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- Alumni Association welcomes new board member
- Alumni recognized as 'Most Loyals'
- The Erickson Alumni Center receives prestigious awards
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Upcoming events
- The administrative office of the WVU Alumni Association will be closed
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
in observation of Thanksgiving Recess - The administrative office of the WVU Alumni Association will be closed
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
in observation of Thanksgiving Recess - The administrative office of the WVU Alumni Association will be closed
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
in observation of Thanksgiving Recess - Alumni Game Day Pre Game Celebration
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Erickson Alumni Center - One Ray Ln., Morgantown, WV - Liberty Bell Chapter - WVU vs. Pitt Game Watch
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
McFadden's Ballpark, One Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia, PA - Tidewater Chapter - WVU vs. Rutgers Game Watch
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Firkin & Frigate, Oyster Center, Newport News, VA - Baltimore Chapter - WVU vs. Rutgers Bus Trip
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Rutgers Stadium - 1 Scarlet Knight Way, Piscataway, NJ - Complete Calendar of Events
What's going on...
This new alumni center will be a place where you feel like you do when you hear the Alma Mater sung.
The WVU Alumni Association, in partnership with the WVU Foundation, Inc., is embarking upon a $12 million capital campaign to build a new home for Mountaineers. Learn how you can support the new alumni center.
Alumni and friends will take pride in finding a unique, new home - one that evokes the history, tradition and character of the downtown campus, including a landmark bell tower, reminiscent of Woodburn Hall. It also will provide a spacious and warm environment for visiting and reminiscing with old friends and classmates, for celebrating special events, watching ballgames, or attending meetings, conferences and reunions.
Alumni spotlight
Not just anyone can have the nickname “Head Crab” and get away with it – but West Virginia native Paul Farmer can. And don’t let his nickname fool you – he’s no crab, in fact, he’s anything but.
For the last 28 years, Farmer has been the “crab” behind the scenes of the Washington, D.C. National Capital Area Chapter (NCAC) Crab Feast. Farmer is there to make sure the more than 800 attendees walk away from the annual event satisfied by carting in masses of mouth-watering food. The highlight? Heaps of Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs – steamed to perfection, of course.
Farmer was born and raised in the southern West Virginia metropolis of Mullens. After graduating in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, Farmer took advanced ROTC and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After attending the Engineer Officers School in Fort Belvior, Va., he served two years of military service and returned to the Mountain State to work as an engineer for the West Virginia Highway Commission.
Farmer then relocated to Washington, D.C., in 1960 to attend George Washington University Law School. A student by night, Farmer spent his days as a project engineer on major bridge and highway projects for the D.C. government.
After graduating from law school, Farmer developed into a Washington Redskins fan, which helped him keep in touch with several WVU alumni in the area.