Marsh Hall and its Bell Tower

Concord University is a comprehensive, public, liberal arts institution located in Athens, West Virginia, founded on February 28, 1872, when the West Virginia Legislature passed "an Act to locate a Branch State Normal School, in Concord Church, in the County of Mercer". The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... Athens is a town located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym West Virginian Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area  Ranked 41st in the US  - Total 24,230 sq mi (62,755 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China Rural areas (also referred to as the country, countryside) are settled places outside towns and cities. ... This article is about the unit of measurement. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Binomial name Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) The puma (Puma concolor) is a type of large cat found in North, Central and South America. ... The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Athens is a town located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ... is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym West Virginian Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area  Ranked 41st in the US  - Total 24,230 sq mi (62,755 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ...

Founded by veterans of both the Union and the Confederacy, Concord is named for the ideal of "harmony and sweet fellowship". Animated map of secession, Civil War and re-admission:  States of the Union  Territories of the Union (including occupied territory)  States of the Confederacy  Territories claimed by Confederacy During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the twenty-three states of the United States... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial)  States that seceded under CSA control  States and territories claimed by CSA without formal secession and/or control Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia...

It is known for its picturesque campus which has been dubbed "The Campus Beautiful". The University also operates a center and conducts classes in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. Alfred Beckley Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA and founded on April 4, 1838. ...

History

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• 1872 — West Virginia State Legislature establishes the name of Concord for the new school
• 1875 — Classes start with 70 students
• 1887 — State funds provide for a new brick building on the site of the present Athens Middle School
• 1896 — Another post office in Hampshire County (WV) was called Concord; therefore, the town's name is changed to "Athens" after the Greek city and a center of learning
• 1910 — Fire destroys the original brick building and the campus was moved to its present site
• 1912 — A new building erected, called Old Main, which is currently known as Marsh Hall
• 1918 — Start of expansion with new residence halls, gymnasium, as well as academic programs
• 1931 — Name changed to "Concord State Teachers College"
• 1943 — Name changed to "Concord College" and the United States Army Air Corps 15th College Training Detachment uses the campus
• 1945 — Start of postwar enrollment growth and expansion of physical plant, including a new Science Building
• 1959 — Expansion of campus continues (College Center, student and faculty housing) as well as of the curriculum emphasizing quality and a cosmopolitan faculty
• 1973 — West Virginia Board of Regents and the State Legislature propose to merge Concord and Bluefield State colleges
• 1976 — The administrative merger is abolished and Concord's enrollment increases with new academic programs
• 2004 — Name changed to "Concord University"

Concord University Library

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Leading programs

• Education
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Pre-Law
• Political Science
• Pre-Medicine
• Mathematics
• Psychology
• Graphic Design
• Computer Science / Information Systems
• Social Work

Facilities

Entrance to the Science Hall

Art Building and part of the Theatre on the left

Residence halls, the North and South Towers

Student Center on the Athens campus

The new Nick J. Rahall Center

The Erma Byrd Higher Education Center Center in Beckley, WV

Concord University's campus features numerous buildings and facilities.

• The majority of administrative offices, as well as the education, social sciences, and languages and literature divisions, are located in Marsh Hall. Marsh Hall also features a 48-bell carillon atop the building.

• The Science Building, attached to Marsh Hall, houses science laboratories and the natural sciences division.

• The Alexander Fine Arts Center, home to the fine arts division, features the Main Auditorium, art galleries, H.C. Paul Theatre, art laboratories, classrooms, and the office of the student newspaper.

• The Carter Center houses the University's two gymnasiums, athletic offices, classrooms, racquetball courts, indoor athletic facilities, and the swimming pool.

• The Student Center features the University's cafeteria, food court, student government office, student support offices, mail office, and development, alumni, and public relations offices. The Student Center also features a ballroom and conference facilities.

• The Bonner House houses the offices of the Bonner Scholars Program, a conference room, the counseling center, and faculty offices.

• The Woodrum House is home to the University's honors program.

• The Maintenance Building houses the public safety offices, receiving station, and maintenance facilities. Witherspoon Park features faculty housing.

• The President's House and Vice President's House as well as other homes are located on campus.

• The campus also features an observatory.

• The campus also features the largest library in southern West Virginia, the J. Frank Marsh Library, which is a depository for federal documents. The library offers computer labs and facilities, microfiche, copying services, a juvenile section, and the University's archives. In the basement of the library, the University has its Center for Academic Technologies, which features a television studio, radio station and studio, a DNA laboratory, as well as distance education and technology classrooms.

• Concord University's outdoor athletic facilities include Callaghan Stadium featuring an artificial turf field funded by June O. Shott. Callaghan Stadium also features track and field facilities, tennis courts and a baseball/softball practice field. Anderson Field, located on the outskirts of the campus, features the soccer field and baseball/softball field.

• Concord University features five main residence halls: The Twin Towers, North (women's) and South (men's), Laura A. Sarvay Hall (women's), Damarius O. Wilson Hall (women's), and W.S. "Woody" Wooddell Hall, referred to on-campus as "The Woo" (men's).

