Health Care and Education Industries Absorb Majority of State’s College Graduates Over Past Decade

More than half of all graduates of West Virginia’s public colleges and universities in the last 10 years were employed in just two industries, according to a new study published by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Of the 55,675 graduates in the…

Graduate Student Collaboration with Industry Opens Doors for Career Development

Seven West Virginia University Health Sciences graduate students showcased their research and skills on March 5 to visiting industry representatives and local investors in a dinner encouraging interaction and collaboration between rising student researchers, faculty and private sector representatives. The students represented pharmaceutical and pharmacological sciences, physiology and pharmacology, cellular and integrative physiology, basic pharmaceutical…

WVSU Extension Service Seeks Small Fruit Farmers for Vineyard Tour

Fruit farmers and others interested in small fruit production, particularly grape production, are invited on a vineyard tour at Kirkwood Winery in Summersville hosted by West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service Saturday, March 23. The educational tour is the first of a planned series of vineyard tours throughout the state intended to increase interest…

WV Innovation & Entrepreneurship on Display at State Capitol Monday

West Virginia’s high-tech economy will be on full display at the State Capitol from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., on Monday, March 11 during “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day,” hosted by Industries of the Future-West Virginia (IOF-WV) and TechConnect West Virginia.  Media are encouraged to attend. Anne Barth, executive director of TechConnect West Virginia, said, “We…