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U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito joined Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp in dedicating the new science and nursing wing of the university’s Mid-Ohio Valley Center in Point Pleasant on August 21.
The $3 million, 8,100 square-foot addition increases by 50 percent the size of the seven-year-old center, which has seen its enrollment grow from 11 students attending classes at regional high schools in 1994 to 1,600 students now.
Capito helped MOVC officials cut the green and white ribbon to the addition. The congresswoman played an integral part in helping the center secure a $250,000 modernization grant that made possible the latest in technical equipment for nursing classrooms, computer labs, interactive equipment and wireless communication.
“I am proud to see this state-of-the-art nursing and science wing come to Marshall’s Point Pleasant center,” Capito said. “Marshall prides itself on its educational experience and this facility enhances that experience to a whole new level. I look forward to continued success for Marshall and its students in Point Pleasant.”
President Kopp describes the Mid-Ohio Valley Center as “an unequivocal success story and a testament to the power of university-community partnerships.”
“We could not have asked for better partners than the leaders of Mason County and Pleasant Valley Hospital,” Kopp said. “I am proud of our faculty and staff here and know that together we are all making a difference in the lives and career opportunities for our students.”
The center meets the expanding needs of accelerated high school students, traditional college age students and adults who have chosen to return to school in the mid-Ohio Valley. In 2005, Marshall’s Board of Governors approved the expansion of the center. The architect for the expansion was Bastian and Harris of Charleston, W.Va.
Homer Preece, director of the center, has watched the program grow from its infancy.
“This center has a 100 percent passage rate and our graduates have good careers,” Preece said. “I’m so proud that we can offer the very best facilities to our hardworking students.”
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