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WHEELING -- First it was Wheeling College, then Wheeling Jesuit College and then Wheeling Jesuit University. Now, it's Wheeling University.
The university's board of trustees has approved the name change effective immediately.
Trustees also appointed Ginny Favede as the university's new chair of the board. Favede was named to the board by Archbishop William E. Lori, who was the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston.
She was the executive director of the Ohio Valley Construction Employers Council and is the co-chair of Project Best, a construction, industry and labor-management organization of more than 500 contractors and 6,000 building trades craftsman and apprentices serving the Upper Ohio Valley region including Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
"I can think of no one better to serve as our new board chairperson than Ms. Favede," said Wheeling University President Michael P. Mihalyo Jr."Her experience and vision -- smart, balanced, thoughtful, and caring attributes- are the same values guiding our institution as we enter a new chapter of our University history in service to the students."
Wheeling University's new nomenclature and mission will be central to its goals for building meaningful alliances and providing students with a rigorous and rewarding education throughout the 2019-2020 academic year, which begins on Aug. 27.