Get a Pet Preparedness Kit with your New Pet April 26

Your emergency bag is ready to grab and go, but what about your pet? April is Pet Preparedness Month. Volunteer West Virginia is partnering with the Kanawha Charleston Humane Association for a Pet Preparedness Event April 26 from noon until 5pm. The first twenty people to adopt a new pet will receive a pre-packed starter […]

SBA Seeks Nominations for Tibbets & SBIR Hall of Fame Awards

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking nominations for its annual Tibbetts and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Hall of Fame Awards.  Nominations can be submitted online at http://www.sbir.gov/news/2014-tibbetts-and-hall-fame-award-nominations.  The deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2014. The Tibbetts Awards are presented to those small businesses and individuals judged to exemplify the best […]

DHG Search Advisors Come to West Virginia

DHG Search Advisors has announced their expansion to West Virginia with a new office in Charleston. DHG Search Advisors is an affiliate of Dixon Hughes Goodman, a top 15 CPA firm with 30 offices across the country, and specializes in executive placement for accounting, finance and information technology professionals. With more than 75 years of […]

Honors College Student Receives Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention

Marshall University Honors College student Tuesday B. Moats has received an honorable mention in the 2014 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship competition. The Goldwater Scholarship is the nation’s premier undergraduate award designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. A native of Sugar Grove, […]

Diversity Symposium to Feature Children’s and Young Adult Literature

This year’s Diversity Symposium at Marshall University, which will focus on children’s and young adult literature, will feature a keynote presentation by illustrator and author Chris Soentpiet. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, on both the Huntington and South Charleston campuses of the university. Dr. Isaac Willis […]

Concord University Participating in Carry On Collection Drive

On April 1, 2014, a month long drive for the collection of items for youth in foster care kicked off in tribute of April’s Child Abuse Prevention month. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, along with representatives from Mission West Virginia, Inc., and Concord University students and faculty gathered on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at 11 a.m. […]