West Virginia Older Workers a Valuable, Growing Workplace Resource

National Employ Older Workers Week, Sept. 24-28, carries special significance this year as older workers face historic challenges in today’s workplace, according to workforce experts in West Virginia. “Record numbers of older people now give us their expertise and dedication in the workforce. But too many others can’t find work – and need to earn wages to survive,” said…

Lantern tours lead busy fall at Beverly Heritage Center

New opportunities and the return of some favorite events will be featured this fall at the Beverly Heritage Center. A full schedule of activities is planned for October through Christmas. The Beverly Heritage Center’s new manager, Darryl DeGripp, is seeking assistance with stories for the first Beverly Lantern Tours in October. “We invite Beverly and…

NASA Astronaut to Headline “Women in Technology” Conference Set for October 18-19 in Wheeling

NASA Astronaut Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger will share her experiences as an astronaut and the qualities it takes to attain that rarified profession during TechConnect West Virginia’s first “Women in Technology: A Formula for Success” conference taking place Oct. 18-19 at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, conference organizers announced today. “Astronaut Metcalf-Lindenburger has a…

‘Dysfunctional U.S. politics of today’ topic of lecture to be delivered at Marshall University by Thomas E. Mann

Dr. Thomas E. Mann, W. Averell Harriman chair and senior fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, will be the first speaker in this fall’s Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy at Marshall University. Mann will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the Marshall University Foundation Hall,…