WV Elks Association Awards $1,000 Grant to Marshall’s Vets for Vets Program

The West Virginia Elks Association recently donated $1,000 to Marshall University’s Veterans for Veterans, a student organization composed of student veterans whose mission is to engage veterans and the community at large. The grant follows the organization’s partnership with the Elks for a successful tailgate Nov. 14, which hosted about 65 homeless veterans for Marshall’s…

Teacher Training, Classroom Kits Enable Inquiry-Based Learning

Throughout 2016, Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab Satellite Network will launch an educational project called Nearby Nature that will enable middle- and high-school students in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to study scientific phenomena in almost any outdoor space, in both built and natural settings. Sponsored by the Benedum Foundation with additional funding from Chevron, Nearby…