Mountwest Community and Technical College (MCTC) is a

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Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell County, West Virginia, Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia, Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The County seat, seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, O ...

. It is part of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System. The college offers

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programs including several career courses in maritime through its Inland Waterways Academy.Maritime Programs & Inland Waterways Academy Courses
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Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

. In 2008, the state decided that community colleges and state colleges should be separated into different institutions, and the constituent college was "divorced" from the university. Under an agreement between the two schools, MCTC was permitted to use its original Marshall Community and Technical College name until 2011, at which time it had to adopt a new name that does not use the Marshall

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. The new Mountwest name was announced in November 2009. In 2012, the school stopped leasing space at Marshall and purchased a former office building from Ashland Incorporated.

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* Education in Cabell County, West Virginia West Virginia Community and Technical College System 2008 establishments in West Virginia Educational institutions established in 2008 Two-year colleges in the United States {{WestVirginia-university-stub