Mountwest Community and Technical College (MCTC) is a

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Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A ...

. It is one of ten regional community colleges in the West Virginia Community and Technical College System. The college offers

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programs including several career courses in maritime through its Inland Waterways Academy.Maritime Programs & Inland Waterways Academy Courses
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Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges ...

. In 2008, the state decided that community colleges and state colleges should be separated into different institutions, and the constituent college was "divorced" from the university. Under an agreement between the two schools, MCTC was permitted to use its original Marshall Community and Technical College name until 2011, at which time it had to adopt a new name that does not use the Marshall

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. The new Mountwest name was announced in November 2009. In 2012, the school stopped leasing space at Marshall and purchased a former office building from Ashland Incorporated.

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* Buildings and structures in Huntington, West Virginia Education in Cabell County, West Virginia West Virginia Community and Technical College System 2008 establishments in West Virginia Educational institutions established in 2008 {{WestVirginia-university-stub