4th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
GSC Grad Leading NCHS Marching Band in National Independence Day Parade
GSC Choir Invites Public to Christmas Concert
GSC to Host Middle School Basketball Tournament
GSC Literary Magazine Accepting Submissions
Mountain State Brass Band Coming to GSC
GSC Students Junior Recital
GSC Jazz Band Concert
GSC Thanksgiving Premium Night
GSC Football Game to be Televised Nationally
Two More GSC Students Advance to WVCBPC Semi-Finals
GSC Invites Employers to Annual Career Fair
GSC Students Helping Yeager Airport Again
GSC to Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week
Glenville State College: A Picturesque Campus with a Haunting Past
GSC Alum/Braxton Native Kicks Off WV Film Festival
Braxton Resident Holding Annual GSC Piano Recital
GSC Marching Band Director Featured on PBS Program Again
GSC 2009 Homecoming Court Chosen
GSC Clock Tower Project Fundraising Underway
New Head Women's Basketball Coach Named
216 Graduate From Glenville State College
1951 GSC Graduate's Visit A Homecoming For Entire Family
Wilmoth & Ratliff Promoted at GSC
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Contact Information

  • Mail:
    Glenville State College
    200 High Street
    Glenville, WV 26351

  • Telephone:
    (304) 462-7361 - Main Switchboard
    (800) 924-2010 - Admissions

  • Web Site: www.glenville.edu

Enrollment

  • Total: 1,443
  • 44% female, 56% male
  • 88% of students come from 52 West Virginia counties; 12% of students are from other states and 2 foreign countries
  • Average age of student: 23
  • 79% of students are under 25 years of age; 21% of students are over 25 years of age

Faculty

  • Student to faculty ratio: 18:1
  • Average class size: 18.7
  • All classes, including labs, are taught by fully qualified faculty
  • 59 Full-time faculty and 27 Part-time faculty

Academic Programs

  • More than 30 degree programs
  • Minors available in many major fields

Financial Aid

  • 90% of full-time students applied for need-based financial aid; 89% of them were awarded financial aid
  • 74% of students awarded financial aid received need-based scholarship grant aid; 44% of students awarded financial aid received non-need-based scholarships or grants
  • The average financial aid package for those students who were awarded any financial aid was $10,496
  • 72 students with non financial need were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarships or grant aid and 46 students were awarded an institutional non-need-based athletic grant or scholarship

Academic Support Center

Academic advising and services to students with disabilities.

Athletics

  • Member of NCAA Division II and West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC)
  • Five men's sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Track and Field
  • Six women's sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Softball, Track and Field, Volleyball

Student Affairs

The Division of Student Affairs assists students with many diverse services including planning recreational and entertainment activities, intramural sports programs, residence hall housing, food services, access to counseling services, and on-campus health nurse services and physician referrals.

Internet

Internet access is available to GSC students from computers in the library or computer labs and students in residence halls can contact the Office of Technology to set up their own personal account. All students will be provided a personal e-mail account through the Division of Student Affairs.

Performing Arts

Students have many opportunities to participate in music groups and theater productions. Musical performance groups are open by audition and include the Marching Band, Concert Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Jazz Band, and Percussion Ensemble.

Location

  • Campus is located near the geographical center of West Virginia, in Glenville.
  • Known affectionately as the Lighthouse on the Hill, Glenville State College has 28 buildings on 30 acres at the main campus and 325 acres in a wide variety of wooded properties.

Accreditations

Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
http://www.ncahlc.org
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602-2504 ~ (312) 263-0456

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
http://www.ncate.org
2010 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036-1023 ~ (202) 466-7496