December 27, 2012 – Page 2 – West Virginia Executive Magazine

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WVUH-East City Hospital Names Daisy Award Winner – Third Quarter

Business NewsBy cyndee December 27, 2012 Leave a comment

City Hospital’s Nurse Work Life Council named Shelley Palkovic, RN, a registered nurse in the obstetrics unit at City Hospital, as the recipient of the DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses for the third quarter 2012. The award was presented to Palkovic during a recent ceremony at the hospital. She received a certificate along with a…

Davis & Elkins Science Student Presents at National Conference

Business NewsBy cyndee December 27, 2012 Leave a comment

Carissa Dunn, a senior biology and chemistry double major at Davis & Elkins College, recently presented a research poster at the 2012 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science in Seattle, Washington. Dunn was selected to participate in the conference entitled “Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World” after completing a…

TechConnect West Virginia: Turning Innovation into Enterprise

Executive ExclusivesBy cyndee December 27, 2012 Leave a comment

By Anne Barth Economists assess 70 percent of U.S. growth in the last 50 years has been due to technology and innovation. While some may automatically think of Silicon Valley or the Research Triangle, there is growing evidence that a culture of entrepreneurship is beginning to spread around the country, including rural areas. In West…