Board of Visitors minutes October 1, 2004 | ||
COMMEMORATION OF THE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY OF CLINCH VALLEY
COLLEGE,
NOW THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT
WISE (from the
Committee on The University of Virginia’s
College at Wise)
WHEREAS, Clinch Valley College, now The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, was founded in 1954 and began classes on September 20th of that year with 109 full-time and 116 part-time students; and
WHEREAS, the College was established through the efforts of the “Three Wise Men” of Wise County and President Darden of the University of Virginia and thus from its founding was a collaboration between the University and the people of Southwest Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the College has grown and prospered and can now count 7,200 alumni and 1,700 students; and
WHEREAS, the College is, as it has been during the entire fifty years of its existence, a significant force in the life of Southwest Virginia;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors salutes The University of Virginia’s College at Wise on the College’s fiftieth anniversary, expresses admiration for the College’s successes in carrying out its mission, and offers its unqualified and continuing support.
Board of Visitors minutes October 1, 2004 | ||