1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

programs at Potomac State College, which lead to the Associate in Applied Sciencedegree, include general business, accounting, industrial management, small businessadministration, agriculture, computer programming, electronics technology, engineeringtechnology, horticulture technology, and secretarial studies. Certificate programsare offered in surveying technology and computer equipment operations.Government and Organization of WVUThe University of West Virginia Board of Trustees is vested by law with theauthority for the control and management of the University and all other institutions ofthe University of West Virginia. The governor appoints the members of the board whoserve with the chairs of the Advisory Council of Faculty, the Advisory Council ofClassified Staff, and the Advisory Council of Students, the Chancellor of the Board ofDirectors of the State College System, and the State Superintendent of Schools.TheUniversity President, appointed by the Board of Trustees, is the chief executive officerof the University.The University's Board of Advisors reviews all WVU proposals involving itsmission, academic programs, budget, capital facilities, institution-wide personnelpolicies, and other matters requested by the president. The Board of Advisors alsoserves as the search and screening committee for new university presidents underguidelines established by the Board of Trustees (in this role, the Board appoints threeadditional WVU faculty and the Trustees appoint three additional members to comprisea 17- member committee).The Faculty Senate is the vehicle for faculty participation in the governance of theUniversity, rt is a legislative body with original jurisdiction over all matters of academicinterest and educational policy that concern the entire University or affect more thanone college or school. The senate's decisions are subject to review and approval bythe President and the Board of Trustees. Senators are elected by members of theUniversity faculty to represent their colleges and other constituencies. One senatorrepresents twenty members of the University faculty. The senate normally meets thesecond Monday of each month.The senate elects a faculty chair each year to preside over the meetings of thesenate and its executive committee. Three faculty members also serve on the VicePresidents' Advisory Committee for Promotion and Tenure. The President meetsregularly with the cabinet. He meets monthly with the Faculty Senate ExecutiveCommittee, the Staff Council, and Student Administration. The University FacultyAssembly includes the president as presiding officer, vice presidents, academic deans,associate deans, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and instructorsholding appointments on a full-time basis. The assembly meets once a year.West Virginia University also has a tradition of strong student administration thattouches all aspects of student life and represents student opinion to the administrationand faculty. Student administration has three main units: the Executive Branch, theBoard of Governors, and the Judicial Board. Students also serve on University-widecommittees and on the Mountainlair Advisory Council. Non-teaching employees arerepresented by the Staff Council and Laborers' International Union Local 814, AFL/CIO. The Council consists of twelve members elected by their fellow employees in sixoccupational groups.Morgantown AreaGreater Morgantown has a population of 47,000; Monongalia County, 75,000.WVU is the largest single employer in the county. Located on the east bank of theMonongahela River, which flows north to nearby Pittsburgh, Morgantown is situated onrugged terrain in the Appalachian highlands. The altitude of the city varies from 800 to1 ,150 feet above sea level, and the surrounding hills rise eastward to Chestnut Ridgeto reach an altitude of 2,600 feet just ten miles from the city. The area's temperate1 o West Virginia University