The Rotary Club of Buckhannon Upshur will host Dr. Mark A. Manchin, President of Glenville State University, at an evening event on Tuesday, September 9th. Dr. Manchin will speak about the state of education in West Virginia and in the higher education system.

Dr. Manchin completed his undergraduate studies at Fairmont State College, his Master’s degree at West Virginia University and received his Doctorate of Educational Administration from West Virginia University with a minor in curriculum and instruction in 1986. He taught in Wood County, West Virginia and was named Coordinator of Services to Business and Industry and Staff Development with RESA III in 1982. In 1988, Dr. Manchin was elected to the West Virginia State Senate from Kanawha County. While in the Senate, he served as the vice-chair of the Senate Education Committee and chaired the Sub-committee on Tax and Revenue for the Finance Committee. In 1996, he was named Superintendent of Webster County Schools and in 2001 was selected to be the Superintendent of McDowell County and named to the West Virginia University Board of Governors.

In 2007, he was appointed by Governor Joe Manchin as Executive Director of the School Building Authority of West Virginia and served in that position until being appointed Superintendent of Harrison County Schools on July 1, 2014. During his six years as the chief executive officer of the Harrison County Board of Education, Dr. Manchin oversaw personnel actions for the approximately 1,500 employees of the district and managed a $150 million annual budget. In 2015 and 2024 he was named Educator of the Year by the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram and was also named the WV News/State Journal Educator of the Year in January 2024. Dr. Manchin began his tenure as Glenville State University’s twenty-sixth President on July 1, 2020.

Dr. Manchin will speak on Tuesday, September 9 at 6:00 pm at the Upshur County Public Library located at 1150 WV-20 Route South in Tennerton. The event is free and open to the public.