WVU at Parkersburg
Business and Economics Division
Activities and Honors

WVU at Parkersburg Business/Economics Division Updates

B & E Students Achieve Outstanding Honors

• A student from our Division placed first on the state’s Certified Public Accountant exam.

• A B&E Division student was named an Outstanding West Virginian by the State Civitans

• A student of our Division was elected to the Parkersburg City Council-the youngest person ever to be elected to this office.

• A Business Division graduate was elected president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg Alumni Association.

• And a senior student of the Division donated the first gift from a student in the history of the Division. He said, “I am making this contribution because I believe we, students and the community at large, must support WVU Parkersburg.”

B & E Faculty Go Global
In the summer of 2002, three B&E faculty receive a Fulbright-Hays scholarship and participated in the “Short-Term Studies in Bulgaria” project at the University of Rousse. This program provided opportunities for the faculty to amplify and deepen the international component of their course curriculum in related teaching subjects. A reciprocal visit by Bulgarian faculty to the Parkersburg campus is planned.
 

Programs and Organizations of Special Interest

Cooperative Education Program in Business
Students interested in working in the business community while attending college and receiving college credit through the WVU at Parkersburg cooperative Education Programs must have completed at least one semester of study and have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.8.

Sigma Beta Delta
WVU at Parkersburg maintains a charter chapter of Sigma Beta Delta, National Honor Society in Business. Membership in Sigma Beta Delta is the highest
national\recognition a business student can receive at  a college or university with a Sigma Beta Delta chapter. To be eligible for membership, a business
student must rank in the upper 20 percent of the junior or senior class and be invited to membership by the faculty officers. Membership is by selection
every spring semester by faculty officers of the Business and Economics Division.
 

Division Programs