Raising the Bar: FabLab Gives Marshall County Students Hands-On Learning Experience
By Lee Ann Wainwright If a John Marshall High School student needs a new phone case, a simple Wal-Mart trip or Amazon order will likely do the trick, but when classes resumed this fall, students had another choice—make one. Working to enhance STEM opportunities, John Marshall High School opened West Virginia’s first FabLab this fall. […]
Concord University Receives Grant to Begin Veterans Upward Bound Program
Concord University is the recipient of a federal grant of more than $260,000 to begin a program to assist veterans succeed in college. The announcement was made by U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-WV). The grant will provide $263,938 to Concord from the United States Department of Education to start a Veterans Upward Bound program at […]
Community Park and New Family Homes Dedicated in Hope Village
A community park was dedicated to Mylan on Saturday, Sept. 30, in recognition of the company’s financial support and leadership of flood relief efforts in West Virginia. Last year, after the devastating 1,000-year flood, Mylan kicked-off fundraising efforts for Homes for White Sulphur Springs and Homes for West Virginia with a $1 million donation. The […]
Explore the New Manufacturing Receives Benedum Funding for Regional Education Academies
Explore the New Manufacturing, a statewide education campaign of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund (WVMAEF), was recently awarded a substantial grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to continue educating West Virginia students, primarily at the middle school level, about the manufacturing industry including the educational pathways and career opportunities in West Virginia. […]
Wheeling’s Figaretti’s Restaurant Named Best Italian Restaurant in West Virginia
The West Virginia Tourism Office today celebrates Figaretti’s Restaurant in Wheeling for being named the best Italian restaurant in West Virginia by Lovefood.com. The title is a result of Lovefood’s curated list of the best Italian restaurants in every state. “I’d like to personally congratulate Figaretti’s Restaurant on this accomplishment,” said West Virginia Tourism Commissioner […]
Capito Announces Funding to Help Veterans Pursue, Earn Postsecondary Education
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced a total of $639,257 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education for Concord University in Athens, West Virginia, and Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. The funding—provided through the Veterans Upward Bound program—will be used to support projects designed to help student veterans […]