Canaan Valley State Park Promotes Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month

A proclamation declaring January as “Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month” has been signed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, and the heavy snows make it a great opportunity to do just that, according to Lisa Ratliff at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. “We are expecting another six to eight inches of snow between noon Friday […]

West Virginia State Wildlife Center Celebrates Groundhog Day

West Virginia State Wildlife Center’s official weather prognosticator, French Creek Freddie, forecast the onset of spring on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at 10 a.m.  French Creek Freddie has undertaken his annual ritual at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center since 1978. “Celebrating Groundhog Day at the Wildlife Center has become a very popular event,” said […]

Jefferson Memorial HR Manager Earns Benefit Specialist Certification

Cecilia Kusnirak, human resources manager at WVU Hospitals-East’s Jefferson Memorial Hospital, has been designated a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Kusnirak qualified for the designation by passing a series of college level national examinations on employee benefit subjects, […]

Bloch Gift to Benefit Art Museum of WVU Print Study/Collection Room

Stuart and Stephanie Bloch of Wheeling, long-time friends and advocates of the College of Creative Arts, have pledged $100,000 to the Art Museum of West Virginia University for its new Print Study/Collection Room. The room will be one of the distinctive features of the new museum building, to be located near the Creative Arts Center […]

Students Find Financial Aid Assistance through College Summit

By Jen Wood Cunningham Paying for college is a concern for many students but it doesn’t have to be a road block. As 2013 begins, many students are thinking about graduation and beginning the next phase of their lives. These students, including many in our state, often wonder, “How will I pay for college?” Scholarships […]