AmeriCorps West Virginia: Serving Others Through Self-Growth

By Mitzi Vince Marsha moved back to her hometown of War, West Virginia, from South Carolina after a divorce in 1995, and one of her only employment opportunities involved cleaning homes for an average monthly income of $350. When the AmeriCorps APPALREAD program came into her county in 1998, the single mother who needed food […]

Benefit concert to assist Marshall University music staff member

A group of music faculty members from Marshall University’s School of Music and Theatre will perform a benefit concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Fellowship Baptist Church for Beverly McKinney, the school’s administrative assistant, who is battling brain cancer. The Violauta Duo, made up of Dr. Wendell Dobbs, flute, and Dr. Julio Alves, […]