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WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a series of webinars in recognition of the seventh annual National Entrepreneurship Week. The emphasis will be on how the next generation of small business owners can leverage crowdfunding as an alternative finance option to start and grow their businesses. WHEN: February 19-21, 2013, daily at 3:00 p.m.…
The West Virginia University College of Law announced Feb. 12 it had received $7.5 million from the Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust, the largest capital gift in the law school’s history. The gift will help fund a $25 million renovation and building project that broke ground last fall. “As for all of the law students…
West Virginia University’s Police Department has been accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, the state’s first campus to achieve this milestone and only the 35th out of 1,200 member colleges and universities. “Accreditation requires that procedures are documented and that personnel are given clear guidance,” Chief Bob Roberts said. “It makes…
Each year thousands of women are unable to secure employment because they don’t have access to appropriate ensembles to wear on job interviews. dressbarn is teaming up with the non-profit organization, Dress for Success, to gather 60,000 articles of clothing, as part of its S.O.S. – Send One Suit – Weekend donation drive, March 7-10.…
A group of West Virginia University students are implementing the skills they’re learning in the classroom to improve a community’s economy. Six senior students majoring in public relations in the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism campaigns course are teaming with Shinnston City Manager Debra Herndon and a group of active community members, volunteers and…
With an eye toward the economic needs of the state and the corresponding educational needs of West Virginia college students, academic leaders from West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (SWVCTC) met in Logan last week to begin discussions on a series of 2+2 partnerships that will make it…