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Serving the Land-Grant Mission

The Division for Land-Grant Engagement supports the WVU Center for Community Engagement, the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and WVU Extension.

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The Division brings together units which have historically defined WVU's land-grant partnership with the federal government, including USDA-NIFA and other agencies.

This Division celebrates WVU’s history as marked by four federal acts: The Morrill, Hatch, Smith-Lever, and McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research acts.

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to carrying out the land-grant mission to provide knowledge and research to improve the lives and livelihoods of our students, alumni, community partners, and the state of West Virginia.

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News from our division units

Division news

Division launches 2026 statewide needs assessment

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WVU Extension and the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources work with communities across West Virginia through research, education, and outreach. To ensure our programs address the state’s most important needs, we invite you to complete this statewide survey.

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110K student service hours breaks CCE record for a single academic year

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The WVU Center for Community Engagement is proud to announce that WVU students have logged and verified more than 110,000 hours of community service for 2025-26 — the highest number of documented service hours ever recorded in a single academic year through the Center for Community Engagement.

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WVU maintains national recognition for community engagement and scholarship

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WVU has once again earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that reflects an institution-wide commitment to community engagement through reciprocal partnerships that strengthen learning, research and public impact.

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