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Fairmont State University has announced the winners of the annual M.M. Neely Persuasive Speaking Contest.

Enjoy a day of golf and support Fairmont State athletes at the 13th annual Giant Eagle/Fairmont State Golf Tournament, set for Friday, May 20, at Bridgeport Country Club.

Fairmont State University honored students for their academic achievement and named scholarship recipients at the 28th annual Academic Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 15.

Two Marion County educators have been honored with Fairmont State University’s Harry J. Hadley Award for Teaching Excellence.

Three Fairmont State University faculty members were honored at the recent 28th annual Academic Awards Ceremony.

Fairmont State Community & Technical College is participating in a Fast Track Jobs program that provides residents of North Central West Virginia with access to quick, convenient job training for positions with companies that are currently hiring. Fast Track Jobs are training programs that can be completed in 90 days or less.

Several events featuring the famed Rocket Boys and space themes are planned as part of National Teachers Appreciation Week, May 2-6.

At a special recognition ceremony held recently at the Cultural Center in Charleston, Barry Snyder, Fairmont State University Professor of Art, was awarded a $3,500 West Virginia Fellowship Grant as part of the Governor’s Arts Award program.

Fairmont State’s Community Music Program has announced its recitalists for the Music-O-Rama event planned for Saturday, April 30, at the Sears Court at Meadowbrook Mall.

Fairmont State University has been granted specialized accreditation of business degree programs by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education.

Kappa Delta Pi, Fairmont State’s education honorary, presented 85 T-shirts to the America/Fairmont State Reads students at East Park Elementary and Blackshere Elementary.

The Fairmont State GEAR UP Partnership will sponsor its annual Family Day on Saturday, May 7.

Veda Joshi, a native of Nepal who resides in California, and his family have made a $5,000 gift to the Nepal Scholarship Fund at Fairmont State.

Fairmont State, in conjunction with the Appalachian Brass Quintet, will offer the 2005 West Virginia Brass Academy from June 19 to 24 on the FS campus.

Through the Student Affairs/Student Government Travel Scholarship Program, 10 Fairmont State students have been selected to receive scholarships for a study tour experience sponsored by the West Virginia Folklife Center.

The Fairmont State Collegiate Singers, under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Poland, will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in Colebank Hall.

The Spring Juried Student Exhibition is now on display in the Tower Room of Wallman Hall at Fairmont State.

Fairmont State theatre student Steve McElroy of Fairmont is planning to present another performance of his original office comedy, “Stuck Here with You,” which debuted last spring at FS. This year, the play will be accompanied by its never-before-seen sequel, “Stuck Here With You 2: Holiday Boogaloo.”

A Marion County couple’s belief in the importance of higher education has resulted in a new scholarship at Fairmont State. The Datha and Gene Smith Endowed Scholarship has been established through the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc.