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WVU President Michael T. Benson gets his first taste of the Mountain State

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By West Virginia University
August 6th, 2025
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Footnotes Story by Amy Quigley and Katie Farmer. Photos by Hunter Given, Jessica McGee, Brian Persinger, David Ryan, and Matt Sunday.

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