SBA Launches Program to Help Transitioning Service Members and Veterans Become Entrepreneurs

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has joined with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to launch a training program for transitioning service members and veterans to help them become entrepreneurs and create jobs.  Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup is a national initiative that will be piloted with…

Health Science and Technology Academ(HSTA) summer institute kicks off Sunday; about 110 ninth-graders from West Virginia will participate

About 110 ninth-grade students from throughout West Virginia will visit Marshall University’s Huntington campus July 15-20 to take part in the annual Health Science & Technology Academy (HSTA) Summer Institute. The students will be joined by eight HSTA teachers, four field site coordinators and Marshall faculty and staff in the “Fun With Science” summer institute,…

WVU Hospitals-East City Hospital Receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award

West Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that City Hospital has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients for at least 12 months with 85 percent compliance to core standard levels of care…