50th Anniversary for West Virginia Northern Community College

West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) is beginning its 50th anniversary celebration. The reporting by the Wetzel Chronicle, "WVNCC celebrates their 50th anniversary," offers information on upcoming events.

WVNCC was "...established on May 9, 1972, when the West Virginia Board of Regents created a dual-campus community college out of what was formerly the Hancock County Branch and the Wheeling Campus of West Liberty State College. The Board specified that the newly created institution was to be a comprehensive community college responsible for educational programs of two years or less duration for high school graduates and adults. Responding to local needs, Northern opened a campus in New Martinsville in 1975 and a campus in Weirton in 1985."