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Judy McCauley, West Virginia District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, made a surprise announcement during the 2013 Small Business Award Ceremony at the end of May. Tara Elder, Director of the Women’s Business and Training Center was named the 2013 Director’s Choice award winner. The Director’s Choice award is reserved to recognize an…
Hall of Fame quarterback and entrepreneur Fran Tarkenton will be the featured speaker during the Phoenix Award and Procurement breakfast awards ceremony on June 21 at 9 a.m. EDT during the Washington, D.C. portion of National Small Business Week. The event will recognize the achievement of small business’ contribution to the national economy and local…
As West Virginia University continues to reach new milestones in its ambitious comprehensive campaign, A State of Minds, WVU’s Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design honored some of its most ardent supporters and partners at a recent banquet. “We’ve begun a new tradition of honoring some of the people and organizations that truly…
The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that it recently won a favorable ruling for client Fairmont General Hospital (FGH). The West Virginia Supreme Court ended the three-year-long Fairmont General Hospital v. City of Fairmont, et. al. lawsuit via summary judgment, holding that FGH alone has the right to appoint its own…
Continuing to invest in the University’s strategic plan and academic mission despite state budget reductions is the smart thing to do, West Virginia University’s Board of Governors agreed June 6 in approving the 2014 fiscal year budget along with a two-year strategy to deal with budget reductions. WVU and its divisional campuses must adjust the budget for the year beginning…
Every day, millions of people worldwide will type a text, make a phone call, surf the web or send an email on a sleek smartphone. The compact nature of these devices may be convenient, but maintaining power and functionality in increasingly smaller packaging is keeping researchers busy. David Lederman, Robert L. Carroll professor of physics at West…