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Fairmont State University
Hardway Hall
TypePublic
Established1865
EndowmentUS $8.76 million
PresidentDr. Maria Rose
ProvostDr. Christina Lavorata, interim
Academic staff
597 (200 full time)
Students7,740
UndergraduatesApprox. 7,100
PostgraduatesApprox. 600
Address
1201 Locust Ave.
Fairmont, WV 26554
,
Fairmont
,
WV
,
USA
CampusUrban - 120 Acres
NicknamesFighting Falcons
Lady Falcons
ColorsMaroon and White    
AffiliationsNCAA Division II: WVIAC
Websitewww.fairmontstate.edu

Fairmont State University is a public university located in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA. Enrollment of the university is about 7,700 and offers masters degrees in business, education, teaching, criminal justice and nursing in addition to 90 baccalaureate and 50 associate degrees. [1]

History/name changes

Fairmont State was founded as a private institution in 1865 in the basement of the Methodist Protestant Church at 418 Quincy Street. It was known as the West Virginia Normal School at Fairmont and was dedicated to educating teachers. March 9, 1868, it was purchased by the state from the Regency of the West Virginia Normal School which had been formed in 1866. With this purchase, this private normal school became a branch of the State Normal School at Marshall College.

From 1868 to 1892, the school was known variously as Fairmont Normal School, the Fairmont Branch of the West Virginia Normal School, the Branch of the West Virginia Normal School at Fairmont, a branch of the West Virginia State Normal School at Marshall College, but most commonly as Fairmont State Normal School. By 1892 the designation of "branch" had fallen into disuse by FSNS. It was renamed Fairmont State Teachers College in 1931 and Fairmont State College in 1943. On April 7, 2004, Governor Bob Wise signed legislation changing its name to Fairmont State University.

The Fairmont Normal School Administration Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[2]

Community and Technical College

In 1974, a community college component was founded. This became independently accredited as the Fairmont State Community and Technical College in 2003 and was merged into the university in 2006 and was renamed Pierpont Community & Technical College.

Athletics

Fairmont State's athletic teams, known as the Falcons, compete in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. The league will disband following the 2012-13 season, and the school will join the new Mountain East Conference.

Honor societies

Social organizations

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

  1. ^ Turner, Dr. William P., "A Centennial History of Fairmont State College", Fairmont State College, Fairmont, WV, 1970
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

See also

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