Garrison had been profiled as a trend toward non traditional university presidents by the Chronicle of Higher Education 45 and Inside Higher Ed 46 but the Faculty Senate approved a vote of no confidence in the search that selected him 47 C Peter McGrath was named interim president in August 2008 48 James P Clements became WVU s 23rd president on June 30 2009 He had previously served as provost at Towson University 49 On September 16 2009 Michele G Wheatly was named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 50 In November 2013 James P Clements was selected to be Clemson University s 15th president 51 E Gordon Gee served as interim president and continues to serve as the president this was Dr Gee s second time in this role having first served as president of WVU in 1981 52 Academics EditRankings Edit Academic rankingsNationalARWU 53 117 137Forbes 54 340THE WSJ 55 401 500U S News amp World Report 56 205Washington Monthly 57 169GlobalARWU 58 401 500QS 59 801 1000U S News amp World Report 60 568WVU is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities Very high research activity 61 62 According to the National Science Foundation WVU spent 185 1 million on research and development in 2018 ranking it 121st in the nation 63 WVU is affiliated with the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute dedicated to the study of Alzheimer s and other diseases that affect the brain 64 WVU is also a leader in biometric technology research and the Federal Bureau of Investigation s lead academic partner in biometrics research 65 66 Admissions Edit Freshman West Virginia resident applicants must have a 2 0 GPA and either an SAT super score of 990 of 1600 or an ACT super score of 19 of 36 For non residents the requirements are a GPA of 2 5 and either a super score SAT 1060 or a super score ACT of 21 College and program admission requirements for first time freshmen vary by program 67 The general freshman acceptance rate at WVU is 71 9 of applications received with an average entering student GPA of 3 42 an SAT super score of 1115 of 1600 and an ACT super score of 24 of 36 68 In the fall of 2020 the university relaxed its test score requirements for students applying for admission in response to the coronavirus pandemic According to WVU assistant vice president of Enrollment Management George Zimmerman if students are unable to take the SAT or ACT they will still be admitted to WVU as long as they have shown academic ability in other areas of their application The policy is said to be in effect until spring 2023 69 Colleges and schools Edit Woodburn Circle on the downtown campus Martin Hall top Woodburn Hall right Chitwood Hall bottom West Virginia University is organized into 15 degree granting colleges or schools and also offers an Honors College Davis College of Agriculture Natural Resources amp Design Eberly College of Arts amp Sciences John Chambers College of Business amp Economics College of Creative Arts Benjamin M Statler College of Engineering amp Mineral Resources College of Education amp Human Services Reed College of Media College of Law School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Pharmacy School of Public Health College of Physical Activity amp Sport Sciences University College Honors CollegeDivisional campuses Edit Stalnaker Hall is the oldest residence hall on campus 70 WVU has two divisional campuses Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser West Virginia University Institute of Technology in BeckleyWest Virginia University at Parkersburg a primarily 2 year school was a regional campus of WVU but has been independent since 2009 71 Areas of study Edit Forensics and Investigative Science is a nationally recognized program at WVU originally created through a partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation The program is accredited by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is the official library holdings repository for the International Association for Identification The program includes three main areas of emphasis the examiner track which specializes in crime scene investigation and comparison sciences the biology track which specializes in body fluids and DNA analysis and the chemistry track which specializes in the chemical identification of seized drugs fire debris trace evidence and explosives Facilities include four crime scene houses a vehicle processing garage a ballistics laboratory and numerous traditional laboratories and classrooms in Ming Hsieh Hall and Oglebay Hall A separate Criminology amp Investigative Sciences major was later added to the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences The College of Business and Economics also provides a certificate in forensic accounting and fraud examination Health Sciences Campus WVU robotics teams have won several international competitions such as the NASA Robotic Mining Competition and the NASA NIA RASC AL Exploration Robot OPS Challenge In 2016 a WVU team 72 led by Dr Yu Gu won the final NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge with a 750 000 prize 73 The 2014 WVU Robotics Team won the NASA Centennial Challenge NASA Joel Kowsky Biometrics is an engineering centric field of study offered at WVU the first institution in the world to establish a Bachelor of Science degree in Biometric Systems In 2003 the University also founded the initial chapter of the Student Society for the Advancement of Biometrics SSAB 74 The program in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering