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35-679: The school was founded after the Eastern Seventh Day Baptist Association decided to build an academy in the city of Salem . The state granted a permit in December 1888 to build what was called the Academy of Salem, specifying that the institution was subject to the regulations and decisions of the Society of Seventh Day Baptist Education. The charter required the institution to make a college as soon as possible, which occurred in 1890. Over

70-670: A Master of Business Administration , a Master of Education, and a Master of Science in Nursing. Teachers may take courses in the School of Education as non-degree students to renew their licenses. A post-master's certificate in Educational Leadership is offered that leads to advanced licensure and a certificate in Special Education Leadership is also offered. All programs, including distance education programs, are delivered in

105-860: A member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) from 2013–14 to 2015–16; as well as a charter member of the defunct West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from 1924–25 to 2009–10. They have also competed as a dual affliate with the United States Collegiate Athletic Association since 2022, winning national championships in men's basketball (2023) and women's basketball (2024). Salem competes in 14 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis, wrestling, water polo; while women's sports basketball, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball, tennis, and water polo. Salem competed as original members of

140-538: A monthly format allowing students to complete their degrees more quickly than their counterparts at other traditional or online universities. This attracts non-traditional students conscious of time and accessibility. Since classes are four weeks long, the MBA or M.Ed. can be completed in 12 months or fewer, a Bachelor's in 40 months, or an Associate in only 20 months, if a student were to start college studies without any prior college credits. The Salem athletic teams are called

175-420: A tributary of Tenmile Creek , in western Harrison County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.34 square miles (3.47 km ), all land. Salem was settled in the summer of 1790 — as "New Salem" — by forty Seventh Day Baptist families from Shrewsbury, New Jersey . Notable settler family names included Lippincott, Maxson, Babcock, Plumer, Davis , and Fitz-Randolph. New Salem

210-881: Is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 11 schools, mostly in West Virginia with other members in Maryland and Pennsylvania . The conference is an offshoot of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC), another Division II conference that had operated primarily in West Virginia since 1924. In June 2012,

245-631: Is a city in Harrison County , West Virginia , United States. The population was 1,485 at the 2020 census . It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 23 ; the North Bend Rail Trail passes through the city. Salem University is located in Salem. Salem is located at 39°17′0″N 80°33′46″W  /  39.28333°N 80.56278°W  / 39.28333; -80.56278 (39.283411, -80.562731), along Salem Fork,

280-545: The Higher Learning Commission . The university offers undergraduate degrees including the Associate of Arts , Associate of Science , Bachelor of Arts , and Bachelor of Science . The School of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (a degree-completion program for registered nurses) and an Associate of Science in Nursing that prepares students to become Registered Nurses. At the graduate level, Salem offers

315-597: The National Register of Historic Places . As of the census of 2010, there were 1,586 people, 662 households, and 384 families living in the city. The population density was 1,183.6 inhabitants per square mile (457.0/km ). There were 834 housing units at an average density of 622.4 per square mile (240.3/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.5% White , 4.1% African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.1% Asian , 0.1% from other races , and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of

350-693: The University of Virginia's College at Wise (UVA Wise), located in Southwest Virginia . Wheeling Jesuit was a WVIAC member that had been left out of the original WVIAC split. Urbana and UVA Wise were members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) in 2012–13, while Notre Dame was a Division II independent that had housed five of its 22 sports in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference . UVA Wise, which had previously been turned down for WVIAC membership,

385-462: The 145 boys and 45 girls how to speak fluent English, experience American culture firsthand and to acquire a valuable American college degree. The alliance with Teikyo ended in 2000, when the school was purchased by investors from Singapore . At that time, the school changed its name to Salem International University . Salem International University was acquired by Salem Education LLC in June 2005. The school

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420-482: The 17th conference sport for the 2014–15 school year (2015 season). Men's and women's swimming and diving were added as the 18th and 19th conference sports for 2017–18, with the MEC and Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) forming a swimming and diving alliance that conducts a joint conference championship meet. The following school year saw the MEC add acrobatics & tumbling as an official sport, two years before it

