by Susan Moore
Change at every level is inevitable and with change comes great expectation for the future. Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, president at WVU Parkersburg has seen great changes in her campus since her start here in 2004 with many more to follow.
Dr. Gnage’s vision goes far beyond the walls of the campus. She strongly believes in the school’s strategic plan and the vision that the college will be the “regional college of choice.”
“WVU Parkersburg has much more to offer than the other colleges in the area,” Dr. Gnage said. “We are a full service institution who will evolve to the needs of our community,”
With the addition of the downtown campus, which is making slow progress due to funding setbacks, Dr. Gnage hopes that the college will be able to offer the facility to businesses as an off-site training and meeting center.
“We are moving at a pace that a small college can move,” she said.
Area businesses would be able to use the conference rooms for off-site webinars, training sessions or meetings. There is no definite date for completion.
With these additions, Dr. Gnage hopes that there will be a direct connection between the main campus and the downtown center.
Culinary Arts is one of the degree programs the college will offer at the downtown campus. There are also plans in the works for an agriculture degree offering at the main campus.
The expectation would be that the agriculture students, while learning the field, would grow and harvest the goods used for the culinary arts students. This would provide a direct connection between campuses, the students and the programs.
With the community in mind, the college will also encourage residents with a product idea who need the additional space to use the downtown kitchen facility as a way to produce and market their product.
Being the college that offers the most to its community is what WVU Parkersburg hopes to accomplish with the addition of all the new facilities.
“Whatever the Mid-Ohio Valley needs, we want to offer,” Dr. Gnage said.
Change at every level is inevitable and with change comes great expectation for the future. Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, president at WVU Parkersburg has seen great changes in her campus since her start here in 2004 with many more to follow.
Dr. Gnage’s vision goes far beyond the walls of the campus. She strongly believes in the school’s strategic plan and the vision that the college will be the “regional college of choice.”
“WVU Parkersburg has much more to offer than the other colleges in the area,” Dr. Gnage said. “We are a full service institution who will evolve to the needs of our community,”
With the addition of the downtown campus, which is making slow progress due to funding setbacks, Dr. Gnage hopes that the college will be able to offer the facility to businesses as an off-site training and meeting center.
“We are moving at a pace that a small college can move,” she said.
Area businesses would be able to use the conference rooms for off-site webinars, training sessions or meetings. There is no definite date for completion.
With these additions, Dr. Gnage hopes that there will be a direct connection between the main campus and the downtown center.
Culinary Arts is one of the degree programs the college will offer at the downtown campus. There are also plans in the works for an agriculture degree offering at the main campus.
The expectation would be that the agriculture students, while learning the field, would grow and harvest the goods used for the culinary arts students. This would provide a direct connection between campuses, the students and the programs.
With the community in mind, the college will also encourage residents with a product idea who need the additional space to use the downtown kitchen facility as a way to produce and market their product.
Being the college that offers the most to its community is what WVU Parkersburg hopes to accomplish with the addition of all the new facilities.
“Whatever the Mid-Ohio Valley needs, we want to offer,” Dr. Gnage said.