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WVU’s $3 Million Washington Center Opens With One Student

7/10/2026

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Republican lawmakers created the $3 million Washington Center at West Virginia University, which now has only one student.
Democratic state lawmaker John Williams said he is unhappy spending money on a program with a single participant.
The center opened amid a $45 million budget shortfall that cut 28 majors and prompted the U.S. President Donald Trump administration to threaten withholding billions in federal funds from universities that do not curb “woke” curricula.

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Republican lawmakers created the $3 million Washington Center at West Virginia University, which now has only one student.
Democratic state lawmaker John Williams said he is unhappy spending money on a program with a single participant.
The center opened amid a $45 million budget shortfall that cut 28 majors and prompted the U.S. President Donald Trump administration to threaten withholding billions in federal funds from universities that do not curb “woke” curricula.