Higher Education Day was staged at the West Virginia State Capitol on Friday, February 19th. The annual event is designed to salute West Virginiaâs higher education institutions and to inform students, policymakers, and the public about postsecondary educational opportunities in West Virginia.
Representatives from over thirty West Virginia Colleges and Universities set up displays in the upper rotunda of the West Virginia State Capitol Building promoting their institutions. Faculty, staff, and students from each institution manned their booth from 9:00 a.m. to noon handing out information, talking with the public, and visiting with members of the West Virginia Legislature.
Dr. Brian Noland, Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (WVHEPC), and Jim Skidmore, Chancellor of the West Virginia Council of Community and Technical College Education, hosted West Virginia Higher Education Day 2010.
GSC representatives attending the event included GSC Provost and Senior Vice President Dr. Kathy Butler, Executiv
e Assistant to the President and Hidden Promise Scholar Program Director Teresa Sterns, GSC Community Engagement Coordinator and Hidden Promise Scholar Program Coordinator Keith Barr, and GSC Director of Alumni Affairs and Special Assistant to the President Debbie Nagy.
- GSC students got the chance to meet West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin during Higher Education Day. Pictured with the Governor are (L-R) Tim Dolan, Hunter Hamrick, Joe Evans, and Sonja Meadows.
Four GSC students were in attendance; senior Hunter Hamrick representing GSC Athletics, senior Sonja Meadows from the GSC Education Department, senior Joe Evans from the GSC Business Department, and junior Tim Nolan representing the GSC Land Resources Department.
The Glenville State College Chamber Singers also took part in Higher Education Day. Under the direction of Professor Teresa Dody with Mrs. Anita White a
s accompanist, the GSC Chamber Singers performed in the West Virginia Senate Chambers at the request of the Commissioner of the
West Virginia Department of Culture and History Randall Reid-Smith and State Senator Douglas Facemire. The group sang âThe Last Words of Davidâ and âMy Home Among the Hills.â During the morning, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin met with the Presidents and Provosts of the stateâs higher education institutions and members of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to discuss issues of concern.
