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Fairmont is a city in and county seat of Marion County,West Virginia,United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census,making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the Fairmont micropolitan area,which includes all of Marion County in North Central West Virginia and had a population of 56,205 in 2020. Fairmont is also a principal city of the larger Morgantown–Fairmont combined statistical area.
Elkins is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County,West Virginia,United States,along the Tygart Valley River. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins,a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 6,950 at the 2020 census and estimated at 6,895 in 2021. Elkins is home to Davis and Elkins College and the Mountain State Forest Festival,held in early October every year.
Henry Gassaway Davis was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904.
Bluefield State University is a public historically black university (HBCU) in Bluefield,West Virginia. Despite being an HBCU,Bluefield's undergraduate student body is now over 80% white. The university is part of West Virginia's public university education system.
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Heather Bresch is an American business executive. In 2012,she was named as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company Mylan,becoming the first woman to run a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. Bresch retired in 2020,upon the closing of Mylan’s combination with Upjohn. Bresch has been a central figure in two controversies:a 2007 accusation of inflating her resume with an unearned MBA degree,and as the CEO of Mylan during the 2016 controversy over pricing of the company's EpiPen products. In 2015,she was listed as #22 in Fortune magazine's “Most Powerful Women”list.
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The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It was named the 24th NCAA Division II conference and operates in the Great Lakes and East South Central States regions of the United States. The G-MAC began conference play in the 2012–13 academic year hosting 12 championships and continued to work through the educational assessment program. The conference received approval and became an active Division II conference in 2013–14,hosting 17 championships.
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Paul B. Marion,Jr. is an American university administrator and academic. During his long career in university administration,he served as director of higher education for the State of Arkansas,chancellor of the State College System of West Virginia,and presidents of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities,Franklin College in Indiana and Tiffin University in Ohio.
Sheri Everts is an American academic and educator serving as the chancellor of Appalachian State University in North Carolina.
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