455-994: The MEC was short-lived, as on July 31, 2023, Alderson Broaddus' authorization to grant degrees was revoked, resulting in the immediate suspension of all athletics. In 2024, charter member Notre Dame College announced it would shut down. That same year, it was announced that Point Park University would join the conference from the NAIA River States Conference . This marked the MEC’s first member in Pennsylvania. The Mountain East currently has 11 full members, with five being private and six being public schools. Reclassifying members listed in yellow. The Mountain East currently has three associate members, one public school and two private schools: The Mountain East had five former full members; three are private schools which left

490-503: The MEC when the schools closed, while two are public schools that remain in operation. Current Mountain East football associate UNC Pembroke had housed four sports in the MEC before it joined a conference that sponsored all of those sports. Full members (all sports)  Full members (non-football)  Associate members (football-only)  Associate members (other)  The MEC sponsored 16 sports in all, eight each for men and women, at its formation. Women's lacrosse became

525-586: The PSAC in 2019, becoming that league's first full member outside of Pennsylvania. The MEC would replace both members in the ensuing months. On July 5, the Mountain East Conference announced that Frostburg State University had accepted an offer of membership beginning with the 2019–20 academic year, contingent upon Frostburg State achieving active membership status in NCAA Division II (which would occur on

560-568: The Tigers. The university is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing as an NCAA D-II Independent for most of its sports since the 2016–17 academic year (which they were a member on a previous stint from 2010–11 to 2012–13); while being an associate member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) for some of its sports. The Tigers previously competed as

595-717: The WVIAC beginning in 1924-1925, and remained a member through 2009-2010 (including through that conference's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II in 1995-1996). The WVIAC folded shortly thereafter in 2013. The majority of the former WVIAC joined the Mountain East Conference , which had their first season of competition in 2013. Salem is one of four West Virginia schools that joined the G-MAC in July 2013. The other three schools were former WVIAC colleagues of Salem that had been cast adrift in

630-711: The announced schedule). Finally, on August 30, the MEC announced two additional new members effective in 2019–20. Davis & Elkins College would become a full member, and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC Pembroke) would join in five sports. UNC Pembroke began MEC competition in men's and women's indoor track & field, women's swimming & diving, and wrestling in 2019, with football following in 2020. Multiple MEC membership changes were announced in 2020. On April 16, multi-sport associate member UNC Pembroke announced it would join Conference Carolinas (CC) effective in 2021–22. Because CC sponsors all of

665-564: The area, opened a school, though it operated for only two semesters. In 1888, the Eastern Seventh Day Baptist Association provided for the construction of the Salem Academy, which later became a college in 1890, existing to this day. Salem has a history of large fires. The same full city block has burned down twice in the city's history. The north side of Main Street downtown burned once in 1901 and again on March 2, 2006. The more recent fire burned

700-544: The breakup of the WVIAC. Salem left the G-MAC at the end of the 2015–16 season. According to an official statement issued by the G-MAC: “Salem International will be conducting a final year of (G-MAC) affiliation in 2015-2016. The institution has been exploring alternate Division II conference membership options beginning with the 2016–17 season.” As of the 2023–24 school year, Salem remains an independent NCAA Division II institution with no conference affiliation in most sports, with

735-592: The exception being men's and women's water polo that compete in the Western Water Polo Association . However, Salem University and the Mountain East Conference reached a non-conference scheduling agreement for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, baseball, and softball beginning in August of 2023 in the wake of the sudden closure of then Mountain East member Alderson Broaddus University . Salem, West Virginia Salem

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770-588: The name of Salem College. Since then, it has undergone numerous name changes including Salem-Teikyo University, Salem Interational University, and now Salem University. The Salem College Administration Building was completed in 1910 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Salem College Administration building was later torn down in early 2024 due to it being condemned for many years. Mountain East Conference The Mountain East Conference ( MEC )

