Gov. Tomblin Presents Nearly $1.2 Million in Recreation Trail Grants
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration and the West Virginia Division of Highways, today presented $1,190,241.90 in federal funds for 22 projects as part of the 2012 Recreational Trails Program. The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is an assistance program of the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The program […]
Gov. Tomblin Presents More Than $7 Million in Transportation Enhancement Grants
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration and the West Virginia Division of Highways, today presented $7,036,864 in federal funds awarded to 36 projects as part of the 2012 Transportation Enhancement Grant Program. The West Virginia Transportation Enhancement Grant Program is a federal-aid program of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal […]
Utica Shale Development Topic of WVU Extension Service Educational Program Series
Through a series of educational programs, the West Virginia University Extension Service hopes to help educate community members on development and leasing issues related to Utica shale and its impact on the state. The Utica shale is a large natural gas field that lies below Marcellus shale rock, underneath much of the northeastern U.S. and […]
WVU Receives In-kind Software Grant with a Commercial Value of $17.8 Million
Students in West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will continue to gain industry-standard geology and geophysics software knowledge thanks to two major grants from Schlumberger with a combined commercial value of $17.8 million. Schlumberger, one of the world’s leading oilfield services companies, […]
Brian Brick Scholarship Established at WVU Business School in Name of Late Student
Anyone who knew Brian Brick, a West Virginia University graduate student who was studying in the MBA degree program, described him as a great guy who was hard-working and had a bright future. That made the accidental death of the talented 22-year-old in late July all the more painful. To honor Brick’s memory, his family […]
Marshall Visiting Professor ‘Consultant Editor’ for Oxford Handbook
Dr. Robert Ellison, a visiting assistant professor of English at Marshall University, recently served as a “consultant editor” on The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon, 1689-1901. As the book jacket states, “The period 1689-1901 was ‘the golden age’ of the sermon in Britain. It was the best-selling printed work and dominated the print trade until […]