WVSU Students Place in the Top 40 of International Business Competition
A group of West Virginia State University (WVSU) senior business students finished among the top 40 teams in the world in a recent computer-based business simulation. WVSU seniors Jacob Bulriss, Charles Griggs, Chase Henderson and Amiea Summers participated in the international competition as part of a Senior Business Seminar taught by Dr. Abainesh Mitiku, professor […]
Active SWV Kids Run Program Spreading Throughout Southern West Virginia
Active Southern West Virginia Kids Run Clubs (Active SWV Kids Run Clubs) seeks to help kids to develop an enjoyment and understanding of exercise, while learning healthy habits that extend beyond the program. The participants learn the importance of maintaining an active lifestyle, team building, and techniques for being a healthy runner. Running, specifically, is […]
West Virginia Health Professionals Expand Try This Movement
Piggybacking on the fourth annual Try This West Virginia conference, June 2-3, state health professionals are planning a Try This for Health Professionals day that will take place June 1, one day before the annual Try This conference at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. “We all love what Try This West Virginia is doing […]
WVU Coaches Area Students to Highest Award at Global Robotics Championship
The expertise of West Virginia University, the experience of community mentors and the minds of West Virginia high school students created a winning formula at the world’s largest event for STEM students. The Mountaineer Area RoboticS, or MARS, team received the Chairman’s Award at the annual FIRST Robotics Competition Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, on […]
SBA Announces Procurement Training Competition
The US Small Business Administration today announced the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program (VFPETP) competition. The competition provides funding for US-based organizations to expand existing federal procurement entrepreneurship training programs to veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Offered by SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD), the program enables one awardee to […]
Appalachian Heritage Cook-Off
The Fort New Salem Foundation will host an Appalachian Heritage Cook-Off   on May 13, 2017 at Fort New Salem from noon to 5 PM. This is the seventh annual cook off and is the feature event for May at Fort New Salem. Multiple cooking teams will compete for a first prize award. The teams will […]