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Orientation Weekend for New Students Ushers in Fall Semester at GSC
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August 23, 2016
 Around 350 freshmen arrived on campus at Glenville State College on Friday, August 19 for the 2016 fall term. Glenville State College's class of 2020 is made up of students from throughout West Virginia, sixteen other states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.
Barr Announces Final Year of Presidency at GSC
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August 17, 2016
 Glenville State College President Dr. Peter Barr has announced that he will retire from the institution in June 2017. Barr will continue his service to GSC through the 2016-17 academic year.
West Virginia Authors to Present at GSC Workshop
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July 29, 2016
 Three authors of works set in West Virginia will be visiting Glenville State College on Tuesday, August 2, as part of a five-day workshop for 25 middle school teachers. The authors will discuss their work and how it relates to connecting subject content and local communities. The teachers of grades 6-8 who are attending the workshop are primarily instructors of reading, social studies, and math. Content material will include historical and informational texts that are specific to West Virginia. Participants will create and share cross-curricular lessons for the various resources they will receive for their classrooms.
GSC Invites Community to Help Welcome Incoming Students
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July 15, 2016
 To help the new students learn about the Glenville community—including local businesses, churches, and other groups that might interest them—GSC is hosting a Community and Campus Organization Fair.
Hidden Promise Program Now in All WV Counties
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July 11, 2016
 Since the early stages of Glenville State College’s Hidden Promise program, both college officials and public school administrators have had the same common desires for students in the Mountain State: increase the high school and college graduation rates, better prepare them for college enrollment, encourage increased college attendance, and improve their overall success in pursuits of higher education.
GSC Receives Invitation to Participate in U.S. Department of Education Dual Enrollment Experiment
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May 16, 2016
 Today, the U.S. Department of Education is inviting Glenville State College and 43 other postsecondary institutions across the nation to participate in an experiment that, for the first time, allows students taking college-credit courses to access Federal Pell Grants as early as high school. As part of this experiment, an estimated 10,000 high school students will have the opportunity to access approximately $20 million in Federal Pell Grants to take dual enrollment courses provided by colleges and high schools throughout the nation. GSC is the only higher education institution in West Virginia invited to participate.
Chi Beta Phi Awards Scholarship
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May 13, 2016
 After a successful campus fundraiser selling ramps and hot dog lunches, the Glenville State College Alpha Iota chapter of the science honor society Chi Beta Phi has awarded its first scholarship to a student in the organization.
Gibbons Selected as Fulbright Scholar
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May 11, 2016
 Glenville State College Assistant Professor of Spanish and Director of International Programs Dr. Megan Gibbons has been selected as a Fulbright scholar through the internationally recognized Fulbright Program.