Southern NJ Mountaineer Parents Club
The Mountaineer Parents Club is an organization designed to foster success by connecting parents and family members to the West Virginia University student experience. The Club has over 20,000 members from local clubs throughout the country and is free to parents of current and future WVU students. To join, click the “Join Parent’s Club” button below to receive updated WVU and local parents club events, including information on buses to NJ during semester breaks.
To reach the local, Southern NJ Parent's Club, email us at parentsclub@wvusnjalumni.org if you have any further questions.
Buses Schedule for 2022-2023 Academic Year
The Southern New Jersey Mountaineer Parents Club will be using Starr College Break Bus services during WVU’s long weekends (October) and breaks (Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Break) for the upcoming academic year. Their will be two pick-up locations at WVU and drop-off locations in Delaware (Newark), Maryland (Hagerstown), New Jersey (Bridgewater, Cherry Hill, Hamilton, Secaucus & Wall Twp.) and Pennsylvania (Allentown, Carlisle, King of Prussia & Yardley). These will be the same pickup and drop off location on the return trip back to WVU.
The two WVU locations are Stalnaker Hall (Maiden Lane) located on the Downtown campus and Lincoln Hall (Rawley Ave) located on the Evansdale campus. The Delaware location is the I-95 Rest Stop (Newark, DE) and the five (5) NJ locations are at the Somerset Hills Shopping Center (766 US-206 at intersection of Route 202 & Washington Valley Road) in Bridgewater Twp.; the PATCO Woodcrest Station (Just off Exit 31 of I-295) in Cherry Hill, NJ; the NJ Transit / Amtrak Hamilton Train Station (800 Sloan Avenue - Exit 65B off I-295) in Hamilton, NJ; the Walmart Supercenter (400 Park Plaza Drive) in Secaucus and the Garden State Parkway Monmouth Rest Stop at MP 100 in Wall, NJ. The other locations in Maryland and Pennsylvania can be found on Starr's College Break Bus website
Refunds policies will vary for the buses and can be found on the College Break Bus website. Please do not book the bus to hold a spot while other transportation means are being sought.
Cost: See WVU Break Bus (Powered by Starr) for prices
The following is the schedule for the buses:
Fall Break Weekend (3-day weekend - University Housing opened during this weekend)
- WVU to DE/NJ on 10/6/2022 (Thursday) (No classes on Friday)
- NJ/DE to WVU on 10/9/2022 (Sunday)
Click here for Fall Break bus details and to register
Thanksgiving Break (University Housing closed during this break)
- WVU to DE/NJ on 11/18/2022 (Friday) (University Housing closes at 7pm)
- NJ/DE to WVU on 11/27/2022 (Sunday) (University Housing opens at noon)
Click here for Thanksgiving bus details and to register
Winter Break (University Housing closed during this break)
- WVU to DE/NJ on 12/16/2022 (Friday) (University Housing closes at noon on Saturday)
- NJ/DE to WVU on 1/7/2023 (Saturday) (University Housing opens at noon)
Click here for Winter Break bus details and to register
Spring Break (University Housing closed during this break)
- WVU to DE/NJ on 3/10/2023 (Friday) (University Housing closes at 7pm)
- NJ/DE to WVU on 3/19/2023 (Sunday) (University Housing opens at noon)
Click here for Spring Break bus details and to register
For questions on the bus please email Ed McMahon at parentsclub@wvusnjalumni.org
