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WVSOM’s Class of 2019
consisted of 199 graduates
with 121 entering primary care
residency programs and had
a 99 percent residency match
rate for the class.
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Concord ’s 84 percent com-
pletion rate in 2018-2019 can be
attributed, in part, to resources
that help ensure students gradu-
ate like the Gap Fund, Pathway
Scholarship and the university’s
food pantry.
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One of the fastest-growing
departments at WVU is the
neuros cience department,
thanks to the newly established
Rockefeller Neuroscience Insti-
tute and its inaugural chair,
world-renowned neuroscientist
Dr. Randy Nelson.
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Shepherd’s Veterans to
Agriculture program provides
hands-on experience to military
veterans transitioning to civil-
ian life by providing training in
agricultural entrepreneurship
and sustainable food produc-
tion at the Shepherd University
Agricultural Innovation Center.
— JULY 10 —
Eastern West Virginia CTC’s
New Biz Launchpad, a busi-
ness accelerator focused on
developing entrepreneurial
opportunities for the Potomac
Highlands region, has engaged
more than 4,000 students and
worked with hundreds of busi-
nesses since it was founded
in 2015.
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Last year, Bluefield State’s
robotics team won its second
world championship at the
Intelligent Ground Vehicle
Competition, beating larger
schools like Georgia Tech as
well as teams from around
the world.
— JULY 12 —
Blue Ridge CTC has launched
environmental science techni-
cian certificate and degree pro-
grams to prepare students for
careers in safety and environ-
mental jobs that are applicable
to the manufacturing industry,
which has been experiencing
a growth surge in the Eastern
Panhandle.
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AB pioneered the nation’s
first baccalaureate physician
assistant program of its kind
in 1968 and the first post-bac-
calaureate physician assistant
master’s degree program in
1990, with graduates achieving
a 100 percent first-time pass
rate on the Physician Assistant
National Certifying Exam in
2017 and 2018.
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The associate degree in multi
disciplinary studies at WVU
Potomac State enables students
to customize their education by
combining three areas of focus
in a broad range of diverse fields
like communication studies,
psychology and history in
preparation for law school.
For the first time in the
school’s history, Marshall
was named an R2 research
institution by the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions
of Higher Education in 2019,
placing it among the top 6 per-
cent of colleges and universi-
ties in the nation.
— JULY 25 —
Expansions to New River
CTC’s offerings are in the
works as the college unveils
an advanced skill set certifi-
cation in barbering and pre-
pares to launch a cybersecu-
rity program and LPN to RN
pathway once official approv-
als are received.
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This year, Mountwest CTC
graduated the first class of
NewForce, a tuition-free, boot-
camp-style coding program it
developed in partnership with
Generation West Virginia to
train the local workforce on
in-demand software skills.
Glenville State is home to
the Women’s Leadership Circle,
a women’s organization that
assists with campus projects
while building a culture of
female empowerment to help
women prepare for and grow
in their careers and leadership
positions.
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Appalachian Bible College
is home to the longest-serving
college president in West Vir-
ginia at 36 years.
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WVU Tech, which is most
well-known for its STEM pro-
grams, has been training engi-
neers for more than 65 years
and has been ranked among
the top 100 undergraduate
engineering programs in the
country by U. S. News &
World Report for many years.
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