Partner, Assurance, Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP By Samantha Ricketts Allison Ballard loves a challenge. She has proven this by working hard to become a partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, where she enjoys confronting and solving problems. “My profession has so much variety that I have challenges daily, some big and some small.” Charleston is lucky…
The Davis & Elkins College Upward Bound programs are among fewer than 800 similar projects nationwide that have been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education through two competitive TRiO grant proposals. The funding to D&E totals $3,227,565, and will continue over the next five years. The grant awards provide $395,513 annually…
Backyard bird watchers need to be extra vigilant this year in maintaining their feeders, according to ornithologist Richard Bailey of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section. “We’ve received widespread reports of large flocks of pine siskins, a North American migratory bird in the finch family, so we could be in for…
A new online portal has been launched by the U.S. Small Business Administration to accept nominations for its 2013 National Small Business Week Awards, including the annual Small Business Person of the Year award. The dedicated web portal, accessible at http://nationalsmallbusinessweek.sba.gov/, will make it easier to submit and track submissions of nominees for Small Business…
Small businesses and nonprofit organizations are now eligible to apply for matching mini-grant funding that will assist with the cost of conducting a service project in the communities where they live and work. The West Virginia Business Volunteer Council (BVC) will provide a direct cash match of up to $500 to eligible and approved applicants.…
A group of Marshall University students has produced a parody of a popular music video as part of a national contest to promote science. The parody, called “The Lab Song,” is a take-off on the Bruno Mars music video “The Lazy Song.” The students’ video has only been online for a few days but it…