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West Virginia State Using Gift to Establish Learning Center

West Virginia State University says it will establish a learning center for students in the education department after receiving a significant financial commitment from a 1950 alumnus.

University officials say the learning center will bear the name of Fred D. Thomas Jr., who made the gift. Officials say the center will feature smart technology to support interactive online instruction as well as group activities and research tutorials.

The school says an endowment established as part of the commitment will be used for ongoing maintenance of the center and technology updates.

Thomas came to WVSU after serving in the military shortly after the end of World War II. He graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He served as a middle school science teacher and curriculum coordinator for 35 years.

West Virginia State President's Contract Extended by Five Years

A five-year contract extension has been approved for West Virginia State University’s president.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports President Anthony L. Jenkins’ new contract goes into effect July 1 and ends in 2023. The contract was approved Friday by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. He was first hired on a two-year contract in July 2016.

A university release says additional compensation based on performance is included in the contract and will be paid by the West Virginia State University Foundation. It says Jenkins annual base salary will increase from $235,000 to $255,000.

The commission also approved a five-year contract extension on Friday for Shepherd University President Mary Hendrix. The contract extension raises her annual base salary from $271,000 to around $284,000.

W.Va. State University Plans Tuition Freeze Program

West Virginia State University is planning to freeze the cost of tuition for a portion of its student body starting next fall.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the university announced Monday afternoon that students who participate in the Yellow Jacket Connection program, which allows high school students to earn credit toward a diploma and a college degree, will be eligible for the new tuition loyalty program.

Currently, high school students can earn college credit for $25 per credit hour through West Virginia State, and must complete six credit hours to participate. The new program will ensure that, whatever tuition price students enroll at as freshman, they will continue to pay that price through their senior year.

University president Anthony Jenkins says he may expand the tuition-freeze program in the future.

WVSU Extension Service Hosts Meet-And-Greet

State agriculture representative’s spokes with farmers Wednesday at a Meet-and-Greet in Institute. The discussion was meant to help the farmers with any issues.

The West Virginia State University Extension Service hosted the Meet-and-Greet to help local farmers touch base with different government agencies that could help them. Participating agencies included the USDA, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Capitol Conservation District, West Virginia AgrAbility and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.

West Virginia State University Extension Agent Brad Cochran said there are important opportunities out there for small farmers. 

“West Virginia farmers are very much small farmers and they’ve never really participated in USDA programs,” Cochran said. “Sometimes they have that fear of going into the office and signing up and learning about this stuff.”

Cochran said it’s important to get farmers in the same room with the different agencies like USDA which offers funding opportunities and the state’s Department of Agriculture which can help to market small businesses. 

West Virginia State University Announces 11th President

The West Virginia State University Board of Governors named the university’s 11th president today.

Dr. Anthony Jenkins will serve as the next president of West Virginia State University.  He’ll officially take the post on July 1. Jenkins replaces former president Brian Hemphill who left the university to become the president of Radford University in Virginia.

Jenkins is a native of Washington, D.C., a United States Army veteran and comes to West Virginia State University from the University of Central Florida.

The West Virginia State presidential search advisory committee made the selection of Jenkins along with a two other candidates after a national search.

The candidates were invited to Institute in late April to meet with students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members and business leaders in a series of open forums. The presidential contract requires final approval from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. 

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