In addition, Foard is the Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Trombone for the West Virginia State University Music Department giving, private lessons via Skype with occasional in person lessons and master classes.
His recent solo exhibitions include one at Freddy's Backroom in Brooklyn, NY; Crush and High Alert at Broadway Gallery in New York, NY; Instant Gratification at the Della Brown Taylor Gallery at West Virginia State University; and an at the Amalie Rothschild Gallery in Baltimore, MD.
He studied briefly at West Virginia State University but soon was drafted in an African-American cavalry unit that served in Northafrica and in Italy during World War Two.
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Gobel was also the head coach for the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets located in Institute, West Virginia.
Some historically black colleges now have non-black majorities, notably West Virginia State University and Bluefield State College whose student body has been over 80% white since the mid-1960s.