LCSEE provides a firm understanding of the underlying electrical engineering and computer engineering disciplines that support biometric applications On February 6 2008 WVU became the national academic leader for the FBI s biometric research 75 WVU is also the founding site for the Center for Identification Technology Research CITeR focusing on biometrics and identification technology CITeR maintains and develops collaborative relationships with other academic institutions to meet research needs 76 The Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center is on West Virginia University s Evansdale Campus and houses the Schools of Dentistry Medicine Nursing and Pharmacy These schools grant doctoral and professional degrees in 16 different fields as well as a variety of other Master s and Bachelor s degrees 77 For 2012 U S News amp World Report ranked WVU s Medical School ninth in the United States for rural medicine 78 Also on the Health Sciences Campus is WVU s local teaching hospital Ruby Memorial Hospital which is one of only two designated Trauma I hospitals in the state and has also been designated a magnet hospital for its ability to attract and retain high quality nursing staff Campus Edit Stewart Hall is home to university administration and is one of the multiple campus buildings on the National Register of Historic Places The Morgantown campus comprises three sub campuses The original main campus typically called the Downtown Campus is in the Monongahela River valley on the fringes of downtown Morgantown This part of the campus includes eight academic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places The Downtown Campus comprises several architectural styles predominantly featuring red brick including Victorian Second Empire Federal Neoclassical and Collegiate Gothic among others The Evansdale Campus a mile and a half north northwest on a rise above the flood plain of the Monongahela River was developed in the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate a growing student population since space for expansion was limited at the Downtown Campus The Health Sciences Campus in the same outlying area but on the other side of a ridge includes the Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center the Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Facility Ruby Memorial Hospital Chestnut Ridge Hospital Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center WVU Healthcare Physicians Office Center Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute WVU Eye Institute and the WVU Children s Hospital The Health Sciences Campus is near Mountaineer Field over a ridge from the Evansdale Campus Transportation Edit See also Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit The PRT shuttles students to and from WVU s Health Sciences Evansdale and Downtown Campuses Due to the distance between WVU s three campuses the university built the innovative Personal Rapid Transit PRT system to link the campuses Downtown Evansdale and Health Sciences and reduce student traffic on local highways Boeing began construction on the Personal Rapid Transit PRT system in 1972 The unique aspect that makes the system personal is that a rider specifies their destination when entering the system and depending on the system load the PRT can dispatch a car that will travel directly to that station WVU students faculty and staff ride for free they swipe their magnetically encoded ID cards through the turnstiles when entering the stations Others pay a cash fare of 0 50 The PRT began operation in 1973 with U S President Richard Nixon s daughter Tricia aboard one of five prototype cars for a demonstration ride 79 The PRT handles 16 000 riders per day as of 2005 update and uses approximately 70 cars The system has 8 7 miles 14 0 km of guideway track and five stations Walnut Beechurst Engineering Towers and Medical Health Sciences The vehicles are rubber tired but the cars have constant contact with a separate electrified rail Steam heating keeps the elevated guideway free of snow and ice Although most students use the PRT this technology has not been replicated at other sites for various reasons including the high cost of maintaining the heated track system in winter 80 The PRT cars are painted in school colors blue with gold trim and feature the University name and logo on the front Inside the seats are light beige fiberglass and the carpeting is blue Each car has eight seats with an overall capacity of 20 people including standing room The National Society of Professional Engineers named the WVU PRT one of the top 10 engineering achievements of 1972 79 and in 1997 The New Electric Railway Journal picked the WVU PRT as the best people mover in North America for 1996 81 In 2006 the U S Department of Transportation and U S Environmental Protection Agency dubbed WVU one of the best workplaces for commuters 82 Each autumn during Mountaineer Week celebrations a special PRT car is placed in front of the Mountainlair student union where groups of students participate in the PRT Cram with the objective of squeezing in as many people as possible A record of 97 was set in 2000 83 Buses and shuttles operated by the university can be used during limited hours in addition to the community s Mountain Line which operates every day into the early morning Students can use their Mountaineer Card to ride the Mountain Line bus for free The Health Science Center also operates a shuttle service to help students visitors and patients to get to and from the Health Science Center campus Many non University private student housing communities in the area also operate a shuttle to campus town and back to the housing community The PRT has become a cultural mainstay of the WVU campus However it is not without problems One student was seriously injured in 2020 when a boulder collapsed onto the track smashing a cart 84 Two more students had to be transported to Ruby Memorial Hospital 85 Libraries Edit Wise Library on the downtown campus is West Virginia University s main library The West Virginia University Libraries encompasses seven libraries and the WVU Press including the Downtown Campus Library Evansdale Library Health Sciences Library Morgantown Law Library Health Sciences Library Charleston the Mary F Shipper Library at Potomac State College in Keyser the Beckley Library at the WVU Institute of Technology and the West Virginia and Regional History Center the world s largest collection of West Virginia related research material is in the Wise Library on the Downtown Campus 86 Collections include the Appalachian Collection Digital Collections Government Documents Map Collection Myers Collection Patent and Trademarks Rare Books Collections and Theses and Dissertations West Virginia University libraries contain nearly 1 5 million printed volumes 2 3 million microforms more than 10 000 electronic journals and computers with high speed Internet access The Evansdale Library supports the academic programs and research centered on the Evansdale Campus The library holds materials in the disciplines of agriculture art computer science education engineering forestry landscape architecture mineral resources music physical education and theater 87 In addition to the collections Evansdale Library is home to da Vinci s Cafe 88 an Information Technology Services Big Prints poster printing lab 89 and the Academic Innovation Teaching and Learning Commons Sandbox 90 The university co publishes the Labor Studies Journal with the United Association for Labor Education Core Arboretum Edit The Core Arboretum is a 91 acre 37 ha arboretum owned by West Virginia University and on Monongahela Boulevard in Morgantown West Virginia It is open to the public daily without charge 91 The Arboretum s history began in 1948 when the university acquired its site Professor Earl Lemley Core 1902 1984 chairman of the Biology Department then convinced President Irvin Stewart to set the property aside for the study of biology and botany In 1975 the Arboretum was named in Core s honor The Arboretum is now managed by the WVU Department of Biology and consists of mostly old growth forests on steep hillside and Monongahela River floodplain It includes densely wooded areas with 3 5 miles 5 6 km of walking trails as well as 3 acres 12 000 m2 of lawn planted with specimen trees The Arboretum has a variety of natural habitats in which several hundred species of native WV trees shrubs and herbaceous plants may be found Some of the large trees are likely over 200 years old The Arboretum is well known as a superb site to see spring ephemeral wildflowers from late March to early May Varied habitats and the riverside location also make the area an excellent site to observe birds and animals Campus safety Edit The university created WVU Alert a text based alert system for quickly disseminating emergency situations to faculty staff and students 92 WVU also uses LiveSafe a smart phone application that enables users to anonymously report crimes or safety concerns or to use the walk safe feature which allows the user to invite a friend to monitor their location while they walk 93 Additionally there are 37 easily accessible blue lit towers housing emergency phones across the WVU campuses that automatically dial 911 in the event of an emergency 94 The West Virginia University Police Department UPD is the largest campus police department in the state and the only campus law enforcement agency in the state accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators 95 The UPD has a sworn officer operations division a central communication unit a student cadet unit investigations K 9 teams and other support services Officers have the same authority and powers as city and county police officers 93 Campus life EditStudent body composition as of May 2 2022 Race and ethnicity 96 TotalWhite 82 82 Other a 5 5 Hispanic 4 4 Foreign national 4 4 Black 4 4 Asian 2 2 Economic diversityLow income b 26 26 Affluent c 74 74 Events Edit FallFest welcomes students to the university by providing an evening of entertainment and musical performances traditionally held during the first week of the fall semester and traditionally at the Mountainlair Student Union 97 The event began in 1995 as a safe alternative to partying and has become one of the largest University sponsored events typically drawing crowds of 15 000 or more 98 The celebration has been highlighted by a series of evening concerts by renowned artists A dance party film festival comedy show and several indoor musical performances are also featured Mountaineer Week is a celebration of WVU tradition and Appalachian heritage that began in 1947 99 Festivities have expanded to include competitions among WVU students designed to honor school and state pride A beard growing competition introduced in 1949 has continued throughout the event s history Participants must shave before the panel of judges that also chooses the winner at the end of the competition 100 The Mr and Ms