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 West Virginia University

*Pregnant students, student Moms and Parenting Students: This college is recommended because they have subsidized child care and inexpensive tuition, but please activists need to get them to change the name of the housing from married student housing to family housing. ---Katherine Arnoldi, author The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom


P.O. Box 6009
Morgantown, WV 26506
304 293 0111
Admissions phone: 304 293 2121
Financial aid phone: 304 293 5242
web: http://www.wvu.edu

email: wvadmissions@arc.wvi/edu
Tuition: $4,476 annual instate, $13,840 annual out of state (2008)
student population: 19,510 undergraduates 6,541 graduates
Scholarships: West Virginia University at Morgantown / contact financial aid office
10 Bucklew awards of over $5,000
5 Foundation awards of $11,000
50 Storer awards of $3,000
1300 Blue and Gold awards of $1,000-$2,500
450 Moutaineer awards of $1250
100 creative arts awards
800 Achievement awards of $1,000
Ask your financial aid department in West Virginia about the HEAPS program in West Virginia which awards scholarships to Adult Part-time Students registered in higher education classes.

Housing
P.O. Box 6430
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6430
Phone: 304 293 4491
The website calls the family housing married student housing. shame on them! Activists needed now on campus!
Child Care
Student child Care Assistance Program (SCCAP)
funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools Program for Pell Grant recipients.
email: childcare@mail.wvu.edu
WVU Child Development and Family Support Services
P.O. Box 6411
Morgantown, WV 26505
304 293 5370
1-800- 344 WVU1
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