HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 12
(By Delegates Perry, Louisos and Pino)
Declaring that the Engineering Program of the West Virginia
University Institute of Technology should remain in
Montgomery.
Whereas, The heart and soul of the West Virginia University
Institute of Technology is its Engineering Program which is
approximately one fourth of its student body; and
Whereas, The City of Montgomery and its citizens will suffer
psychological and economic loss if the engineering students leave;
and
Whereas, The plan to create a Research Center in South
Charleston is a laudable one, but diminishing the student body of
the West Virginia University Institute of Technology to benefit the
Research Center is unnecessary to the Center's success; and
Whereas, The student body of the West Virginia University
Institute of Technology has been reduced because of the drastic
loss of population in the southern portion of West Virginia,
coupled with the State's reduction of its financial support of its
institutions of higher learning, which has harmed West Virginia
University Institute of Technology more than the other state colleges;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the House hereby declares that the Engineering Program of
the West Virginia University Institute of Technology should remain
in Montgomery; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
prepare copies of this resolution and forward them to the President
of West Virginia University, the President of West Virginia
University Institute of Technology, the Chair of the Higher
Education Policy Commission and the Mayor of the City of
Montgomery.