Editing Concord University (section)

{{Short description|Public university in Athens, West Virginia, US}}
{{About|the university in United States|the school in the United Kingdom|Concord College, UK|other uses|Concord (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Concord University
 | image                  = Concord University Seal Burgundy.png
 | image_size             = 150px
 | established            = {{start date and age|February 28, 1872}}
 | former_names           = Concord State Normal School (1872–1931)<br />Concord State Teachers College (1932–1943)<br />Concord College (1943–2004)
 | type                   = [[Public university]]
 | president              = [[Kendra Boggess]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/201305030031 |title=Boggess named interim Concord U. president |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Charleston Daily Mail |access-date=19 November 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20131119213645/http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/201305030031 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lilly |first=Jessica |title=Concord University Welcomes Dr. Kendra Boggess as President |url= http://wvpublic.org/post/concord-university-welcomes-dr-kendra-boggess-president#stream/0 |publisher=West Virginia Public Broadcasting |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>
 | provost                = Edward Huffstetler
 | city                   = [[Athens, West Virginia|Athens]]
|state = West Virginia
 | country                = United States
 | enrollment             = 1,956(Fall 2024)<ref name="enrollment2024">{{cite web |url= https://www.wvnstv.com/news/education/concord-university-announces-that-enrollment-continues-to-increase/#:~:text=The%20almost%202%2C000%20registered%20students,athletic%20programs%20at%20the%20university. |title= Concord University announces that enrollment continues to increase|publisher=WVNSTV |date=August 27, 2024 |access-date=May 29, 2025}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 1,389<ref name="enrollment">{{cite web |url= https://www.concord.edu/about/institutional-data |title= Institutional Data 2021 |year=2021 |access-date= January 4, 2023 }}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 360<ref name=enrollment />
 | campus                 = Distant town<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Concord&s=all&id=237330|title=IPEDS-Concord University}}</ref> 
|campus_size = {{convert|123|acre|ha|adj=on}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division II]] – [[Mountain East Conference|MEC]]
 | nickname                 = [[Concord Mountain Lions|Mountain Lions]]
|mascot = Roar
 | colors                 = Maroon and gray<br>{{Color box|maroon}} {{Color box|gray}}
 | academic_affiliations  = WVHEPC
 | endowment              = $47.715 million (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Concord University Foundation FY21-22 Annual Report |url= https://www.concord.edu/wp-content/uploads/About/Advancement-and-Alumni/2022-Annual-Report.pdf |website=concord.edu |date=2022 |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.concord.edu|concord.edu}}
|free_label = Other campuses
|free = [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]]
|free_label2 = Newspaper
|free2 = ''The Concordian''
|accreditation = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
| logo = Concord u logo wmark.png
| logo_size  = 200
}}

'''Concord University''' is a [[public university]] in [[Athens, West Virginia]]. 

The institution traces back to February 28, 1872, when the [[West Virginia Legislature]] passed "an Act to locate a Branch State Normal School, in the town of Concord Church, in the County of Mercer."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://archive.wvculture.org/history/education/concord02.html | title=Concord State Normal School }}</ref> The [[normal school]] was founded by veterans of both the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] and the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. It was aptly named "Concord" to embody the ideals of harmony and fellowship in the post-Civil War era. 

Concord University is renowned for its picturesque campus, often dubbed "The Campus Beautiful."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Crandall |first1=William |last2=Parnell |first2=John A. |last3=Spillan |first3=John E. |title=Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape |year=2009 |publisher=Sage |isbn=9781412954136 |page=86 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AEpIBsjfHXAC&pg=PA86 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Archer |first=William R. "Bill" |title=Mercer County |year=2001 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781439629024 |page=37 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEbV-1y2ifIC&pg=PT49 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> It offers a distinctive learning environment on a scenic knoll overlooking the Appalachian mountains.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adkins |first=Leonard M. |title=Explorer's Guide West Virginia |edition=Second |year=2011 |publisher=The Countryman Press |isbn=9781581579260 |page=213 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CSrL57xdieEC&pg=PA213 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>
 
In addition to its main campus in Athens, Concord University also operates a teaching center and conducts classes in [[Beckley, West Virginia]], extending its educational reach within the region.