‘Come Back to Your Roots’

By Anthony Sellers
In the West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s 45th year of existence, the Alumni Association hopes to focus more on the accomplishments of former students.

Paul Daugherty, head of alumni affairs, noted that a number of graduates have become quite successful in their respective fields, whether they stayed in the area or moved to a larger city.

Daugherty plans to promote the theme “Come Back to Your Roots” for the graduates of WVUP. Alumni include the graduates from before 1989, when the school was known as Parkersburg Community College.

Daughtery hopes to reunite alumni with the faculty as well as departments from which they graduated. He believes this institution focuses on the people of the area, which is why he would like the alumni to be more involved.