West Virginia Northern Community College
Academics
Some of the most popular direct entry degree programs at WVNCC are General Business and Commerce, Computer Programming, Culinary Arts, HVAC Technician, Police Science, Social Work, Medical Records Technology, Radiation Therapist, Nursing, Resipratory Therapist, and Clinical Assistant. Well-attended transfer-track programs include General Studies and Liberal Arts and Sciences, and popular certificate training options include medical transcription, interpreting for the deaf, and real estate.
Campus Offerings
The Weirton campus is on a wooded, semi-rural site. The facility includes a technology library, bookstore, telecom room, classrooms, biology and chemistry labs, computer labs, and tech labs for nursing, respiratory care, and surgical tech programs. Degrees which can be earned entirely on the Weirton campus include associate’s in human services, business administration, social work, accounting, criminal justice, computer information technology, nursing, respiratory care, surgical technology, office technology, paralegal studies, welding, electronics, building construction, automotive body repair, and automotive technology. The campus also offers core courses in many other disciplines, reducing the amount of time that area students in those fields need to travel to Wheeling.
The New Martinsville campus is located in the middle of the downtown area and adjacent to the New Martinsville Municipal Building. The facility includes a Learning Resource Center, two computer labs, several regular classrooms and video classrooms, biology laboratories, nursing labs, and a bookstore. The campus offers full degree programs in human services, social work, business administration, accounting, criminal justice, and computer information. The campus also offers core courses in many other disciplines, reducing the amount of time that area students in those fields need to travel to Wheeling.
The Baltimore & Ohio Building on Market Street contains the main college bookstore, business office, administrative offices, Children’s Activity Center, counselling and student services, a Learning Resources Center, faculty offices, student lounges, and a large number of classrooms and laboratories.
Developmental Education
Students who are in need of basic reading, writing, or math skills are expected to successfully complete developmental classes. Developmental classes are considered college courses for purposes of financial aid and determining course load but do not count towards degree programs or credit for transfer.
Distance Education
WNVCC offers a wide range of online classes and telecourses. Distance Education includes both synchronous and asynchronous formats. In synchronous classes, students are expected to move through the material at roughly the same pace, checking into a discussion forum online at regular intervals and staying in communication with the professor. In asynchronous courses, students may move at their own pace.
There are two categories on online classes offered by WVNCC, West Virginia Northern Online Courses and Southern Regional Education Board’s Electronic Campus. Students enrolled in West Virginia Northern Online Courses may be occasionally required to visit the campus, but Southern Regional Education Board’s Electronic Campus students are not. Furthermore, Southern Regional Education Board’s Electronic Campus classes are transferable throughout state colleges and universities in 14 states. Classes offered online cover most basic general education requirements as well as such unique topics as art appreciation, Microsoft publisher, science in the contemporary world, psychology of minors, and more.
Transfer Opportunities
Many students at WVNCC go on to earn four-year degrees from colleges and universities in the area. WVNCC has transfer agreements with Bethany College, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Marshall University, Mountain State University, Strayer University, West Liberty University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Wheeling Jesuit University.
Athletics
The athletics department is known as the Thundering Chickens. The Thundering Chickens do not compete on the intervarsity level, but there are several club and intramural sports for student enjoyment. Athletics include softball, inline hockey, golf, volleyball, basketball, and bowling.
WVNCC has a partnership with CentreTown Fitness, a block from the main campus. Full- and part-time students in degree programs are eligible to use their state-of-the-art exercise equipment and classes at no cost above the standard student fees. CentreTown features Cybex Eagle fitness systems, Magnum fitness systems, free weights, a variety of cardiovascular machines, an indoor track, and aerobic studio with a range of classes, a sauna, a steam room, and professional fitness assessments.
Wheeling, WV 26003-3699
p. 304-233-5900
w. www.wvncc.edu