Submitted photo Front row, from left, Keith Faulkner, President of Appalachian School of Law, and Dr. Tim Barry, President of Alderson Broaddus University, sign the partnership agreement. Back row, from lef, representing Appalachian School of Law are Dean of Admissions Holly Cline and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Laura Wilson. Dr. Andrea Bucklew, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Jennifer Hawkinberry, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Director of Retention & Student Success, and Dr. Eric Shor, Executive Vice President for Administration and Vice President for Enrollment Management, represent Alderson Broaddus University.

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Front row, from left, Keith Faulkner, President of Appalachian School of Law, and Dr. Tim Barry, President of Alderson Broaddus University, sign the partnership agreement. Back row, from lef, representing Appalachian School of Law are Dean of Admissions Holly Cline and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Laura Wilson. Dr. Andrea Bucklew, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Jennifer Hawkinberry, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Director of Retention & Student Success, and Dr. Eric Shor, Executive Vice President for Administration and Vice President for Enrollment Management, represent Alderson Broaddus University.

PHILIPPI — Alderson Broaddus University announced a new Preferential Admissions Agreement with the Appalachian School of Law.

The partnership, signed by Dr. Tim Barry, president of AB, and Keith Faulkner, president of Appalachian School of Law, provides a streamlined and preferential admission for graduates of Alderson Broaddus University to the Juris Doctor program of ASL.

“The signing of this partnership between Alderson Broaddus University and Appalachian School of Law encapsulates a core element of our Mission Statement — to prepare students to succeed in their chosen disciplines,” Barry said.

“This agreement helps both institutions realize a goal to increase academic development. In addition, their education approach fits well with our mission of a diverse society of well-rounded and responsible citizens.”

“What’s important to us at the Appalachian School of Law about this partnership is we’re partnering with another Appalachian school,” Appalachian School of Law president and dean Brian Keith Faulkner said. “A school serving this region and sending folks out to do great things across the Appalachian region and beyond.”

Working to make positive impacts on communities, AB and ASL have entered into dozens of partnerships with like-minded businesses and organizations to provide resources and employment opportunities for their students upon graduation.

Alderson Broaddus University, founded in 1871, pioneered the nation’s first baccalaureate physician assistant program of its kind in 1968 and a post-baccalaureate physician assistant master’s degree program in 1993, and West Virginia’s first four-year nursing program in 1945.

AB is rooted in historic and continuing relationships with the American Baptist Churches in the USA and the West Virginia Baptist Convention.