Wanted: Outstanding Small Business Owners and Champions

The U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for nominations for the 2013 West Virginia Small Business Person of the Year and Small Business Champion awards. All award recipients will be recognized during the annual West Virginia Small Business Week Awards Celebration with West Virginia’s Small Business Person of the Year in the running for the […]

Marshall University to host fall career webinar series

Marshall University Career Services will host a career webinar series for students with important information on how to prepare themselves for life after college. The series features eight career authors and experts who share their knowledge on interviewing, life planning, job search, networking and much more. “We want to provide as much information as possible […]

William Loope to Receive National Award from Council for Resource Development

William Loope, vice president of institutional advancement and workforce education at New River Community and Technical College, will be presented the Campus Impact Award for Outstanding Grants Professional at the national conference of the Council for Resource Development (CRD) in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Nov. 10. The Council for Resource Development is the professional organization […]

WVU Parkersburg’s Learn and Earn DuPont partnership program successful so far

The first cohort of students in West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Learn and Earn program has completed the initial rounds of classroom and on-the-job experience at DuPont Washington Works and is on par to complete the program in February 2013. The college and DuPont announced the collaboration in January, and students began the following month. […]

Marshall, St. Joe join Marines in 2012 Toys for Tots regional campaign

Marshall University and St. Joseph Catholic Grade School are teaming with the United States Marine Corp Reserves in supporting a drive to collect toys for needy children in the 2012 Toys for Tots regional campaign. This afternoon at St. Joe, about 80 students in grades K-2 joined Sgt. Victor Arroyo, coordinator of the campaign, and […]

Cyber safety summit rescheduled for Nov. 28 at Marshall University

Marshall University’s free cyber safety summit, originally scheduled for Oct. 30 but postponed because of weather conditions that day, has been rescheduled to Nov. 28 beginning at 10 a.m., according to John Sammons, assistant professor of Integrated Science and Technology and director of the Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence. The summit will take place in the […]