Fairmont State University will host the West Virginia Music Teachers Association State Conference on Friday, Oct. 30. Guest artists are the Kandinsky Trio and storyteller Connie Regan-Blake.
The ninth annual Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala will honor a nationally prominent storyteller and the state's storytelling guild. This year's theme is "The Festival of the Story."
A Pierpont Community & Technical College faculty member will speak at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 8, as a Distinguished Lecturer in Criminal Justice.
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University is sponsoring a travel abroad program called Roads to Appalachia through Eastern Europe 2010: From the Carpathians to the Alleghenies. The trip will explore the life, culture and root heritage of Eastern Europeans in West Virginia.
Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College will host a Campus Visitation Day on Saturday, Oct. 31. The event is designed for high school students and their families and adults who are deciding where to continue their education.
The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will perform on the Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College main campus in Fairmont at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in Colebank Hall.
With the theme, "Expedition Around the World," Fairmont State University's and Pierpont Community & Technical College's Homecoming 2009, set for Oct. 5-10, will be a week packed with alumni, athletics, student and community events.
Six exceptional alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m., as part of Fairmont State University's and Pierpont Community & Technical College's Homecoming 2009, "Expedition Around the World."
The Fairmont State (and Pierpont Community & Technical College) Alumni Association will celebrate the golden anniversary of the class of 1959 as part of events planned for Homecoming 2009, "Expedition Around the World," Oct. 5-10.
Fairmont State University has named A.P. "Bun" Perkinson as Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc. He will begin his duties on Oct. 19.
Fairmont State University's FSU Reads program is preparing for the fall reading enrichment program for elementary school students, grades kindergarten through fourth. Sessions will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 5, and continue each Tuesday through Nov. 17 from 4 to 5 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church on the corner of Fairmont Avenue and Fourth Street in Fairmont.
As part of Fairmont State University's and Pierpont Community & Technical College's Celebration of Ideas Lecture Series and Homecoming 2009, alumnus Alieu Demba will speak on Thursday, Oct. 1.
The traditional Homecoming Parade for Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College presented by Student Government will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in downtown Fairmont. The parade is sponsored by the Times West Virginian.
Coal dust runs through the veins of the people of North Central West Virginia. Unfortunately, the history of the coal industry also includes tragedy -- Monongah in 1907, Farmington in 1968, Sago in 2006. These dark days are woven into the collective memories of a region.
Beginning this fall, Pierpont Community & Technical College's Lewis County Center now offers professional assistance for students with personal problems, issues with social relationships or the understanding of themselves of others.
The ninth annual Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala will honor a nationally prominent storyteller and the state's storytelling guild.
