West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public land grant research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.West Virginia University, founded in 1867, has a long and rich history as a land-grant university.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, offering land grants of 30,000 acres of federally owned land to each state that agreed to establish a college to teach agriculture and the “mechanic arts” (engineering).The State of West Virginia was formed the following year and, shortly thereafter, the state’s legislature accepted the terms for the Morrill Act to raise the money to start the new land-grant college they called the Agricultural College of West Virginia.
In 1868, the school’s name was changed to West Virginia University.WVU opened in September of 1867 as an all-male, all-white institution with six faculty members, six college students, and 118 preparatory department students (high school-aged students who were preparing to do college work).
WVU used the former Woodburn Female Seminary building, where Woodburn Hall is now, as the first residence hall, and our first president, Alexander Martin, lived there with the students.
“Woodburn” means “streamlet in a shady glen” and comes from Sir Walter Scott’s Guy Mannering; the “streamlet” was Falling Run, which then ran through a wooded valley where the Business and Economics Building is now. WVU built its own first building in 1870 and later named it Martin Hall, for Alexander Martin.
WVU offered programs primarily in the humanities and sciences disciplines. The Morrill Act required an agricultural program, so students planted a garden in Woodburn Circle, left for summer vacation, and returned to a garden full of weeds. The Morrill Act also required Cadet Corps, which became the ROTC Program during World War I. Some people argued that women could not attend WVU since women could not be in the Cadet Corps.
Today’s students would have enjoyed paying for their education in 1867, because the tuition for a 13-week term was just $8.00. Room and board was $3.50 per week. The average student would have paid between $187.50 and $249.00 for a full academic year.
ONLINE MBA West Virginia University:-
The College of Business and Economics firmly believes in the global perspective. In joining WVU's MBA program, you will gain a classroom experience enriched by teamwork with students from across the world - 44% of our current MBA class is comprised of international students from three continents. Additionally, all domestic MBA students participate in a ten-day international trip in Europe or Asia as part of the coursework. WVU’s MBA program is accredited by AACSB International, the principal accrediting organization for business schools. Only 5% of business schools worldwide achieve this distinction.
WVU’s MBA program is one of the most affordable programs in West Virginia and the country. We offer competitive tuition waivers and scholarships along with subsidizing the cost of the required international trip that you will pursue as part of your program.
ONLINE MBA COURSES:-
- Corporate Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Global Supply Chain Mgt.
- Marketing
- Investment Management
- Sustainable Enterprise
- Management Consulting
There were many aspects of early WVU life that today’s students would find incredibly challenging. Until 1895, students were required to attend chapel exercises every morning and one church service on Sunday. While this requirement eased somewhat during the 1895-96 school year, students still had to appear each morning for roll call. By 1898, compulsory chapel attendance ended, much to the chagrin of the administration. Students participated in extracurricular activities then, as now. In 1887, WVU began publishing the Athenaeum, the predecessor of today’s Daily Athenaeum. Many students belonged to literary societies that sponsored debates, and the men might belong to fraternities. The first sorority was a local group called Kappa Delta, founded in 1899 and not related to the current Kappa Delta sorority on campus. To provide further support for women on campus, Josephine Hall Raymond, President Raymond’s wife, organized the Women’s League, which united women faculty, staff, and students with women in the Morgantown community.
CONTACT US:-
West Virginia University
College of Business and Economics
B&E Building Room 326
PO Box 6027
Morgantown, WV 26506-6027
Phone: 304-293-6579
Fax: 304-293-7188
Email: mba@wvu.edu
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