Deborah Curry

Deborah Curry

Director of Rural Outreach and Development,Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine By Amanda Larch While attending Washington & Lee University School of Law, Debbie Curry fell in love with teaching, and that’s when she knew she wanted to be involved in higher education. Now the director of rural outreach and development at Marshall […]

Michael Bonasso

Michael Bonasso

Member, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC By Amanda Larch When Mike Bonasso began law school at the West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law in 1975, it was like entering another world for him—unfamiliar yet amazing. While he did not have any lawyers to mentor him growing up, he graduated with Order of the Coif honors […]

Maryclaire Atkins Akers

Maryclaire Atkins Akers

Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney,Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office By Amanda Larch An interest in law seems to be part of the fabric that makes up Maryclaire Akers’ family. Her father has practiced as a lawyer for more than 50 years, her brother is an administrative law judge, and her husband, JB, owns his own law […]

C. Scott Applegate

C. Scott Applegate

Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, West Virginia Army National Guard By Maggie Hatfield Scott Applegate, deputy staff judge advocate for the West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG), always knew he would pursue a career in the military. “My grandfathers served in the military, and I looked up to them,” he says. “I also had an interest […]

Coplin Health Systems and WVU Parkersburg Announce New Clinic for Campus and Community

Students at WVU Parkersburg will soon have access to a new community-based health clinic scheduled to open on campus in the year 2021-2022. The new clinic is the latest example of the college’s commitment to providing students the resources necessary to achieve academically and personally. Coplin Health Systems and WVU Parkersburg have formed a partnership […]

Pickatto: Quantified Musician Technology Created in the Mountain State

By Michael Murawski One day after a four-hour practice session, a guitarist who had been playing for 27 years thought to himself how cool it would be if his guitar pick could give him a printout of everything his picking hand had done during the session. That guitarist is Michael Murawski, and this internal monologue […]