New River Community and Technical College

New River Community and Technical College (New River) is a public community college in Beaver, West Virginia. It was founded July 1, 2003 and is West Virginia’s newest college. The college was independently accredited February 8, 2005, by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Although newly founded and named the collges origins span more than one hundred thirty years of service to West Virginia through its two parent institutions, Bluefield State College and Glenville State College. New River was created by combining the community and technical college component of Bluefield State College with Glenville State College's community and technical college campus in Nicholas County (Summersville), as mandated by HB 2224 and later refined by SB 448. Consequently, New River serves an area including Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, and Webster Counties.