New Energy Conference Aims to Create a Better Future for the Region

The National Research Center for Coal and Energy (NRCCE) at West Virginia University is hosting the first annual TransTech Energy Conference, November 14-16 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, W.Va. The conference will bring together innovative thinkers, investors, students and teachers who are interested in the growing field of transitional energy technologies. Energy technologies…

New culinary program at WVU Parkersburg recommended for ARC funding

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today recommended eight projects, totaling more than $4.7 million, to receive the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Investment Program grants. West Virginia University at Parkersburg was the only higher education institution project to receive a recommendation. The $150,000 for WVU Parkersburg’s project will provide commercial kitchen equipment for a kitchen incubator that…

Bethany College Wins Honors at State Public Relations Awards Gala

Bethany College’s Department of Communications and Media Arts was recognized with four awards at the annual West Virginia Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Crystal Awards Gala June 20 in Charleston. Bethany’s student chapter of the PRSA (Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA), department chair M.E. Yancosek Gamble, advisor, received the Crystal Award for…