West Virginia faces a critical time in its history as it lags behind a growing national economy, West Virginia University President Gordon Gee told state business leaders Thursday as he unveiled a comprehensive study of how to address those issues and put the state on the road to prosperity.
West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee used his presentation at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 81st Annual Meeting and Business Summit to unveil a comprehensive study of how to address the state’s economic and social issues and put West Virginia on the road to prosperity. Called West Virginia Forward, the study and report suggests a path to grow the state economically and educationally.
WVU President Gordon Gee met with state business leaders on August 31, 2017 to unveil a comprehensive study of how to address West Virginia’s slow progress in a growing national economy. WVU joined with the state Department of Commerce and Marshall University to launch West Virginia Forward, which led to discoveries that Gee said could change the state’s future.
In an address Thursday to business leaders at the Greenbrier Resort, West Virginia University President Gordon Gee said that West Virginia University, Marshall University and the Department of Commerce had collaborated to produce a roadmap for growth and to identify sectors to diversify the state's economy. The joint initiative is called West Virginia Forward.
A collaborative initiative aimed at designing a path of economic prosperity for West Virginia is in the works. The initiative, WV Forward, is a partnership among WVU, Marshall University and the West Virginia Department of Commerce. The three are sponsoring a comprehensive study on how the state can capitalize on its strengths, resources and businesses to become more competitive in the national economy.
A study conducted by McKinsey & Company has identified which industries have the potential to turn West Virginia's economy around.
Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert and West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee were hosted by the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce in an effort to collaborate and discuss economic opportunities. The two presidents who lead the largest educational institutions in West Virginia met Wednesday to discuss the ways the universities can bring economic development to the Mountain State.
Community colleges train people to do jobs. Universities, however, generate the ideas that create the opportunities for those jobs. That's the philosophy of West Virginia University President Dr. Gordon Gee, and that's precisely his goal in moving the state of West Virginia forward. WVU has hired McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, to conduct a "deep dive" on West Virginia. WVU, Gee believes, has a responsibility in the creation of jobs and prosperity, as well as working toward solutions for some of West Virginia's greatest problems.
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