Wesley | |
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  Wesley Location within the state of West Virginia  Wesley Wesley (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°10′42″N81°43′59″W / 39.17833°N 81.73306°W Coordinates: 39°10′42″N81°43′59″W / 39.17833°N 81.73306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wood |
| Elevation | 745 ft (227 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1560541 [1] |
Wesley was an unincorporated community located in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
Francis Asbury was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage thousands of miles to those living on the frontier.
John Wesley Powell was a geologist, U.S. soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon.
West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private liberal arts college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It has an enrollment of about 1,400 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is currently affiliated with the United Methodist Church. West Virginia Wesleyan College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
William Casey Marland, a Democrat, was the 24th Governor of West Virginia from 1953 to 1957. He is best known for his early attempts to tax companies that depleted the state's natural resources, especially coal, as well as overseeing implementation of school desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement when other Southern governors opposed it. Near the end of his life, he re-entered the public stage when a reporter found him driving a cab in Chicago. He responded to the negative publicity by making a public statement to the media about his recovery from alcoholism and indicated that his new, relatively humble job helped in that recovery.
A Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist campus ministry sponsored in full or in part by the United Methodist Church on a non-church owned and operated campus. Wesley Foundations claim ancestry in the founding "Holy Club" of the Methodist movement, a group of students at Oxford University guided by Wesley in "methodical" study, prayer, and self-discipline. Today a Wesley Foundation is the presence of the United Methodist Church on or near, and in service to, a state-run, non-church affiliated college or university.
"Guise Will Be Guise" is episode 6 of season 2 in the television show Angel. Written by Jane Espenson and directed by Krishna Rao, it was originally broadcast on November 7, 2000 on the WB network. In "Guise Will Be Guise", Angel seeks out the guidance of a swami, while Wesley is forced to impersonate Angel when a powerful businessman demands that Angel guard his daughter Virginia. However, the swami is an impostor trying to keep Angel away from Los Angeles so that one of Virginia's father's competitors can capture her. He wants to do this so she can't be ritually sacrificed, which would give her father great power.
William N. Johnston became the 16th president of Wesley College (Delaware) in June 2008 and retired in July 2015. Previous to this post Johnston served as the 27th president of Iowa Wesleyan College for six years, and as a lower level administrator at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Ashland University in Ohio.
Sigma Theta Epsilon (ΣΘΕ) is an interdenominational national Christian fraternal organization, currently with two active chapters. Originally called Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Theta Epsilon Christian Fraternity traces its history to Phi Tau Theta's founding in April 7, 1925 at Lincoln, Nebraska and Sigma Epsilon Theta's founding in 1936 at Indiana University.
Golden Skillet is a fast-food chain selling fried chicken that began in Richmond, Virginia. The first Golden Skillet chicken was sold in 1964 at the downtown Richmond department store Thalhimer's. It was the recipe of Clifton W. Guthrie, who first served the recipe at a Richmond Planning Commission meeting. Thalhimer executive Newman Hamblet was there, and decided to add it to the menu at the downtown store's Richmond Room. It was originally called Chicken and Spice and Virginia Fried Chicken.
George Wesley Atkinson, a cavalryman, lawyer, politician, judge and scholar, became the 10th Governor of West Virginia after running as the candidate of the Republican Party. He also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the U.S. Congress from West Virginia and ended his career of public service as a United States federal judge of the Court of Claims.
George Robert Latham was a 19th-century Virginia farmer, lawyer and politician who helped found the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, during which he served as a colonel in the Union Army. He later served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing West Virginia's 2nd congressional district(1864-1866), as well as became U.S. Consul in Melbourne, Australia (1867-1870) before returning to West Virginia to farm and hold various civic offices.
Anthony Smith was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Tyler County and served from 1901 to 1903.
John M. Hamilton was a Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for West Virginia's 4th District; he served in the 62nd United States Congress from 1911 to 1913.
West Warm Springs is an unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, in the United States.
Fetterman is an unincorporated community or populated place located in Taylor County, West Virginia. It is coterminous with Ward 1 of the city of Grafton, West Virginia.
Wesley G. Bush is an American systems engineer and business executive. He is a director of General Motors and Cisco and chairman of Northrop Grumman, where until the start of 2019 he was chief executive.
The 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 12th season as WVU's head coach, and played their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. In a season of bad records, the team finished with the most losses in a season in school history and also had its first last-place finish in Big 12 Conference play.
The 2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represents West Virginia University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by Bob Huggins, in his 13th season as WVU's head coach, and play their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. Preseason Big 12 polls picked the Mountaineers to finish 5th in the conference standings and Oscar Tshiebwe was picked as Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year. The Mountaineers season officially started on November 8, 2019.
J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, commonly referred to as either Ruby Memorial or Ruby, is the flagship hospital of the West Virginia University Health System, located in Morgantown, West Virginia. A 690-bed tertiary care center, Ruby is also the largest hospital in the health system and serves as the academic medical center of the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Within the contiguous facility is a 119-bed children’s hospital, WVU Medicine Children’s.
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