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WV Wesleyan College Receives $721,000 Gift

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    Doddridge County High School has received a three-year, $50,000 Innovation Zone Grant, allowing students with similar interests to spend a few hours every month getting real world experience.
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West Virginia Wesleyan has received a $721,000 gift from the estate of a Huntington businessman J Robert Fletcher.

Wesleyan said the money will go to the Robert and Kathlyn Fletcher Scholarship program for students from Cabell and surrounding counties.

Wesleyan President Pamela Balch said this gift will transform lives of many deserving students.