Mountaineer competition has been included in Mountaineer Week since 1962 honoring one male and one female student who show outstanding school spirit academic excellence and extracurricular involvement The annual PRT Cram features the unique PRT system where students compete to fit the maximum number of riders on a special model PRT car with the windows removed The record was set in 2000 when 97 students fit inside one PRT car 99 The Lighting of Woodburn Hall is an annual university ceremony held in early December to light historic Woodburn Hall for the holiday season The event began in 1987 and is open to the public Christmas carols are typically sung and donations are taken at the event to support community organizations Patients from WVU s Children s hospital are often selected to light the Hall 101 Fall Family Weekend is an opportunity for students family members to experience WVU campus life by attending classes athletic events college presentations and student events such as WVU Up All Night Tours of the campus facilities are offered by individual colleges and organizations including tours of the PRT 102 Homecoming weekend activities include the Alumni Band led homecoming parade through downtown Morgantown the crowning of the royalty and a football game with a performance by the WVU Alumni band Student organizations participate in the parade by designing floats Receptions are held by colleges student groups and the alumni center 103 Greek Week is held during the spring semester providing a venue for competition between Greek organizations Highlights include airband events where organizations compete in cheerleading and dance routines and sports competitions on the Mountainlair recreational field The competitions strive to highlight WVU s student spirit and present a positive image of the fraternities and sororities 104 Recreation Edit The Mountainlair Student Union on WVU s downtown campus The Mountainlair Student Union commonly called the Lair by students is the three floor student union building at WVU The building dates to 1968 and replaced an earlier structure built in 1948 105 The student union offers many recreational opportunities to students including a movie theater bowling alley pool hall ballrooms video game arcade a cafeteria style restaurant and a collection of fast food restaurants 106 The Student Recreation Center is a 177 000 square foot 16 400 m2 recreation facility that opened before the 2001 academic year with an initial construction cost of 34 million 38 The facility offers a six lane swimming pool 20 seat spa 17 000 square feet 1 600 m2 of cardio and free weight equipment an elevated running track basketball courts volleyball and badminton courts glass squash and racquetball courts and a 50 foot 15 m climbing wall 107 The center also offers a variety of wellness programs personal training child care services exercise classes and intramural activities The Mountaineer Adventure Program MAP offers several activities including Adventure WV Challenge Course and International Trips Adventure WV is focused on providing guidance to freshmen and sophomores through various outdoor orientation expeditions The Challenge Course program uses a recreational facility designed to teach teamwork and problem solving skills through physical interaction International Trips offers worldwide recreational opportunities to places like Fiji and Peru as well as study abroad credit courses 108 Several of the MAP programs provide University accepted credit hours The Outdoor Recreation Center a division of the Student Recreation Center helps students find recreational activities locally and in other parts of West Virginia The center sponsors some trips including whitewater rafting on the Cheat River and hiking in the Monongahela National Forest 107 Students can take advantage of West Virginia s natural wilderness by renting outdoor recreational equipment for hiking camping climbing fishing biking skiing and whitewater rafting all of which is available with minimal travel time WVU s main campus is next to the Monongahela River along which runs the Caperton Trail also known as the Rail Trail a 10 mile 16 km paved path for walking running or biking 109 Other connecting trails total 43 miles 69 km in additional length extending from the Pennsylvania border to Prickett s Fort State Park Many student groups take day trips to the nearby Coopers Rock State Forest which is less than 15 miles 24 km from WVU s campus 110 Student organizations Edit West Virginia University offers more than 400 student run organizations and clubs Many of the organizations are associated with academia religion culture military service politics recreation or sports 111 New student groups may be formed by submitting a constitution and petition to become recognized as a student organization Student Government Association Edit The Student Government Association SGA serves as representatives for the student body and as a liaison to the university administration and officials The President of the Student Body also serves as a full voting member of the university s Board of Governors Fraternities and sororities Edit Greek Games on Mountainlair Plaza during WVU s annual Greek Week WVU Greek fraternities are Phi Beta Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Gamma Rho Kappa Alpha Order Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Delta Theta Phi Kappa Psi Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Nu Phi Sigma Phi Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Epsilon