• The new Nick Rahall Technology Center, a state-of-the-art facility. The new home of the School of Business, the Entrepreneurial Studies Program, the Center for Academic Technologies, and the University computer center. This US$14 million project is a central location for McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, Summers, Mercer and Monroe Counties of West Virginia where existing business may obtain training/orientation to technologies which will make them more productive, competitive, and profitable. The Center serves as a central location where promising startup companies may use modern, attractive housing, clerical support, low-cost part-time employees, first-rate consulting, and cutting edge technologies without a full range of startup capital. The Center also houses the Concord University Entrepreneurial Studies Program, supported by a grant from the Hugh Ike Shott Foundation. Incubator businesses, gifted Concord students, as well as professional Concord consulting faculty from the School of Business and other disciplines, are brought together in the Rahall Center to use the area's "brain trust" to create entrepreneurial advantages for Southern West Virginia.

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Other Campuses

Concord University's main campus is located in Athens, West Virginia. However, the University also operates a center in Beckley, Raleigh County. The facility is located in the Erma Byrd Center (named after the deceased spouse of Robert Byrd), 300 University Drive in Beaver (Access via I-64, Exit 125B, Airport Road). The Center was designed to serve as a catalyst to attract business and industry to the area.^[3] The Beckley office coordinates classes at the Erma Byrd Center as well as at several other facilities in and surrounding Beckley. Athens is a town located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ... Alfred Beckley Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA and founded on April 4, 1838. ... Raleigh County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. ... Beaver is a census-designated place located in Raleigh County, West Virginia. ...

Campus organizations

Concord sponsors nearly 200 on-campus organizations, including fraternities, sororities, religious and political organizations, an Art Society, chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Phi Omega, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Mu Xi Phi, Phi Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma, Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Zeta, College Republicans, Young Democrats, and a chapter of Amtgard known as the "Shire of Nowhere Mountains." In the winter of 2006, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta were voted in as new sororities on campus, with a colonization date unknown as of May, 2007. Alpha Sigma Alpha (ΑΣΑ) is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at Longwood College (now University) in Farmville, Virginia. ... Sigma Sigma Sigma (ΣΣΣ), also known as Tri Sigma or Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 92,000 members (as of August 1, 2006). ... ΦAΔ (Phi Alpha Delta), or PAD, is the largest co-ed professional law fraternity in the United States of America. ... Alpha Phi Omega (commonly known as APO, but also ΑΦΩ, A-Phi-O, and A-Phi-Q) is a co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership development, [1] and social opportunities to college students. ... Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or IPA: , as in teak wood) is a college fraternity founded on January 10th, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren... Phi Sigma Phi is a fraternity. ... Pi Kappa Phi is a national social fraternity that was founded in the spirit of nu phi, meaning non-fraternity. ... Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity or Sig Tau is a U.S. all-male college social fraternity founded on June 28, 1920 at University of Central Missouri (then known as Central Missouri State Teachers College). ... Alpha Sigma Tau (AΣT) Sorority is a national collegiate sorority founded on November 4, 1899 at Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University). ... Delta Zeta (ΔΖ) is a college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ... The College Republicans is an organization for college and university students who support the Republican Party of the United States. ... The Young Democrats of America (YDA) has been the official youth arm of the Democratic Party since 1932. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆΚΆ) is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Concord University Student Government Association (SGA) is responsible for many changes on campus, and is active in every aspect of Concord life. Unlike at other universities, Greek organizations have only a minority of official representation in SGA, though Greeks may also serve as representatives for non-Greek organizations, senators, justices, and even executives. The Student Government at Concord University is especially influential compared to other SGAs in West Virginia, and is noted for its model judicial system wherein a student court, comprised entirely of students, handles the majority of adjudications for most student offenses. Greek organizations are fraternities and sororities, so-called for their tradition of using letters from the Greek alphabet as their names; e. ...

Athletics

A football game on campus

A mountain lion in front of the library

Concord University is home to many intercollegiate and intramural athletics teams. The intercollegiate men's teams include: football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, track and field, soccer[1], and cross country. The women's intercollegiate teams include basketball, softball, cheerleading, soccer, tennis, golf, track and field, and cross country. Concord University is a NCAA Division II school, and a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Office of Student Affairs provides intramurals in many athletic activities, including flag football, volleyball, and basketball. The term intramural is most commonly associated with sports within a school. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) is a college athletic conference which operates entirely within the U.S. state of West Virginia. ...

Notable alumni

Freida J. Riley, (Alpha Sigma Alpha) - Teacher, her work as a teacher influenced the Rocket Boys, subjects of the movie October Sky. Freida J. Riley (1937 – August 5, 1969) was an American science and math teacher who taught at Big Creek High School in War, West Virginia while suffering from Hodgkins Disease. ... Alpha Sigma Alpha (ΑΣΑ) is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at Longwood College (now University) in Farmville, Virginia. ... Rocket Boys AKA October Sky is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. ... October Sky is a 1999 movie based on the book Rocket Boys, an autobiographical book by Homer Hickam. ...

Future

Interfaith Chapel at University Point - The Concord Interfaith Chapel Foundation is working to convert the dream of a tolerant and open worship space for all faiths into reality, as plans are refined and gifts are received. It will be home to the Wilkes Family Interfaith Chapel and Museum and the Erickson Alumni Center. Taken during a Hindu prayer ceremony on the eve of Diwali. ... The term interfaith or interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions, (ie. ...

Notes

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External links

• Concord University website
• Concord University Mountain Lions athletics
• J. Frank Marsh Library
• The Concordian (student newspaper)
• Student Activities Committee