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As a string band plays an old-time tune, flat-footing dancers pound out the percussion … not an uncommon sight in the Mountain Highlands of West Virginia. But what makes this ensemble unique is that they are college students at Davis & Elkins rehearsing on the back porch of one of the campus’s historic mansions. They…
Decorated for Christmas, the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History in Parkersburg is adorned not so much as a 21st century holiday, but as an international tour with Victorian influences. International trees greet museum visitors throughout December. “We have trees decorated to represent Germany, Russia, Scotland, England, Ireland, America, Spain, China, Japan, Africa, Greece, Sweden, Canada,…
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section (DNR) will hold its next instructor training for the Archery in the Schools (AIS) Program January 29 and 30 at Charleston First Church of the Nazarene, according to Krista Snodgrass, program coordinator. The AIS Program has become DNR’s largest growing educational program. Since its inception in…
Alba Adell, a Fulbright Scholar from Balencia, Spain, has joined the staff at Davis & Elkins College as a foreign language teaching assistant for the 2012-2013 school year. As a participant in the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant program, Adell instructs two Spanish classes – one for beginners and another where she assists in “polishing”…
Representatives from architectural and consulting firms will conduct a campus/community open house at Marshall University on Tuesday, Dec. 4, as they seek input for MU’s 2013 Facilities/Land Use Master Plan. The topics of the open house are Introduction to Campus Master Plan and Identification of Goals and Concerns. The master plan will be presented to…
More than 100 high school seniors learned the importance of finding a good college fit at a Peer Leader Academy hosted by College Summit. On Tuesday at New River Community and Technical College’s Ghent campus, students learned how to implement activities in their schools that will help their peers create a plan for education beyond…