CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia University President Michael Benson introduced the public to the founding director of a new Legislature-created center focused on educating students about civics and Western civilization.

Patrick Lee Miller is an associate professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, with expertise in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, the philosophy of Plato and Friedrich Nietzsche, and psychoanalysis as pioneered by Sigmund Freud. He will be the first director of the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at WVU.

“Dr. Miller is an accomplished scholar and a passionate advocate for restoring excellence and balance to higher education,” Morrisey said during a press conference Wednesday at the Governor’s Reception Room at the State

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