Fairmont State University

1201 Locust Ave, Fairmont, WV 26554-247 -  View Map

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• The history of Fairmont State is part and parcel of the history of public education in West Virginia. Founded in 1865, two years after the state was admitted into the Union, the university was established as the West Virginia Normal School at Fairmont—a private institution dedicated to educating teachers.
• When you enroll at Fairmont State, it's like putting your foot on the first rung of a ladder—a ladder that will take you places you can hardly imagine now. Each step up the ladder to a two-year degree through the four-year degree and even on to graduate school, will add skills, credentials and experiences you can use professionally, personally and as a member of your community.
• Fairmont State University offers 90 baccalaureate majors and graduate programs in nursing, education and criminal justice. Pierpont Community & Technical College offers 50 associate degrees, certificate degrees and skill-set certificates. Fairmont State is an institution that emphasizes teaching; faculty are hired for their teaching ability and their commitment to help students succeed.
• More than 86 clubs, organizations, student publications, honoraries, sororities and fraternities and intramural sports are available in the college campus. Fairmont State is a member of the NCAA Division II and the West Virginia Inercollegiate Athletics Conference.
• Fairmont State University sits on a graceful 90-acre campus on a hill with lovely views of wooded hills. And you should see the sunsets.
• Profile last updated: 01/11/2010.

In the News:

• W.Va. school using new tool to expedite counseling (Washington Examiner)
  posted on July 16, 2011 at 03:59:00 pm
  The Associated Press The Associated Press FAIRMONT, W.Va. Fairmont State University's Counseling Center has a new tool to help counselors more quickly identify students in serious distress. Students seeking treatment now fill out a questionnaire on the Behavioral Health Measure, a computerized mental health assessment program. The 48 yes-or-no questions are answered by students before their ...
• W.Va. school using new tool to expedite counseling (WVVA Bluefield)
  posted on July 16, 2011 at 03:30:08 pm
  Fairmont State University's Counseling Center has a new tool to help counselors more quickly identify students in serious distress.
• Teams forced to dig deep at Jam Fest (The Times West Virginian)
  posted on July 16, 2011 at 09:10:33 am
  To be able to win tournaments, teams have to be able to grind. For some squads at the Hoop Group Jam Fest, that meant playing three games per day, two days in a row. Elimination play took place Friday at the Feaster Center and Falcon Center on the Fairmont State University campus, with teams from all over trying to survive and move on to the next round of the tournament.
• New program helps Fairmont students get care faster (The Charleston Gazette)
  posted on July 16, 2011 at 03:48:01 am
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Students in the waiting room at Fairmont State Universitys Counseling Center spend the few minutes before their appointment in front of a computer, filling out a questionnaire that evaluates their emotional and psychological state....
• FSU football recruit pleads not guilty to obstruction charge (The Times West Virginian)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 09:11:44 am
  A Fairmont State University football recruit pled not guilty to charges of obstruction of a Morgantown Police officer and battery.    Timothy Leon Orange II, 21, of Fairmont, was arrested in June after he was Tased by police around 2 a.m. on Chesnut Street outside Bent Willey’s bar. 

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