and Theta Chi Greek sororities are Zeta Phi Beta Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Phi Alpha Xi Delta Chi Omega Delta Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Kappa 112 Fraternity controversiesIn 2014 18 year old Kappa Sigma pledge Nolan Burch died during a hazing incident at the fraternity house Police say his blood alcohol level was 0 493 at the time of his death 113 A lawsuit was settled over the student s death in 2018 for 250 000 114 In 2019 City Drive Studios produced the documentary Breathe Nolan Breathe which details what led up to Nolan s death The film begins with security footage inside the Kappa Sigma house showing a fraternity brother performing CPR on Nolan s limp body hours after he was dragged inside The brother kept repeating the words breathe Nolan breathe Video also shows fraternity brothers taking videos of Burch laying on a wooden plank walking around him and even kicking him 115 The film is being used by the university to kick off a bystander awareness campaign 116 According to City Drive Studios The purpose of this film is to stop this from ever happening again and to save lives 117 In 2018 several WVU fraternities chose to disassociate themselves after the school sent out stricter rules and regulations for Greek life For example Sigma Chi was restricted to one social event per semester David Coram of Sigma Chi says this was one of the main reasons the fraternity decided to disassociate WVU also decided to raise the required GPA for rushing students from 2 5 to 2 75 For Farris the biggest concern with the breakaway is student safety reports the WV Gazette Mail He explained how the university would not be able to help in situations such as an injury or sexual assault if they were not recognized by the school 118 2018 brought another fraternity incident as according to WVU senior finance major David Rusko 22 fell down steps and was knocked unconscious at the fraternity house where he was visiting after a football game An investigation found two hours elapsed between the fall and when medical help was sought West Virginia University announced that three students were no longer enrolled at the university and 15 others agreed to other disciplinary action as a result 119 120 Student media Edit The Daily Athenaeum nicknamed the DA is the 9th largest newspaper in West Virginia 121 Offered free on campus it generates income through advertisements and student fees The paper began in 1887 as a weekly literary magazine with writing editing and production taken over by the newly formed School of Journalism in the 1920s In 1970 the paper split from the School of Journalism and became an independent campus entity governed by the Student Publications Board The DA was voted as the Princeton Review s 10th best college newspaper in the United States in 2005 15th in 2006 and 8th in 2007 122 WWVU FM called U92 or The Moose plays new music talk shows and newscasts On the air since 1982 U92 can be heard in the Morgantown area at 91 7 FM and also streams live on the internet In 2007 the station was one of four college radio stations nominated for College Music Journal s Station of the Year Award 123 In 2015 CMJ awarded the station with three awards including Station of the Year 124 The Mountaineer Jeffersonian was a news economic and political journal founded by WVU students The publication was founded in 2008 and ceased publication in 2011 Student health Edit The Student Center of Health also known under the label WELLWVU provides services related to student health disease prevention and awareness The Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services offers therapy to any WVU student 125 The Robert C Byrd Health Science Center and the associated West Virginia University Hospitals on the Health Science Campus serve as West Virginia s largest healthcare institution 126 The hospitals provide a comprehensive set of healthcare needs for local and regional patients WVU students have full access to healthcare resources which are accessible from the PRT towers station WVU Student Health Services Edit Starting with the Fall 2014 semester WVU implemented a mandatory student health insurance policy with an opt out All domestic students at West Virginia University and WVU Tech enrolled in 6 or more credit hours and international students enrolled in 1 or more credit hours will be required to carry health insurance coverage 127 With the opening of the new Student Health and Wellness building on the Evansdale Campus WVU Medical Corporation now operates the medical services of Student Health This is a WVU Urgent Care Clinic office and is the primary care provider to students who use WVU s Aetna Health Insurance policy The Clinic is open 7 days a week 128 Mental Health Record Edit As of the end of the Spring 2020 semester two students died by suicide after not being able to seek counseling at the Carruth Center for Mental Health There have also been numerous accounts of a culture of alcoholism 129 and mental illness The school has offered limited support via email regarding the deaths of these students Arts and entertainment Edit WVU Arts amp Entertainment A amp E sponsors entertainment events for students throughout the academic year The department organizes the annual FallFest event which features popular musicians comedians and other performers WVU A amp E annually hosts several concerts at the WVU Coliseum and Creative Arts Center with past performances by Akon The All American