There comes a time in every person’s life when they are affected by cancer. For those who don’t know or don’t quite understand, cancer is when your dividing cells begin to divide uncontrollably, resulting in what is known as a tumor. Tumors anywhere are bad news; the unchecked and untreated […]
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Undergraduate Research Day
Have you ever wondered how your sleeping habits affect your GPA? Are you interested in curing cancer? Do you enjoy programming, psychology, or literary conjecture? Then chances are you were in attendance at the 9th Annual Concord University Undergraduate Research Day on April 14, 2016 in the Student Center Ballroom. […]
Box City Sheds Light
The Concord University Bonner Scholars gave the university a small taste of a problem plaguing thousands of people in the United States: homelessness. Hannah Suydam is a veteran Bonner scholar and took the initiative to organize this year’s Box City event. “Box City is a 24 hour event […]
Towers Renovations Officially Begin
Whether you’re just finishing your first semester or your last here at Concord University, chances are that you’ve heard about the renovation to the Towers dormitory. Over the years, several rumors and plans have floated around campus about what’s going to happen and when it will happen. Now, students […]
Students Compete in State Literary Symposium
On March 19, 2016, West Liberty University hosted the 24th Annual West Virginia Undergraduate Literary Symposium. 31 applicants from eight WV colleges and universities submitted original papers on literary topics for presentation at this competitive event. Of these 31 applicants, 23 were selected to present their essays orally at the […]
New Geography Courses
Beginning in the spring of 2017, Concord University’s geography department will be proud to offer a new addition to their mapping and Geographic Information Systems The course will focus on drone mapping. This course will be only the third of its kind in the state of West Virginia, hopefully […]
Loan Dashboard Now Available
Americans in general place a great deal of respect on and pay a great amount of attention to higher education. From the moment a student first sets foot into high school, they are bombarded with the message “Go to college, earn a degree in something, and you too can become […]
Concord Hosts Symposium on Poverty
Poverty is a growing problem in this country and around the world. Photo by Mark Stuart With the new addition of the loan dashboard to the MyCU page, many students might be thinking about how they’re going to start paying their loans back. Those students will be considering how they’re […]
Diversity for Equality Grant
Concord University is in an annual competition with many other colleges in West Virginia for a large grant from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission by the name of the Diversity for Equity Grant. This grant is awarded to colleges that have a well balanced and established ethnic foreground, […]
Safe Zone
As well as recent national and state Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Questioning (LGBTQ) equality movements, Concord’s Safe Zone program is also taking measures to create an LGBTQ-friendly collegiate atmosphere. The Concord University Safe Zone program was established in 2009 to eliminate homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism on campus. “Safe Zone” seeks to […]