Live On The Levee Lineup Announced
Charleston’s annual free concert series, Live on the Levee, will begin on May 24 and run through August 10.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFlight School Director Bill Noe and Chief Instructor Nancy Ritter credit West Virginia's forward-leaning efforts to position the state as a top tier aviation model. Ritter said the collaborative efforts of universities to serve West Virginia’s citizens will fuel economic growth and provide careers for the next generation of aviators.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTimothy Borchers was selected unanimously as West Liberty University’s new president by the Board of Governors Friday morning.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Liberty University announced its four final presidential candidates. They are expected to visit the university over the next few weeks for campus tours and interviews with faculty, staff and students. The university has been searching for a new president ever since the BOG voted last year not to extend the contract for former President W. Franklin Evans.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Liberty University President W. Franklin Evans’ contract will expire at the end of this year after the university board of governors voted down a motion to offer him an extension. Evans came under fire last fall for plagiarism allegations.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Liberty University’s Board of Governors met Friday to discuss the school’s president, W. Franklin Evans, after he was publicly censured last fall following at least one instance of plagiarism in a speech.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRecently, a survey of West Liberty University’s faculty was conducted, gauging their level of support for Evans since he was censured last year by the board of governors. More than 80 percent of respondents to that survey disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement, “I am confident in the integrity of President Evans.” Evans has said he thinks the survey was unfair and that race plays a major role in his continued criticism. Evans is the university’s first Black president.
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