| West Virginia University College of Creative Arts and Media | |
| Established: | 1939 |
| Type: | Unit of West Virginia University |
| Head Label: | Dean |
| Head: | Keith Jackson[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Campus: | Morgantown |
The West Virginia University College of Media and Creative Arts, also known as the WVU CCAM or WVU College of Media and Creative Arts, is one of the colleges and schools at West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, West Virginia.
See also: Woodburn Circle. The WVU Reed College of Media was formerly known as the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism until July 1, 2014. It was created by Dr. Perley Isaac Reed. Dr. Reed arrived at West Virginia University in 1920 and was assigned to teach English and Journalism courses at the College of the Arts and Sciences. Soon, Reed made it his personal mission to expand the course load, which also included journalism history, editing, advertisement writing and trade and industrial journalism, in just a few years.[2]
To gain further momentum, Reed used his involvement in the West Virginia State Newspaper Council to improve the press and its profitability. Using their political power they applied pressure and in the year 1927, Journalism became a department and later became a school in 1939.
The school did not have a building to call its home until 1953 when Martin Hall was given to the Journalism school. Prior to that, it had occupied only several rooms nearby in Woodburn Hall.
West Virginia University's Reed College of Media has been located in Martin Hall since 1954. Although the College only began its stay there fifty-four years ago, Martin Hall has been part of Woodburn Circle for decades longer.[3] [4]
The College of Creative Arts was founded in 1969 to holster theatre and dance, art and design, and music schools.
On February 21, 2014, the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism announced that on July 1 its name will be changed to the Reed College of Media.[5]
In 2024, West Virginia University merged the Reed College of Media and the College of Creative Arts.[6] [7]