WVU Tech Student-Athletes Team Up with the YMCA

On Tuesday, April 22, West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) soccer players teamed up with the YMCA of Southern West Virginia recreational soccer league for a one-day soccer mini-camp at the Paul Cline Memorial Sports Complex in Beckley, West Virginia. In all, 18 WVU Tech student-athletes worked with more than 250 YMCA players […]

Reconnecting McDowell and AT&T Announce Mentor-Internship Program

An AT&T contribution will allow scores of McDowell County, WV, high school students, who are at risk of dropping out, to explore a world beyond their community through mentors, college campus visits and job shadowing programs in Charleston and Washington, D.C., AT&T officials, Reconnecting McDowell leaders and other state officials announced recently. The three-year, $300,000 […]

Governor Tomblin Issues Statement Regarding Planned Construction in Marshall County

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today issued the following statement regarding an announcement from Moundsville Power regarding planned construction of a new natural gas power plant in Marshall County. “For several years, we have worked hard to make the most of the increased energy production associated with the development of the Marcellus and Utica Shales. The […]

VITA-lizing Student Studies: Concord’s Tax Assistance Program

By Sarah Pritchett Dalton A group of Concord University (CU) business students spent this tax season volunteering as income tax assistants. Offered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides income tax return preparation to qualifying individuals free of charge. As IRS-certified VITA volunteers, these CU students provided the […]

Green-White Game, Fountain Ceremony, Banquet Highlight Alumni Weekend

Marshall University alumni, current students, and friends of the university will be welcomed to the Huntington campus for a weekend of activities Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, to celebrate Alumni Weekend 2014. Among the events planned during the two days are the annual Green and White football game, the annual fountain ceremony and the 77th […]