Pierpont to Host Acclaimed Author Neema Avashia

Fairmont, WV – Award-winning author Neema Avashia will deliver a literary reading at Pierpont Community and Technical College’s Advanced Technology Center on Thursday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Avashia will read from her book, Another Appalachia: Coming up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place, where she […]

Pierpont Foundation surpasses Day of Giving fundraising goal

Fairmont, W.Va. – The Pierpont Foundation held its second annual Day of Giving on March 14 to benefit the collective needs of Pierpont Community & Technical College. The Foundation set a goal of $50,000 to celebrate its 50-year anniversary; That goal was surpassed and climbing. “In many ways, we are a new, stand-alone institution, but […]

Pierpont Foundation Day of Giving set for March 14

Fairmont, W.Va. – The Pierpont Foundation will hold its second annual Day of Giving on March 14 to benefit the collective needs of Pierpont Community & Technical College. The Pierpont Foundation, incorporated in 2014, has the express mission of providing funds to support the college’s mission to provide an accessible, responsive, comprehensive education that works […]

Local leaders ‘Experience’ Pierpont first-hand

Fairmont, W.Va. – On February 16, Pierpont Community & Technical College hosted local community leaders for an immersive campus experience. Designed to be day-in-the-life of a Pierpont student, attendees saw first-hand how Pierpont lives up to its mission. “The inspiration for [Experience Pierpont] is there still seems to be some air of mystery about what […]