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Orientation Weekend Kicks off New Academic Year at GSC
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August 21, 2017
 The fall 2017 semester has official begun at Â鶹ÊÓƵState College with the addition of over 300 freshmen who arrived on campus prior to classes beginning to take part in orientation activities. In addition to moving in, the students were welcomed with social events and other activities to help ease them into life as a student at GSC.
With incoming Â鶹ÊÓƵState College President Dr. Tracy Pellett at the podium, (l-r) Delegate Roger Hanshaw (R-Clay), GSC student Justin Woods, Board of Governors Chair Greg Smith, Student Government Association President Cameron Woods, and Delegate Brent Boggs (D-Braxton) listen to his announcement on Thursday morning
No Tuition Hike for 2017-18 at Â鶹ÊÓƵState College
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June 22, 2017
 Despite another year of appropriation cuts to higher education in the Mountain State, Â鶹ÊÓƵState College announced Thursday that it would not be increasing student tuition and fees to offset the difference. Backed by the College’s Board of Governors, alumni, faculty, staff, students, and community members, incoming Â鶹ÊÓƵState College President Dr. Tracy Pellett made the announcement at GSC’s Waco Center.
Copies of Preserving and Responding are now available
Â鶹ÊÓƵState College History Book Now Available
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June 20, 2017
 A full-color photo and history book about the last twenty years at Â鶹ÊÓƵState College has recently been completed. The book, Preserving and Responding, can be purchased from the Â鶹ÊÓƵState College Foundation or at the campus Bookstore for $24.99 (shipping included). The book is a companion to Nelson Wells’ and Charles Holt’s Lighthouse on the Hill, which chronicled the College’s history from 1872 through 1997.
Kids Swim Camp to be held at GSC
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May 24, 2017
 Â鶹ÊÓƵState College will be the site of a Swim Camp being held this summer for local children in order to teach them about water safety and swimming techniques. The day camp is scheduled to take place Tuesday, May 30 through Friday, June 16. Each week the camp will run Tuesday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until noon. The camp will take place in GSC’s Health and Physical Education Building.
Commencement Ceremony is May 6 at GSC
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May 1, 2017
 The 143rd Â鶹ÊÓƵState College Commencement Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 6 beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the college’s Waco Center.
Parkersburg Couple Form Scholarships to Support GSC Pioneer, Education Students
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April 25, 2017
 Ronald V. and Kathryn J. Stoops, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, have recently funded a dual scholarship program that will allow for $1,000 awards to be made annually to the Â鶹ÊÓƵState College Pioneer Mascot as well as an upperclassman education major from Wood County, WV who graduated from Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg South High School, Williamstown High School, or Parkersburg Catholic High School.
GSC Concert Band to Hold Spring Concert
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April 19, 2017
 Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵState College Concert Band will be performing their annual spring concert on Friday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the GSC Fine Arts Center Auditorium.