805-477: The next 100 years, the school continued as a liberal arts, teacher education, and nursing college. In 1989, Salem formed an alliance with Teikyo University in Tokyo , Japan, which changed the focus of the school to one of education of international students. Salem College was renamed Salem-Teikyo University . Nearly 200 freshmen from Japan enrolled in the college as part of an experiment by Japanese educators to teach

840-609: The nine football -playing schools in that conference announced plans to break away and form a new all-sports conference. The schools that made the initial announcement were the University of Charleston , Concord University , Fairmont State University , Glenville State College , Seton Hill University , Shepherd University , West Liberty University , West Virginia State University , and West Virginia Wesleyan College . All of these schools were in West Virginia, except for Seton Hill, located in Pennsylvania . According to regional media,

875-408: The non-football sports that UNCP housed in the MEC, UNCP is now an MEC member only in football. Five days later, charter member Urbana announced it would close at the end of the 2019–20 school year. Finally, on June 5, Alderson Broaddus University , a West Virginia school left out of the WVIAC split, announced that it would leave the G-MAC to join the MEC the following month. However, their tenure in

910-573: The official launch of the conference on August 20, 2012, the MEC sought to add the WVIAC's other Pennsylvania member, the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ; however, both Seton Hill and Pittsburgh–Johnstown chose to join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The MEC filled out its charter membership with another West Virginia school, Wheeling Jesuit University, today known as Wheeling University ; two Ohio schools, Notre Dame College and Urbana University ; and

945-433: The old city bank building, several store fronts, and several residences; five structures in all were damaged. The fire was determined to have been started by a hot water tank in an apartment. The fire departments' ability to put out the blaze was hampered by a limited city water supply; they were forced to draw water from the nearby creek. The Salem College Administration Building and Salem Historic District are listed on

980-440: The population. There were 662 households, of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.4% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.0% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1015-475: The separation of West Virginia from Virginia in 1863 had diminished the need to distinguish it from the town named Salem near Roanoke . The United States Postal Service made the change official in March 1884. Salem was incorporated by the state of West Virginia on 25 February 1905. As late as 1870, Charles A. Burdick came to town as a Seventh Day Baptist missionary, feeling the need for an educational institution in

1050-458: The split was "supposedly rooted in different philosophies of progressivism", and also was partially driven by a desire to expand the new conference's footprint outside West Virginia. The divisions in the WVIAC were also rooted in the split between public and private schools, although the departing schools included institutions of both types. At the time of the original announcement, the nine schools planned to expand to at least 12 members. Before

1085-439: Was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age in the city was 36.1 years. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 15.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. Salem University is a private university in the city, founded in 1888 by Seventh Day Baptists, under

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1120-547: Was formally chartered and made a town by legislative enactment of the Virginia Assembly on December 19, 1794, on land owned by Samuel Fitz Randolph. John Patterson, John Davis, Samuel Lippincott, James Davis, Zebulon Maxon, Benjamin Thorp, Thomas Clayton, William Davis, Jacob Davis, George Jackson and John Haymond were appointed its first trustees. By the 1870s, the town was more frequently being called "Salem" than "New Salem", as

1155-456: Was renamed Salem University in September 2017. The Salem College Administration Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. However, due to ongoing safety concerns, the building was demolished in 2023. Historical documents and the original bell from the building were found in that demolition and are now housed in Salem's Benedum Library. Salem is accredited by

1190-518: Was the first in which MEC teams were eligible for automatic bids to NCAA Division II championships; before then, they were eligible only for at-large bids. In 2018, UVA Wise and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) jointly announced on April 13 that UVA Wise would leave the MEC to join the SAC for 2019–20 and beyond. Next, Shepherd and the PSAC jointly announced on June 7 that Shepherd would join

1225-492: Was transitioning from the NAIA and did not officially become an active D-II member until 2015-16; all of the other charter members were already full D-II members. At its launch, the MEC had 11 football members, with Wheeling (then known as Wheeling Jesuit) being the only non-football school. On February 15, 2013, the NCAA accepted the MEC as its 25th D2 conference. The 2015–16 school year

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