Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (Southern) is a

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with its main campus in

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. It is part of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System.

History

The school was founded as the

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and Williamson branches of Marshall College in 1960 and renamed as branches of

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when their mother institution achieved university status in 1961. It had community college jurisdiction over

and

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counties. In both cases, the schools were housed in the buildings that had been surplussed by the desegregation of public education. The "branch college", as it was often called, sported basketball teams at each of its two campuses. In 1970, the two branches were merged and became a stand-alone community college. The college's jurisdiction was expanded to include Boone County and Wyoming County. Classes in these counties were held in leased locations until 1971, when a permanent building was constructed in Williamson. In the 1980s, the college was refocused and permanent buildings were built in each county.

Academics

Southern provides both

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s in 2-year fields (career/technical programs) and the first two years of a four-year degree in the anticipation of a transfer to a bachelor's level institution. The service area of the school was expanded by 1995 legislation that divided West Virginia into eleven districts. Southern serves all of Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming counties. Approximately 1,100 students are enrolled. Less than half of them attend part-time. The school has no residential programs and no athletics. It does have school colors, gold and black.

Locations

Campus locations are in

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, Williamson and

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* {{authority control Two-year colleges in the United States West Virginia Community and Technical College System Education in Boone County, West Virginia Education in Logan County, West Virginia Education in Mingo County, West Virginia Education in Wyoming County, West Virginia Educational institutions established in 1960 Buildings and structures in Boone County, West Virginia Buildings and structures in Mingo County, West Virginia 1960 establishments in West Virginia