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West Virginia University is integrated with the city of Morgantown in a way that shares some strong similarities with many European universities, though not identically in every aspect.
Many classic European universities (e.g., in cities like Oxford, Cambridge, Bologna, Paris/Sorbonne, Heidelberg, or Utrecht) are deeply embedded in their urban fabric. Buildings are often scattered throughout the historic city center, with lecture halls, libraries, and administrative spaces intermixed among shops, residences, cafes, and public streets rather than being confined to a walled-off or peripheral “campus.”
The university and city feel like one continuous, walkable entity — the institution essentially helped shape or co-evolved with the town over centuries, creating a seamless “town-gown” blend where university life spills directly into city life and vice versa.
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Did you grab a photo tonight with one of our four Mountaineer finalists? 🤳 pic.twitter.com/99fXWs5lF2
— WVU Mountaineers · Let’s Go! (@WestVirginiaU) February 19, 2026
It’s an electric feeling when 60,000 of your closest friends lock arms and sing together as one.
When the Coliseum goes dark, and swirls of gold and blue flood the stands.@CharlesWesleyG‘s anthem captures the incredible feeling of being a Mountaineer. https://t.co/kqApoC4VdU pic.twitter.com/zMzI2Znms3
— WVU Mountaineers · Let’s Go! (@WestVirginiaU) November 24, 2025
West Virginia University is cutting over 140 faculty and gutting its liberal arts programs, but it still has money for training sessions on implicit bias, microaggressions, and DEI in research. pic.twitter.com/DYoTk8RjTL
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) February 12, 2024
Flagship public universities likely to cut more humanities, staff — especially in rural states
