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When a flag exists for a US university, there is usually just one
institutional flag design. In the case of WVU, the flag is a gold seal on dark
blue with "West Virginia University" in gold across the bottom.
Official
flags are usually flown from administration buildings and/or displayed at
commencements, president's offices and at official presentations.
Dave
Fowler, 29 June 2022
West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant Research University
with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia.
It was established by the State Legislature on February 7, 1867 as
Agricultural College of West Virginia. On December 4, 1868, lawmakers renamed
the college West Virginia University to represent a broader range of higher
education.
Sources:
https://birthday.wvu.edu/history/timeline
https://www.wvu.edu/about-wvu/rankings
https://www.wvu.edu/about-wvu/wvu-facts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_University
For additional information go to WVU (official website):
https://www.wvu.edu/
Esteban
Rivera, 28 June 2022
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The flag is a blue horizontal background with the "Flying WV" logo in the
middle.
"Easily one of the most recognizable university logos, WVU’s
Flying WV was introduced at a game on September 6, 1980, initially to identify
the Football program and then WVU adopted it as the University’s official logo
in 1985. WVU Football coach Don Nehlen is often credited with the logo design,
but it was actually designer John Boyd Martin’s mountain-inspired sketch that
became the Flying WV."
Sources:
https://birthday.wvu.edu/traditions/seal-colors-and-logo,
https://magazine.wvu.edu/stories/2015/05/18/the-legend-of-the-flying-wv and
https://youtu.be/8x2o86_2NA4
Regarding the colors, "Students adopted the old gold and blue in 1890. Legend
says the idea came from the West Virginia state seal and the first verse of
“Hail, West Virginia,” the fight song of the University."
Source:
https://birthday.wvu.edu/traditions/seal-colors-and-logo
Esteban
Rivera, 28 June 2022
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