No Ordinary College: A History of the University of Virginia's College at Wise

by Brian Steel Wills

Book Overview

"You are making history today," the University of Virginia Extension Division agent Samuel Crockett observed to a gathering of students and faculty on September 15, 1954, in Wise, Virginia. The occasion was the opening convocation of what would become Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, and the 109 students assembled, many of whom were Korean War veterans or women, were indeed part of something quite special. People in Southwest Virginia...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813922933
• ISBN13: 9780813922935
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher