Ginny R. Favede | |
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13thPresident of Wheeling University | |
In office October 7, 2019 –20 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Michael P. Mihalyo,Jr. |
Personal details | |
Residence(s) | Wheeling,West Virginia |
Alma mater | The Ohio State University |
Profession | College administrator,Educator |
Ginny R. Favede is the 13th president of Wheeling University,in Wheeling,West Virginia,serving from October 2019 to February 2024. [1] [2] [3]
Originally from the Dayton,Ohio area,Favede is the youngest of ten siblings. She is married to Lee Favede,an optometrist who practices in Bridgeport after the two met while in university. [4] They have two children,Frank and Cecelia. [5]
Favede received her B.A. in Political Science from Ohio State University.
Favede served as a member of the St. Clairsville City Council and as a County Commissioner of Belmont County,Ohio. [6] [4] She ran for 95th District Ohio House of Representatives in 2016. [7] [8]
Immediately prior to her presidency,Favede was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees of Wheeling University. [9] After her appointment as president in October 2019,she has overseen the transition of Wheeling University from its former name of Wheeling Jesuit University and introduced a number of directives aimed at stabilizing the tenuous financial position of the institution. [10] [11] She was suspended by the university in February 2024;the reason has not been stated publicly. [3] [12]
Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia,and forms part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the population was 42,425. Its county seat is Wheeling. The county was formed in 1776 from the District of West Augusta,Virginia. It was named for the Ohio River,which forms its western boundary with the state of Ohio. West Liberty was designated as the county seat in 1777,serving to 1797.
Belmont County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census,the population was 66,497. Its county seat is St. Clairsville,while its largest city is Martins Ferry. The county was created on September 7,1801,and organized on November 7,1801. It takes its name from the French for "beautiful mountain".
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Thomas David Carr was an American thief,arsonist,war criminal and self-confessed serial killer. He was hanged in 1870 for murdering 13-year-old Louisa Fox in Kirkwood Township,Belmont County,Ohio,and shortly before his execution,he confessed to murdering 14 men,including to participating in a famous 1867 murder that occurred in West Virginia.
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