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The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Region III invites all SBA participating lenders to attend the 2012 America East Conference, scheduled for August 1-3 in Baltimore at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. America East provides intensive training to new and seasoned SBA lenders, resulting in expanded access to credit for the small business community. With…
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…
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’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…
You’ve gone online to get the checklists, seen the articles, joined the webinars, and you have a lot of good information when it comes to building a disaster preparedness plan for your business. But what should you tackle first? Is it the financial protection that comes with good insurance coverage? Should your priority be protecting…
When the Bluegrass Certificate Program at Glenville State College accepted its very first students in the fall of 2002 it was the first of its kind anywhere in the nation. On August 3, 2007, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission approved a four-year Bachelor of Arts Degree in Bluegrass Music for GSC, again the…