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The WVU Music logo.  

A pair of West Virginia University piano students have advanced to the final round of the Music Teachers National Association Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano Competition.

Jack Hodge sitting with a professor.  

Jack Hodge became the first African American to earn an undergraduate degree from WVU when he received his B.S. in Journalism in 1954. Seventeen years after Hodge became the first African American male to graduate from WVU, Carolyn Bailey Lewis became the first black female graduate of the School of Journalism, earning her bachelor’s degree in 1971.

50 Years of the WVU CAC logo.  

The Creative Arts Center, the beloved home of WVU’s College of Creative Arts, is where thousands of creative students have earned their education, countless families have made memories at a show and regional and national performers have delighted their fans. The building, known to many as the CAC, turns 50 in April. To celebrate, WVU’s College of Creative Arts is hosting a birthday celebration for the building April 12 - 14.