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WVU Extension launches statewide needs assessment, hosts regional listening sessions
West Virginia University Extension, a unit within the WVU Division for Land-Grant Engagement, strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of all West Virginians by delivering relevant, research-backed educational programs throughout the state. These programs are designed to address critical issues that affect our communities, but periodically, needs can change.
This year, WVU Extension will launch a statewide needs assessment to ensure programs, opportunities and initiatives exist within the Division for Land-Grant Engagement to address the needs of the communities, industries and students we serve.
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