Rejects The Fray Kelly Clarkson Ludacris Maroon 5 Reba McEntire Willie Nelson and 50 Cent among others 98 The West Virginia Public Theater WVPT is one of two professional musical theaters in West Virginia The group is near WVU s campus and performs several Broadway numbers yearly 130 The 5 300 square foot 490 m2 Art Museum of West Virginia University features touring exhibitions and displays a collection including over 2 500 works of art from the Appalachian region Asia and Africa 131 The Royce J and Caroline B Watts Museum on the Evansdale campus features tools equipment artifacts photos and other items related to West Virginia s coal and petroleum industries Athletics EditMain article West Virginia Mountaineers The Flying WV is the most widely used logo in West Virginia University athletics Plaque marking where Mountaineer Field was between 1924 and 1979 The school s sports teams are called the Mountaineers and compete in the NCAA s Division I The school has teams in 17 college sports and has won several national championships including 19 NCAA Rifle Championships as of 2018 update Formerly a full member of the Big East Conference in all sports on October 28 2011 the school accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference and became a member on July 1 2012 Notable athletes from West Virginia University include Jerry West Jim Braxton Marc Bulger Avon Cobourne Mike Compton Noel Devine Cecil Doggette Mike Gansey Marc Major O Harris Chris Henry Joe Herber Jeff Hostetler Chuck Howley Sam Huff Darryl Talley Hot Rod Hundley Adam Pacman Jones Joe Stydahar Dan Mozes Kevin Pittsnogle Jerry Porter Todd Sauerbrun Steve Slaton Ray Gaddis Rod Thorn Oliver Luck Mike Vanderjagt Pat White Quincy Wilson Amos Zereoue Greg Jones Joe Alexander Owen Schmitt Georgann Wells Geno Smith Ginny Thrasher Pat McAfee Tavon Austin Miles McBride and Jedd Gyorko Football Edit Main article West Virginia Mountaineers football WVU has had two undefeated regular seasons they went 11 0 in 1988 and 1993 However West Virginia lost both bowl games 34 21 to Notre Dame in the National Championship and 41 7 to Florida The 2005 season and the 2006 season produced the first consecutive 11 win seasons in school history 132 In the 2007 season the Mountaineers started the season as the 3 ranked team the highest preseason ranking in school history That team eventually was ranked 1 in the Coaches Poll and finished the season with a third consecutive 11 win season after their Fiesta Bowl victory Basketball Edit Main articles West Virginia Mountaineers men s basketball and West Virginia Mountaineers women s basketball West Virginia men s basketball has competed in three basketball championship final matches the 1959 NCAA final the 1942 NIT final at that time the NIT was considered more prestigious than the NCAA and the 2007 NIT Championship They lost to California in the 1959 NCAA finals while the Mountaineers won the 1942 NIT Championship over Western Kentucky and the 2007 NIT contest over Clemson In 1949 future Mountaineers head coach Fred Schaus became the first player in NCAA history to record 1 000 points Recently West Virginia reached the Final Four of the 2010 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament led by West Virginia coach and former WVU player Bob Huggins The Mountaineers won the 2010 Big East men s basketball tournament and received a 2 seed in the East Region of the 2010 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament In 2015 West Virginia reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2015 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament They were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Kentucky In 2018 West Virginia again reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2018 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament They were eliminated from the tournament after losing in the fourth round to 1 seed and eventual champion Villanova 133 Soccer Edit Since joining the Big 12 Conference ahead of the 2012 season West Virginia women s soccer has posted a 27 1 3 record in regular season league games In 2016 the Mountaineers claimed their fifth consecutive outright regular season league championship becoming the first team in Big 12 history to accomplish that feat West Virginia also won back to back Big 12 tournament championships in 2013 and 2014 as well as two additional Big 12 tournament championships in 2016 and 2018 The Mountaineers are coached by Nikki Izzo Brown the program s only head coach West Virginia men s soccer competes in the Mid American Conference Rifle Edit With a total of 26 individual NCAA National Champions and 19 team NCAA National Championship titles West Virginia University s rifle team is the most successful rifle program in the history of the NCAA Their most recent National Championship as a team was won in 2017 The Mountaineers compete in the Great America Rifle Conference where they have won 11 regular season conference championships The team s home matches take place at the WVU Rifle Range which opened in 2010 Virginia Thrasher who won a gold medal in the women s 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics was on the Mountaineers rifle team from 2015 to 2019 134 Marching band Edit Main article West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band The West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band is nicknamed The Pride of West Virginia The 380 member band performs at every home football game and makes several local