‘The College Tour’ films episode highlighting Fairmont State University students

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Amazon Prime’s “The College Tour” is spending the week filming an episode of the show at Fairmont State University.

“The College Tour,” hosted by Alex Boylan, highlights different college campuses across the country. Fairmont State was chosen as one of the universities that will be featured on the show’s 16th season next year.

Ten FSU students were chosen to share their journey as a Falcon for the episode, and they represent all that Fairmont State has to offer.

Alex Boylan, the host and executive producer of “The College Tour,” told 12 News that the show chose to visit Fairmont State partly because of its unique programs in Aviation and National Security & Intelligence.

“You have some really great, amazing students, a beautiful campus, set in a beautiful part of the country, but we have some really cool stories,” Boylan said. “We’re going to tell the story about an aviator, you have the FBI center not too far from here, right, so we have special intelligence.”

The show was initially created after Boylan’s niece couldn’t decide where to go to college. Boylan aims to bring the campus experience to life for students who are undecided but can’t make it on a physical college tour due to various barriers.

Mike Davis, the President of Fairmont State University, spoke with 12 News about what he hopes the public will take away from the episode.

“I really hope that people who watch the show see the personal interactions on our campus. I think a campus our size, part of our superpower is the ability of people to connect with each other,” Davis said.

After filming wraps up later this week, the production crew hopes that the episode will air in three to four months.