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The Humanities Department will be offering several courses in French and Spanish in the fall. The French classes are being offered as 8-week courses this semester with French 101 being offered the first half of the semester and French 102 being offered the second half. You can read more about the offerings here: Fall 2018 Language […]

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Join us as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein this year. Our first event is an interdisciplinary symposium featuring three faculty members from West Liberty University. According to event organizer, Dr. Angela Rehbein, “The goal of this symposium is to celebrate the bicentenary of the novel, which was originally published on January 1, 1818, […]

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7 pm, March 22 lecture is open to the public. JANUARY 31, 2018 BY MAUREEN ZAMBITO WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Jan. 31, 2018 — Best-selling author Jeannette Walls, who wrote the memoir, “The Glass Castle,” will be the guest lecturer at West Liberty University’s Hughes Lecture on Thursday, March 22. Free and open to the public, […]

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JANUARY 30, 2018 BY MAUREEN ZAMBITO WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Jan. 30, 2018 — West Liberty University Associate Professor of English Dr. Angela Rehbein co-edited a recent book of essays on women’s literature titled Women’s Literary Networks and Romanticism: “A Tribe of Authoresses.” The book is the first to focus specifically on women’s literary networks during […]

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                  Yesterday, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott visited with students in the Seminar on Urban and Rural Geography to discuss the ongoing efforts to revitalize downtown Wheeling. The mayor gave a 45-minute presentation which was followed by a lively discussion with WLU Geography and Planning majors.

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We want to recognize the accomplishments of our faculty this past year. We had three faculty members achieve tenure, including Dr. Dominique Hoche and Dr. Angela Rehbein, both of whom are Associate Professors of English. Dr. Gerard NeCastro, Professor of English and Dean of the College of Liberal and Creative Arts, also received tenure. In addition, Dr. Steve […]

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For the second year in a row, West Liberty University again hosted the West Virginia Undergraduate English Symposium. The event, which invites undergraduate students to share their literature research, celebrated its 25th year this year. Students represented institutions from around the state, including West Liberty University, Wheeling Jesuit, Concord University, Davis & Elkins College, Marshall University, and Shepherd University. The keynote address, […]

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Dr. Robert Gall, professor of religion and philosophy, has been selected to attend a National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota, starting this July. The institute in which he’s participating is titled “Challenges of Teaching World Religions.” According to the NEH website, “The Institute will be a four week workshop on […]

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Appalachian writer Maggie Anderson be in residence at West Liberty University on October 4th and 5th as part of the Hughes Lecture Series. Anderson is author of six books, including Dear All, which is due out next year from Four Way Books. Her poetry has been featured in several poetry journals and has appeared in […]

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Dr. Dave Thomas has recently had two of his poems published by Weelunk, an online magazine that features stories about the Wheeling area and the people who live there. Both poems feature local people. One, titled “just another warwood brat,” focuses on West Liberty State College’s former president, Clyde D. Campbell. It is a catalog […]

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