including music and theatre.
West Liberty was approved to become a university by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in November 2008. The West Liberty Board of Governors voted to change to West Liberty University on May 3, 2009. The bulk of its student body comes from the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, eastern Ohio, and western Pennsylvania.
Tim Borchers was appointed as the university's 38th president on May 12, 2023, by the West Liberty University Board of Governors. He assumed his role on July 1, 2023.
=== Presidents ===
Presidents of the institution have included:
Nathan Shotwell, 1838-1854
A. F. Ross, 1857-1861
James Tyler Bradbury, 1862-1863
John Allen Brown, 1864-1867
John Creighton Frazier, 1867-1870
F. H. Crago, 1870-1873
James E. Morrow, 1873-1875
J. Clinton Gwynne, 1875-1879
Robert McPheeters, 1879-1881
Daniel T. Williams, 1881-1884
J. A. Cox, 1884-1886
Robert Allen Armstrong, 1886-1893
J. N. Deahl, 1893-1898
W. B. Cutright, 1898-1899
J. M. Skinner, 1899-1901
W. L. McCowan, …
