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WVU and 250 years of American progress with the historian Hal Gorby
William Hal Gorby spends a lot of time looking backward. As a historian at West Virginia University, he studies the people, decisions and turning points that have shaped a nation. And as the country prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, Gorby, a teaching associate professor and director of undergraduate advising in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, sees a common thread running through both stories: the belief that education helps communities adapt, grow and prosper.