and national appearances throughout the year The band was the recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy in 1997 Fanbase Edit The WVU student section perform the first down cheer at a home football game In a state that lacks professional sports franchises West Virginians passionately support West Virginia University and its athletics teams 135 Men s basketball head coach Bob Huggins a former Mountaineer basketball player who was born in Morgantown stated that the strong bond between the university and the people of West Virginia is a relationship that is difficult for non natives to understand 136 Some WVU fans primarily in the student sections better known as the Mountaineer Maniacs have developed a reputation for unruly behavior being compared to soccer hooligans by GQ magazine 137 138 At some events there have been cases of objects thrown onto the field or at opposing teams 139 140 There were also issues with small scale fires most notably of couches being set after games over 1 100 intentionally ignited street fires were reported from 1997 to 2003 137 Members of the Morgantown area community volunteered as Goodwill City Ambassadors for the first time in the fall of 2012 to welcome visiting fans to the football games The Goodwill City initiative is a collaborative effort of the City of Morgantown WVU Morgantown s Dominion Post and community residents Pageantry EditSee also WVU Pageantry The Mountaineer 1971 West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia The Mountaineer was adopted in 1890 as the official school mascot and unofficially began appearing at sporting events in 1936 141 A new Mountaineer is selected each year during the final two men s home basketball games with the formal title The Mountaineer of West Virginia University The new Mountaineer receives a scholarship a tailor made buckskin suit with a coonskin hat and a period rifle and powder horn for discharging when appropriate and safe The mascot travels with most sports teams throughout the academic year While not required male mascots traditionally grow a beard The Flying WV is the most widely used logo in West Virginia athletics It debuted in 1980 as a part of a football uniform redesign by Coach Don Nehlen and was adopted as the official logo for the university in 1983 142 While the Flying WV represents all university entities unique logos are occasionally used for individual departments Some examples include the script West Virginia logo for the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the interlocking WV logo used in baseball 143 Fight songs of West Virginia University include Hail West Virginia and Fight Mountaineers The West Virginia University Alma Mater was composed in 1937 and is sung before every home football game The crowd sings along as the WVU Marching Band stands playing it on the field as part of the pregame show Old gold and blue the official University colors were selected by the upperclassmen of 1890 from the West Virginia state seal 141 While the official school colors are old gold and blue brighter gold is used in official university logos and merchandise This change in color scheme is often cited for the lack of a universal standard for colors during the 19th century when the university s colors were selected Additionally the brighter gold is argued to create a more intimidating environment for sporting events The university accepts gold and blue for the color scheme but states clearly that the colors are not blue and gold to distinguish West Virginia from its rival the University of Pittsburgh Sporting traditions Edit See also WVU sports traditions and WVU band traditions The formation of the state outline by The Pride of West Virginia The unofficial song of the university Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver became an official West Virginia state song on March 8 2014 144 In 1980 John Denver performed his hit song Take Me Home Country Roads at the dedication of Mountaineer Field and it has since become a tradition for fans to remain in the stands following every Mountaineer victory and sing the song with the players Although the tradition originated during football games it is now recognized throughout the university with the song performed at various athletic events and ceremonies Sports Illustrated named the singing of Country Roads as one of the must see college traditions 145 The Pride of West Virginia is the official marching band of the university The band s football pre game show includes traditions such as the Drumline s Tunnel and Boogie cadences the 220 beat per minute run on cadence to start the performance marching the WV logo down the field to the university fight song Fight Mountaineers expanding circles during Simple Gifts and the formation of the state s outline during Hail West Virginia The Firing of the Rifle is a tradition carried out by the Mountaineer Mascot to open several athletic events The Mountaineer points the gun into the air with one arm and fires a blank shot from a custom rifle a signal to the crowd to begin cheering at home football and basketball games The Mountaineer also fires the rifle every time the team scores during football games The Carpet Roll is a WVU Men s Basketball tradition In 1955 Fred Schaus and Alex Mumford devised the idea of rolling out an elaborate gold and blue carpet for Mountaineer basketball players to use when taking the court for pre game warm ups In addition Mountaineer 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