October 9, 2012 – West Virginia Executive Magazine

West Virginia’s Premier Business Publication

AmeriCorps West Virginia: Serving Others Through Self-Growth

Executive ExclusivesBy cyndee October 9, 2012 Leave a comment

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

Business NewsBy cyndee October 9, 2012 Leave a comment

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,…

Marshall University Forensic Science Center to host lecture for honors students on criminal behavior

Business NewsBy cyndee October 9, 2012 Leave a comment

Marshall University’s College of Education and College of Science will conduct a special lecture, “Nature versus Nurture,” sponsored by the Honors College for its students at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center. The lecture will cross-examine whether traits of human behavior are inherited or learned and whether humans may…