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Douglass Land-Grant Institute is divided into three programmatic divisions: As a slave plantation, it belonged to Governor William H. His son, Samuel I. Cabell , married one of his slaves, Mary Barnes.
After his death, she sold the land to the state as the site of the West Virginia Colored Institute. Sam and Mary Cabell and their children are buried on the campus. The school was established as the West Virginia Colored Institute in under the second Morrill Act which provided for land-grant institutions for black students in the 17 states that had segregated schools. The school opened its doors in May and had an enrollment of over 40 students. The curriculum consisted of courses in agriculture, horticulture, mechanical arts, and domestic science.
Teacher education courses were added in Military education became an integral part of the school, and in the Legislature passed a bill to admit up to 60 cadets. In , Booker T. Washington recommended his friend and noted educator, Byrd Prillerman, to serve as president. He visited the campus often and spoke at its first commencement exercise.
From through , the school provided the equivalent of a high school education, with vocational training and teacher preparation for segregated public schools. In , it became the West Virginia Collegiate Institute and began to offer college degrees. In , John W. Davis became president of the institute. A Morehouse graduate, Davis recruited highly qualified faculty and focused on curriculum development.
He persuaded noted historian Carter G. Woodson to assist him as academic dean. In , the school was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , making it the first of 17 original black land-grand schools to be certified by a regional association and one of only four black colleges to gain such status. It also became the first public college in West Virginia to be accredited by North Central.
In , the name was changed to West Virginia State College. In , West Virginia State College became the first of six historically black colleges to be authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Authority to establish an aviation program.
Benefiting from the presence of the Wertz Field airport adjacent to campus, the program supplied a number of black pilots to the U. Several college aviators joined the famed 99th Fighter Squadron and nd Fighter Group the Tuskegee Airmen that served with distinction in the European Theater. In , following the Brown v.
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Board of Education to desegregate public education, the college transformed from an all-black college with a primarily residential population to a predominantly commuter school with mostly white students. Nearly white students applied for admission. By , African-Americans represented but 20 percent of the total student population. This unique case of "reverse integration" garnered national attention and President Wallace hailed it as "a tribute to the character and courage of the people of Kanawha Valley. In , the school lost its land grant status in part due to desegregation efforts.
The West Virginia Board of Education voted to end state funding needed to match federal land-grant aid to West Virginia State, the only land-grant institution to ever lose such funding. Although land-grant university funding is governed by federal laws, the federal aid is conditioned upon matching state funds. Under the leadership of President Hazo W.
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The first step toward regaining the status came when Gov. Gaston Caperton signed a bill on Feb.
With the assistance from West Virginia's U. Byrd , the U. Congress fully restored land-grant status in West Virginia State's birthright was restored and is recognized as an land-grant institution with recognition at the Federal level along with funding to carry out the mission of teaching, research, and public service. In , the school's community college , established in , was separately accredited as the West Virginia State Community and Technical College but remained administratively linked to West Virginia State College. In , the legislature fully separated the community and technical college.
However, both schools continued to share the same campus. Hemphill, the university set a goal to become the most student-centered research and teaching, land-grant university in West Virginia. Jenkins is the eleventh president of West Virginia State University; he assumed presidency on July 1, While president at West Virginia State, "Hemphill [oversaw] enrollment growth, expansion of academic programs and construction of several buildings on campus.
He also helped improved retention and graduation rates. Past presidents of the university include: James Edwin Campbell —94 , John H. Davis —53 , William J. Wallace —73 , Harold M. McNeill —81 , Thomas W. Several buildings on campus are named after them: James Edwin Campbell was a poet, free-lance writer, and mathematician from Pomeroy, Ohio. Following Campbell was John H. Hill, who was a lawyer, teacher, administrator, and soldier, who oversaw the university's first commencement. He resigned to fight in the Spanish—American War and later returned as an instructor.
James McHenry Jones was responsible for adding a "normal" department. He is buried on campus. Before becoming the fourth president, Byrd Prillerman was a faculty member and one of the people who were responsible for having the school located in the Kanawha Valley. During his tenure, academic programs were expanded and the institution was renamed the West Virginia Collegiate Institute. John Warren Davis focused on recruiting the best black faculty members he could find and developing the curriculum.
He persuaded noted historian, Carter G. Woodson, to assist him as Academic Dean. During his tenure, the school was first accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in , and the school became West Virginia State College in Davis is the longest-serving president, having served for thirty-four years.
William James Lord Wallace's greatest challenge of his presidency came following the U. Supreme Court's ruling, Brown v.
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