Fairmont State University recently welcomed the inaugural class to its Police Training Academy. It’s no secret that police departments across the state have faced staffing shortages — in part because of cultural shifts and attitudes around law enforcement, in part because of ...
A closing reception was held Thursday in celebration of the Base Camp Printing exhibit displayed in the J.D. Brooks Gallery in Wallman Hall on the campus of Fairmont State University. Base Camp Printing’s work explores themes of consumerism, West Virginia culture and activism. All pieces ...
FAIRMONT – The Pierpont Community and Technical College held its first meeting since the end of the end of the legislative session on Tuesday evening. The meeting stretched just over 3 ½ hours before moving to executive session. There was no talk of a merger back into Fairmont State ...
MORGANTOWN – Among the bills that died on the last day of the legislative session was SB 653, the bill to make Pierpont Community and Technical College a Division of Fairmont State University. After hearing conflicting testimony from Pierpont leaders about Pierpont's financial condition ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee wrapped up its deliberations on the Senate bill to make Pierpont Community and Technical College a division of Fairmont State University – deliberations stretching more than six hours across three days – by passing out a bill that does ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee spent about four hours Saturday mulling over the bill to merge Pierpont Community and Technical College into Fairmont State University. Leaders from the two schools offered often-contradictory answers. The committee adjourned without taking any ...